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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's House of Representatives returned to the Capitol this week after floor sessions had been cancelled due to multiple COVID-19 cases, but Republicans continue to use a stalling tactic that Democrats say is putting lawmakers' health at risk. It's the latest partisan flashpoint in the state where Democrats hold strong majorities in both the House and Senate but where the GOP has often used extreme means to thwart legislation it doesn't like. For the past two years, Republican state senators staged walkouts to deny the chamber a quorum. But this year Democrats say a...

1:04 KLCC's Melorie Begay reports on the recently released Strides for Social Justice app that offers users a tour of Eugene highlighting Black History along the way. This is a broadcast version of the story that aired Feb. 24. Last year, when the Eugene Marathon was canceled because of the pandemic, both PeaceHealth and Eugene Marathon brain-stormed alternative solutions.  "During that time George Floyd was murdered and all of the subsequent protests occurred and then the idea began to take form," said Marcy Marshall, the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at PeaceHealth. "We w...

Matt's Picks: Eugene Grid Project at Eugene Airport, 'Black Lives at the UO' Art, music and the Black experience continues through the end of February here in Eugene-Springfield. During the dreariest time of year, as the pandemic approaches one year, cultural events and exhibitions help to cease the slow creep of an isolating perspective. Whether it be braving the outside or simply surfing online, CAFE 541 offers some opportunity for readers to take some time to widen the mind. Airport Art Gallery, Maude Kerns Center and the Eugene Grid Project For about three years, the Eugene Grid Project�...

Community members rally behind Eugene family targeted by hate The Lane County Sherriff's Office is still investigating the incident. Posted: Feb 19, 2021 9:02 PM Updated: Feb 19, 2021 9:17 PM Posted By: Connor McCarthy EUGENE, Ore.-- The River Road community rallied in support of a West Eugene family who became a victim of a hate crime this week. More than 100 people lined River Road near the intersection of Park Avenue waving signs in support of the Visconti family Friday evening. Cars also drove by honking their horns as a way of showing support. Eugene resident, Donna Samson, was one of t...

In a post-Trump Oregon, experts watchful for partisanship, violence Americans held their breath as President Joe Biden prepared to take the oath of office.  The end of the Trump era that oath marked felt balanced on a knife's edge, years of social and political tension manifested in a militarized Washington, D.C., and state capitols vigilant for violence. Still, the day's climax was entirely peaceful, almost boring. But if the nation's wounds didn't tear open Inauguration Day, neither were they miraculously healed.  Participants in and watchers of Oregon politics expect the political an...