Camilla Mortensen
@camillamortensen.bsky.social
Editor of Eugene Weekly, journalism instructor at University of Oregon, and Lane Community College The Torch advisor. Dogs and horses. Sometimes cats sneak in.
This new apartment project would displace Onsen hot tub rentals.
Fresh off building a large apartment complex near the University of Oregon, veteran Eugene businesswoman Silva Chambers is thinking about doing it all again, next door.
Read the rest in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks $ Mortar in Eugene Weekly.
Read the rest in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks $ Mortar in Eugene Weekly.
More UO-Area Apartments?
Fresh off building a large apartment complex near the University of Oregon, veteran Eugene businesswoman Silva Chambers is thinking about doing it all again, next door. Chambers is looking into bui…
eugeneweekly.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This new apartment project would displace Onsen hot tub rentals.
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The developer of a planned federal Department of Veterans Affairs behavioral health clinic in Eugene is inching ahead on the project, recently clearing a couple of key hurdles.
Read about what we do know about the planned VA clinic in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks$Mortar in Eugene Weekly.
Read about what we do know about the planned VA clinic in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks$Mortar in Eugene Weekly.
VA Clinic Advances
The developer of a planned federal Department of Veterans Affairs behavioral health clinic in Eugene is inching ahead on the project, recently clearing a couple of key hurdles. But it’s uncertain w…
eugeneweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The developer of a planned federal Department of Veterans Affairs behavioral health clinic in Eugene is inching ahead on the project, recently clearing a couple of key hurdles.
Read about what we do know about the planned VA clinic in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks$Mortar in Eugene Weekly.
Read about what we do know about the planned VA clinic in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks$Mortar in Eugene Weekly.
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For 48 years, Eugene’s Metropol Bakery was owned by one person. But that changed on Oct. 1, when the longtime manager took ownership of the shop.
Read about Metropol’s new owner and plans in Eugene Weekly.
Read about Metropol’s new owner and plans in Eugene Weekly.
Rising to the Occasion
For 48 years, Eugene’s Metropol Bakery was owned by one person. But that changed on Oct. 1, when the longtime manager took ownership of the shop. Metropol is known for its artisan bread and pastrie…
eugeneweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For 48 years, Eugene’s Metropol Bakery was owned by one person. But that changed on Oct. 1, when the longtime manager took ownership of the shop.
Read about Metropol’s new owner and plans in Eugene Weekly.
Read about Metropol’s new owner and plans in Eugene Weekly.
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“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. … The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” ― Frederick Douglass
Upcoming protests, rallies, marches, talks, gatherings and more in Eugene Weekly’s Activist Alert!
Upcoming protests, rallies, marches, talks, gatherings and more in Eugene Weekly’s Activist Alert!
Activist Alert
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. … The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” ― Frederick Douglass Upcoming Protests…
eugeneweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. … The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” ― Frederick Douglass
Upcoming protests, rallies, marches, talks, gatherings and more in Eugene Weekly’s Activist Alert!
Upcoming protests, rallies, marches, talks, gatherings and more in Eugene Weekly’s Activist Alert!
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Bob Emmons of LandWatch Lane County writes in a Eugene Weekly Local and Vocal viewpoint: “A woman called me as president of LandWatch Lane County, a nonprofit land use watchdog, to ask if there was anything our group could do to protect her land from the degradation wrought by Weyerhaeuser Timber Co
Preserving Natural Features
Six years ago, a woman who owns 18 acres southeast of Cottage Grove called me as president of LandWatch Lane County, a nonprofit land use watchdog, to ask if there was anything our group could do t…
eugeneweekly.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bob Emmons of LandWatch Lane County writes in a Eugene Weekly Local and Vocal viewpoint: “A woman called me as president of LandWatch Lane County, a nonprofit land use watchdog, to ask if there was anything our group could do to protect her land from the degradation wrought by Weyerhaeuser Timber Co
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From the trivial (Tillamook's new Butternaise) to the wistful (the new memorial for Frog) to politics, Eugene Weekly’s slant is full of what there is to know!
Slant — Butternaise
• Food security is still insecure (thanks, Donald Trump), and here at Eugene Weekly we are collecting food for Burrito Brigade’s Little Food Pantries. Find the list of pantries, from Eugene to Oakr…
eugeneweekly.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From the trivial (Tillamook's new Butternaise) to the wistful (the new memorial for Frog) to politics, Eugene Weekly’s slant is full of what there is to know!
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An Evening with Paul Stamets: How a Mycologist Helps Communities Thrive comes to the McDonald Theatre 6 pm to 8 pm Nov. 11, bringing together science, community and a touch of Eugene history coming full circle.
Read more at Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar.
Read more at Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar.
Paul Stamets Brings Fungal Wisdom and Prosperity to Eugene
An Evening with Paul Stamets: How a Mycologist Helps Communities Thrive comes to the McDonald Theatre Nov. 11, bringing together science, community and a touch of Eugene history coming full circle.…
eugeneweekly.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
An Evening with Paul Stamets: How a Mycologist Helps Communities Thrive comes to the McDonald Theatre 6 pm to 8 pm Nov. 11, bringing together science, community and a touch of Eugene history coming full circle.
Read more at Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar.
Read more at Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar.
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Sen. Merkley’s lengthy speech comes after Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the all-time record for longest continuous floor speech in April, also in protest of President Trump’s policies.
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks, holding Senate floor overnight to decry authoritarianism
Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley held the Senate chamber open all night to protest President Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sen. Merkley’s lengthy speech comes after Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the all-time record for longest continuous floor speech in April, also in protest of President Trump’s policies.
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Local furs were walking during the lights parade in Eugene last weekend
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Local furs were walking during the lights parade in Eugene last weekend
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Eugene Weekly's 2025 Fall Chow issue is out now! Go grab one at your nearest red box and read about Mexican spices, Indian savories and food with an impact.
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Eugene Weekly's 2025 Fall Chow issue is out now! Go grab one at your nearest red box and read about Mexican spices, Indian savories and food with an impact.
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Dining out is out of reach for some members of the community who struggle to feed themselves, and at the same time, the food service industry itself can be a gateway into jobs and financial stability.
Read about Reality Kitchen, the Eugene Mission and Burrito Brigade in Eugene Weekly’s Chow issue!
Read about Reality Kitchen, the Eugene Mission and Burrito Brigade in Eugene Weekly’s Chow issue!
Eating with an Impact
Dining out is out of reach for some members of the community who struggle to feed themselves, and at the same time, the food service industry itself can be a gateway into jobs and financial stabili…
eugeneweekly.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dining out is out of reach for some members of the community who struggle to feed themselves, and at the same time, the food service industry itself can be a gateway into jobs and financial stability.
Read about Reality Kitchen, the Eugene Mission and Burrito Brigade in Eugene Weekly’s Chow issue!
Read about Reality Kitchen, the Eugene Mission and Burrito Brigade in Eugene Weekly’s Chow issue!
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Nelson’s Taqueria food truck — and its neighboring restaurant Nelson’s in the Whit — are staples of the Whiteaker neighborhood. The food truck has been serving burritos, quesabirria tacos and other classic Mexican dishes for 10 years.
Read about Nelson’s in Eugene Weekly’s quarterly Chow issue!
Read about Nelson’s in Eugene Weekly’s quarterly Chow issue!
Nelson’s Comes to Campus
Nelson’s Taqueria food truck — and its neighboring restaurant Nelson’s in the Whit — are staples of the Whiteaker neighborhood. The food truck has been serving burritos, quesabirria tacos and other…
eugeneweekly.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Nelson’s Taqueria food truck — and its neighboring restaurant Nelson’s in the Whit — are staples of the Whiteaker neighborhood. The food truck has been serving burritos, quesabirria tacos and other classic Mexican dishes for 10 years.
Read about Nelson’s in Eugene Weekly’s quarterly Chow issue!
Read about Nelson’s in Eugene Weekly’s quarterly Chow issue!
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On the morning of Sept. 10, Sarah Reighley, a woman who was born Deaf, arrived at BestMed Urgent Care on West 11th Avenue seeking medical assistance for a bleeding head wound after hitting her head against a wall.
Read the rest of the story in Eugene Weekly.
Read the rest of the story in Eugene Weekly.
‘What If It Had Been Life-Threatening?’
On the morning of Sept. 10, Sarah Reighley, a woman who was born Deaf, arrived at BestMed Urgent Care on West 11th Avenue seeking medical assistance for a bleeding head wound after hitting her head…
eugeneweekly.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On the morning of Sept. 10, Sarah Reighley, a woman who was born Deaf, arrived at BestMed Urgent Care on West 11th Avenue seeking medical assistance for a bleeding head wound after hitting her head against a wall.
Read the rest of the story in Eugene Weekly.
Read the rest of the story in Eugene Weekly.
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The Eugene BRiGHT Parade returns Sept. 27, 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. It is a free family-friendly event in downtown Eugene featuring a brightly illuminated showcase of human and electric-powered art.
Read more in Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar!
Read more in Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar!
Turn on the Bright Lights
The Eugene BRiGHT Parade returns Sept. 27. It is a free family-friendly event in downtown Eugene featuring a brightly illuminated showcase of human and electric-powered art. This year’s theme is “S…
eugeneweekly.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Eugene BRiGHT Parade returns Sept. 27, 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. It is a free family-friendly event in downtown Eugene featuring a brightly illuminated showcase of human and electric-powered art.
Read more in Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar!
Read more in Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar!
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Jana Rygas was an active political organizer and strategist who contributed to civics in Eugene for decades.
Read about Jana Rygas’ life and work in Eugene Weekly.
Read about Jana Rygas’ life and work in Eugene Weekly.
The Life and Legacy of Jana Rygas: June 2, 1954 – March 27, 2025
“In campaigns, there’s a lot of pressure to be perfect all the time,” former Eugene mayor Kitty Piercy says. But in her 2004 campaign, Piercy says that Jana Rygas helped her “to joke and make fun o…
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September 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Jana Rygas was an active political organizer and strategist who contributed to civics in Eugene for decades.
Read about Jana Rygas’ life and work in Eugene Weekly.
Read about Jana Rygas’ life and work in Eugene Weekly.
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He is your British everyman in Oregon — learning baseball during Symphony Night at a recent Eugene Ems game and knowing enough about local sports to say “Go Ducks” at the drop of a hat. He’s Alex Prior, and you can’t miss him on the podium, not with his shock of hair and flamboyant clothing styles.
From Britain To Eugene — Buckle Up
He is your British everyman in Oregon — learning baseball during Symphony Night at a recent Eugene Ems game and knowing enough about local sports to say “Go Ducks” at the drop of a hat. He’s the 33…
eugeneweekly.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
He is your British everyman in Oregon — learning baseball during Symphony Night at a recent Eugene Ems game and knowing enough about local sports to say “Go Ducks” at the drop of a hat. He’s Alex Prior, and you can’t miss him on the podium, not with his shock of hair and flamboyant clothing styles.
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay (yep you’ve heard her on Grey’s Anatomy) takes listeners on a trip down memory lane — her own memory, that is — when she performs in support of her new album at The Shedd on Sept. 10.
Time Traveler
Two decades and a couple years ago, a much-younger version of singer-songwriter Nellie McKay showed up for a New York recording session with the late sound engineer and producer Geoff Emerick. McKa…
eugeneweekly.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay (yep you’ve heard her on Grey’s Anatomy) takes listeners on a trip down memory lane — her own memory, that is — when she performs in support of her new album at The Shedd on Sept. 10.
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Read all the upcoming protests, letter writing, trainings and marches in Eugene Weekly’s Activist Alert!
Activist Alert
“We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.” — …
eugeneweekly.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Read all the upcoming protests, letter writing, trainings and marches in Eugene Weekly’s Activist Alert!
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The huckleberries are ripe at Diamond Peak! Pick your fill along an easy 0.8-mile trail to Notch Lake. For a longer hike or a backpacking trip, continue another 3.2 miles to the spectacular alpine scenery at Divide Lake.
Read William L. Sullivan’s Oregon Trails for more on how to hike Divide Lake.
Read William L. Sullivan’s Oregon Trails for more on how to hike Divide Lake.
Diamond in the Rough
The huckleberries are ripe at Diamond Peak! Pick your fill along an easy 0.8-miles trail to Notch Lake. For a longer hike or a backpacking trip, continue another 3.2 miles to the spectacular alpine…
eugeneweekly.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The huckleberries are ripe at Diamond Peak! Pick your fill along an easy 0.8-mile trail to Notch Lake. For a longer hike or a backpacking trip, continue another 3.2 miles to the spectacular alpine scenery at Divide Lake.
Read William L. Sullivan’s Oregon Trails for more on how to hike Divide Lake.
Read William L. Sullivan’s Oregon Trails for more on how to hike Divide Lake.
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Readers reach out with messages touching and fierce. Read them all in Eugene Weekly’s Letters to the Editor.
From Fathers to ICE to Gaza in Letters
A Message That Strikes Home I was moved reading the words of Daniel Kahn’s father (EW, 8/21). The man killed by Springfield police and his plea that we see people with mental illness as human. It h…
eugeneweekly.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Readers reach out with messages touching and fierce. Read them all in Eugene Weekly’s Letters to the Editor.
It’s newsletter writing time — what local topic or random thread shall I go off on tonight?
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s newsletter writing time — what local topic or random thread shall I go off on tonight?
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NEW from DSM: Yesterday, 15 press organizations sent a letter to Eugene's mayor, the chief of police, and the International Association of Police Chiefs regarding the EPD's use of press markers in an incident documented by filmmaker Tim Lewis on Aug. 12.
Read the letter and the response so far ⤵️
Read the letter and the response so far ⤵️
15 Press Organizations Send Letter To Eugene Mayor and Police Chief Regarding Public Information Coordinator ‘Press’ Controversy
Yesterday, Aug. 28, more than a dozen press organizations sent a letter to Mayor Kaarin Knudson and Eugene Police Department’s Chief Chris Skinner admonishing Public Information Program Coordinator…
doublesidedmedia.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW from DSM: Yesterday, 15 press organizations sent a letter to Eugene's mayor, the chief of police, and the International Association of Police Chiefs regarding the EPD's use of press markers in an incident documented by filmmaker Tim Lewis on Aug. 12.
Read the letter and the response so far ⤵️
Read the letter and the response so far ⤵️
One of the weirder — & harder — things about being a journalist is seeing the names of people you know in press releases, especially when it's a car wreck or crime.
I steel myself whenever it's local.
Related but unrelated, I need to drop by court today in the embezzlement case.
I steel myself whenever it's local.
Related but unrelated, I need to drop by court today in the embezzlement case.
August 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
One of the weirder — & harder — things about being a journalist is seeing the names of people you know in press releases, especially when it's a car wreck or crime.
I steel myself whenever it's local.
Related but unrelated, I need to drop by court today in the embezzlement case.
I steel myself whenever it's local.
Related but unrelated, I need to drop by court today in the embezzlement case.
Our Eugene Weekly reporter dug up this info through digging and public records requests.
I’m wondering what you call journalism that comes in claiming an area is a news desert and then half the stories it does are lifted and redone from the news outlets that actually exist?
News mirage?
I’m wondering what you call journalism that comes in claiming an area is a news desert and then half the stories it does are lifted and redone from the news outlets that actually exist?
News mirage?
A potential buyer has stepped up for the shuttered PeaceHealth University District hospital in Eugene.
Read more from Christian Wihtol in Eugene Weekly’s Bricks $ Mortar.
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Read more from Christian Wihtol in Eugene Weekly’s Bricks $ Mortar.
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Student Housing May Replace Eugene’s PeaceHealth hospital
A potential buyer has stepped up for the shuttered PeaceHealth University District hospital in Eugene. Georgia-based Landmark Properties, one of the nation’s biggest apartment developers, wants to …
eugeneweekly.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our Eugene Weekly reporter dug up this info through digging and public records requests.
I’m wondering what you call journalism that comes in claiming an area is a news desert and then half the stories it does are lifted and redone from the news outlets that actually exist?
News mirage?
I’m wondering what you call journalism that comes in claiming an area is a news desert and then half the stories it does are lifted and redone from the news outlets that actually exist?
News mirage?
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Shortly before 4 pm Thursday, August 7, a vegetation fire was reported along Highway 58 near milepost 37, just east of the city of Oakridge and about 40 miles from Eugene-Springfield. By 4:08 pm a “Go Now!” Level 3 evacuation order was issued for Dunning Road residents and Hwy 58 was soon shut down.
Fire Near Oakridge and Old Hazeldell Quarry Site
Shortly before 4 pm Thursday, August 7, a vegetation fire was reported along Highway 58 near milepost 37, just east of the city of Oakridge and about 40 miles from Eugene-Springfield. By 4:08 pm a …
eugeneweekly.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Shortly before 4 pm Thursday, August 7, a vegetation fire was reported along Highway 58 near milepost 37, just east of the city of Oakridge and about 40 miles from Eugene-Springfield. By 4:08 pm a “Go Now!” Level 3 evacuation order was issued for Dunning Road residents and Hwy 58 was soon shut down.