Student collaboration mural “Puzzles of Belonging” defaced with hateful graffiti at Lane Community College. By Amy L. MillerPhoto Credit: Kat Tabor In celebration of the brand new 2025-26 school year, a student window mural collaborative event was hosted by the Student Government Association of LCC titled “Puzzles of Belonging.” This mural was intended to invite…
On Saturday at Island Park about 100 people gathered in all shades of orange to honor victims of gun violence and advocate for change. The Wear Orange movement honors lives lost to gun violence and the first Friday in June is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. State Senators James Manning and Floyd Prozanski spoke to…
On May 31, Eugene Police announced that they identified the students responsible for the multiple bomb threats at South Eugene High School. The names of the students are not being released because they are juveniles. According to a press release, “A break in the case occurred when a 4J school official located an anonymous social…
On March 3, 1970 Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water was at the top of the charts, Barbra Streisand was making them laugh in Funny Girl, and LCC was charging senior citizens $6 per term and building a new science building. The article describes it as being between the Air Frame Building and the…
LCC main campus was on lockdown for about two hours on Wednesday Feb. 22. Lane County Sheriffs were the first on the scene. The report was that an armed individual was on the main campus in Building 1 with intent to cause harm. Authorities later cleared the area and found no credible threat. In a…
At 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 22, LCC sent out a campus alert about a possible armed individual on the main campus on 30th Avenue. The campus went into lockdown until 3:30 p.m. Lane County Sheriff’s Office responded. They searched the buildings and found no credible threat. LCC President Stephanie Bulger sent out an email…
The City Council of Eugene Oregon gathered almost a hundred residents for the city address on Jan. 4. Mayor Lucy Vinis spoke about the accomplishments of 2022, including anecdotes of people who were helped because of the new safe sleeping sites the city provided. Homelessness is an ongoing issue in this state and the city…
Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner updated the press on the current progress of Ballot Measure 114. Measure 114 implements a permit requirement for purchasing weapons and a ban on high capacity magazines. Skinner stated, “The implementation date happened sooner than we thought it would. When we found out it was December 8 it became very…
Elections are fast approaching and Oregonians in House District 4 have questions to consider when choosing their representative. On Oct. 6, the City Club of Eugene and the League of Women Voters of Lane County hosted an online candidate forum for candidates where questions about reproductive healthcare, the housing crisis, child care, and more were…
Six girls – four from Eugene – recovered from Portland-area hotel The Eugene Police Department held a press conference Monday, Feb. 24, at 1:30 p.m. in regard to the recovery of teen human trafficking victims in the Portland area on Feb. 20. Following a call reporting shots fired as well as “possible abduction of juveniles”…
