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Family spokesperson gives update on Bob Cross Bob Cross is the pilot involved in a plane crash north of Eugene airport on Thursday morning. Posted: May 22, 2021 11:48 PM Updated: May 23, 2021 1:18 AM Posted By: Jaewon Jung EUGENE, Ore. Family spokesperson for Bob Cross, Donna Moore, gave an update on the condition of Bob Cross, the 51-year-old pilot involved in a plane crash north of Meadowview Road and Greenhill Road. In a statement, Moore said: Bob Cross, beloved Eugene community member and businessman, remains in critical condition in the ICU at Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend from last Thursday s plane crash in West Eugene. ....
Oregon advances bill targeting election misinformation about voting methods, ballot access Follow Us Question of the Day By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Oregon lawmakers have advanced an elections bill to prohibit knowingly and purposefully spreading wrong information about how to participate in the voting process. Members of the Democratic-controlled Oregon state House of Representatives approved the measure by a bipartisan 54-3 vote Monday, with three abstaining. The few who opposed the bill are Republicans. Oregon state Rep. Julie Fahey, the main sponsor of the bill, House Bill 2323, said her proposed legislation covers a gap in current law “that makes our elections more vulnerable to misinformation.” ....
Rise in urban camping prompts short and long term change in homelessness strategy The pandemic has led to a rise in campers on the streets and renewed the public’s awareness of urban camping. Posted: May 6, 2021 11:59 PM Updated: May 7, 2021 12:50 PM Posted By: Chris Lueneburg EUGENE, Ore. Lane County’s homelessness crisis has been simmering for years, but the pandemic has led to a rise in campers on the streets and renewed the public’s awareness of urban camping, prompting city and county leaders to act. If you haven’t seen the numerous tents and lived-in cars yourself, maps of homelessness work orders from the city of Eugene show clusters of campers amassing in Washington Jefferson Park and along riparian areas, as well as car campers in West Eugene’s industrial areas. ....
Strides for Social Justice launches fifth route Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:07 PM More information is available at stridesforsocialjustice.org. EUGENE – Strides for Social Justice, an app developed by PeaceHealth and the Eugene Marathon that features tours through local Black history, has added a fifth route, one that shines a light on a painful and little-known chapter in the history of Eugene and Oregon. The three-mile-round-trip Skinner Butte begins in downtown Eugene, at 10th Avenue and Oak Street, then heads north to the top of 682-foot-tall Skinner Butte. Along the way, participants learn about exclusion laws that prohibited Blacks from owning property, residing in or even entering Oregon until 1926; the proliferation of Ku Klux Klan chapters here; and a 1924 Klan parade through downtown Eugene culminating in fireworks and a cross burning atop Skinner Butte that “cast a reddish glow over the town,” according t ....
3:13 KLCC s Melorie Begay reports on the growing number of vehicle campers who are considered homeless in Eugene. Delayne Anson lost her father four years ago. After he died, she spent a year sorting out his belongings. Then she sold his estate and bought an RV, prepared for an adventure. “Freedom, Ansen said while sitting in her 23 foot long travel trailer. You know I didn’t want to be tied to an apartment, and I knew I couldn’t live with somebody. I didn’t make enough money to get an apartment on my own, you know just disability, so I thought hey this would be perfect.” ....