Mar 10, 2022Go Outside, Doctor’s Orders.Reconnecting with the natural world through ecotherapy and nature prescriptions helps ease climate and pandemic anxiety. Everyone thinks the world is going to end in their twenties. This is a common sentiment Ryley Steel hears from his father whenever he tries to talk to him about climate change. It’s a…4 min read4 min read
Feb 13, 2022How a simple word game became an Internet darling.How a simple word game became an Internet darling. By Bethany Osborn I have a new routine. Each morning, after turning off my alarm, I get up, go downstairs and start my day with a cup of coffee. …4 min read4 min read
Feb 13, 2022OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Story doesn’t flyStory doesn’t fly Little Rock’s mayor did not spend taxpayer money irresponsibly. A recent article in the Democrat-Gazette would have you think otherwise. On Feb. 6, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ran a front-page story on Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. spending $3,181.25 on three separate trips to Washington DC. …2 min read2 min read
Jan 9, 2022Nonprofit newsrooms in Oregon are helping fill gaps in local coverage, but sustainable funding remains an issueIn June 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak hit the Pacific Seafood processing plant in Newport, OR. The outbreak quickly tripled the number of cases in Lincoln County, which comprises several coastal towns with modest populations. …5 min read5 min read
Dec 10, 2021Eugene’s oldest public radio station looks to engage younger audiences through education.After shutting down during the pandemic, Sheldon High School’s student broadcast program will re-open in January. John Etheredge, or Jivin’Johnny as he’s known by KRVM listeners in Eugene, sits behind a desk full of computer monitors, a sound control board and a microphone, scrolling through playlists he curated earlier in…4 min read4 min read
Nov 8, 2021Springfield Pastor Helps Neighborhood Find PeaceSPRINGFIELD, Ore.–Ebbert United Methodist Church has a stately presence in the Washburne neighborhood of Springfield. On Sunday mornings as many as two dozen people gather inside of the 100-year-old building to hear Reverend June Fothergill give her sermon. On this particular Sunday, there is a table of flickering candles on…5 min read5 min read
Sep 20, 2021Neighborhood plant exchanges cultivate community as pandemic gardens flourish through 2021SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Patty Sage calls her backyard “the secret garden.” It’s a sprawling oasis of greenery shaded by massive hemlock and pine trees. Sage inherited the garden from a landscape architect when she and her husband bought the house in 2011. Fortunately for Sage, the yard is filled with…5 min read5 min read
Sep 11, 2021Physical and mental health remain top concerns for Eugene 4J parents as schools set to reopenEUGENE, Ore. — Parents in the Eugene 4J school district questioned board members on health and safety guidelines for the upcoming school year during the board’s regular meeting Wednesday. As schools prepare to resume full-time and in-person classes next week, board members heard from parents, teachers, medical professionals and one…4 min read4 min read
Aug 27, 2021Lane County likely won’t see many Afghan refugees, but the community prepares anywayA conversation with Emily Heilbrun of the Refugee Resettlement Coalition of Lane County. Social media platforms have become places for people to share information and resources as global disasters unfold. On the morning of August 15, 2021, news broke that the Taliban had officially seized Kabul, bringing a chaotic end…Afghanistan8 min readAfghanistan8 min read
Nov 21, 2017‘We Have Completely Failed a Generation’There’s a photograph of a boy. He’s 18, in his first semester at the University of Arkansas; his arms are cradled around two girls. He wears a wrinkled, black suit and a striped tie of garnet and gold. The attire is emblematic of a Pi Kappa Alpha pledge on game…7 min read7 min read
