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County announces vaccine requirement for employees, volunteers Lane County announced Thursday that they would be mandating their employees and volunteers would be required to be vaccinated by November 30, with certain exceptions. Due to barriers in state law, parole officers and law enforcement officials will be exempt. Additionally for those […]

Lane Community College announced with the rise in COVID cases that it would go mostly remote for the first four weeks of fall term which begins Sept. 27. They will maintain in-person courses for areas that require a hands-on component like Career Technical Education. The college also made the decision […]

The Church at Planned Parenthood made a last second change, and moved their protest to the Planned Parenthood in Glennwood. With that organizers of the counterprotest moved their event to that location too. A half dozen hate preachers showed up with anti-abortion signs in front of the Planned Parenthood before […]

Gov. Brown extends mask mandate to outdoor settings Gov. brown extended mask requirements to many outdoor settings last week. Brown states that under this order, that will be overseen by OHA, “masks will be required in most public outdoor settings, including large outdoor events, where physical distancing is not possible, […]

Mayor of Creswell resigns Amy Knudsen resigned as mayor of Creswell citing “undue stress that recent events have caused me and my family” The resignation comes a little over a month after the Proud Boys and other far-right agitators led an unpermitted July 4th parade down the town. Organizers received […]

Gov. Brown put back into place a statewide indoor mask requirement once again last week as the state sees record hospitalizations for COVID. Brown says she had to make this decision after counties refused to take action. The Oregonian reports in a call with county leaders the week before the […]

Plus updates on vaccine mandates, EWEB forest Eugene 4J meeting disrupted by anti-maskers Last Wednesday the Eugene 4J School Board held its first in-person meeting since the beginning of the pandemic. It also marked the first meeting since the Gov. Brown announced mask mandates inside K-12 schools. To no surprise […]

With Delta surge, masks return The Oregon Health Authority has followed the CDC in recommending all to wear masks in indoor public settings. A mandate has not returned, and Lane County is now simply following in amplifying the recommendation for now, but is working on a proposal to provide to […]

City of Eugene picks first two “Safe Sleep” sites The Eugene City Council approved its first two “Safe Sleep” sites at its work session last Wednesday, one at Chase Commons Park and one at 2nd and Garfield. Chase Commons Park will accommodate up to 20 Conestoga huts while the 2nd […]

The Proud Boys made the news earlier this month when the fascist street gang claimed the streets of Creswell for a Fourth of July parade. Now thanks to a new report from Eugene Antifa and Willamette Valley Hate Watch we have much more information on the local chapter, the McKenzie […]