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I’ve never seen pink fawn lillies before, so it was really cool to see them. They’re blooming at Mt. Pisgah. Saw a few trillium blooming, but most hadn’t blossomed yet.

Oregon Legislature passes bill aimed at addressing no-hospital reality in Eugene (www.dailyemerald.com)

Living their best EWEB life (lemmy.world)

Mt. Pisgah to celebrate reopening (kval.com)

Very Eugene Table (lemmy.world)

South Eugene Robotics Team is undefeated in their season opener (kval.com)

OR's Right To Repair Bill Passes House & Senate, sponsored by Eugene's reps!

Bill SB1596 has passed the house and senate and was sponsored by two Eugene reps: House Rep Holvey and Senatator Prozanski....

Rep. Paul Holvey to retire after 20 years representing Eugene area in Oregon legislature (www.registerguard.com)

Rep Paul Holvey (Eugene's rep in OR house legislature) just voted to reverse M110

The legislature has no business reversing a citizen ballot initiative. The entire point of ballot initiatives is to enable citizens to go over the heads of the legislature, it is a check on their power. We are very fortunate in Oregon to have that right, many states do not. But that check on their power is useless if they can...

Poop in Target (lemmy.world)

Brownsville resident discovers human skull on property, investigation underway (kval.com)

One hour apart, yet completely different worlds (lemmy.world)

🎂 Elk Horn brewery is finally going out of business (sorta) 🎂 (www.loopnet.com)

Looks like the guy who runs it no longer wants to. Probably because it’s massively profitable and they have a great brand reputation right 🤣🤣🤣

Three arrested following shots fired in Eugene school's parking lot (kval.com)

Lots of burn piles (lemmy.world)

Burnin burnin burnin

Cyclist's wrong-way ride leads to meth seizure, California warrant arrest (kval.com)

Eugene Weekly to begin printing again thanks to community support (kval.com)

Cascades Raptor Center in Eugene to reopen after extensive storm damage (lemmy.world)

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Eugene police arrest man linked to anti-Semitic attacks | KVAL (kval.com)

Eugene Police detectives made an arrest recently, in relation to several anti-Semitic attacks that happened at a local synagogue back in 2023 and at the start of 2024.

New ballot initiative to require a public vote before any new tolls are added

People are collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would require all new tolls on state highways to go to a public vote before being implemented. They need 200,000 signatures to get this on the ballot. From there, people can vote as to whether they want this new rule or not. Polls are a regressive tax, like sales tax,...