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U of O Corona Corps A Core Service For Lane County

Contact tracing and support is a critical tool to slow the spread of the coronavirus, but it’s time consuming. To help ease the burden, Lane County Public Health contracted with the University of Oregon, and they formed a group they call the Corona Corps.

Cell Phone Data Indicates Social Distancing Works

Group Protests New DACA Restrictions In Eugene

4J School District to Hold Virtual Information Sessions on Reopening for Fall

The Eugene 4J school district will hold virtual information sessions over the next two weeks about reopening for the fall. According to a press release, at least the first four weeks of the school year will be online.

ODOT Seeks Public Input On Historic Bridge In Corvallis

EWEB to Increase August Funding for Utility Repayment Programs

John Legend: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

By Bob Boilen • 15 minutes ago

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Live updates: Oregon passes 19,000 coronavirus diagnoses

By Courtney Sherwood • 27 minutes ago

COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, a 68-year-old Malheur County man who died a month after his diagnosis. That brings the pandemic’s death toll in the state to 325, health officials reported Sunday.

The Oregon Health Authority also reported 285 new confirmed and presumptive cases of the coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total diagnosed with the virus to 19,097 since the start of the pandemic.

The most new cases were in Marion County, which reported 53 diagnoses, followed by Multnomah County with 48, Washington County with 47 and Clackamas County with 26.

Everyone Loves The Chat Box: How Climate Science Moved Online

By Rebecca Hersher • 35 minutes ago

In mid-April, hundreds of scientists from around the world were supposed to fly to Ecuador for a five-day meeting about the latest research on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

U of O Corona Corps A Core Service For Lane County

By Karen Richards • 1 hour ago

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City Club of Eugene: Alternatives to Policing: Reorienting the Scope of Law Enforcement

By Love Cross • 1 hour ago

Program date: July 31, 2020

Air date: August 3, 2020

From the City Club of Eugene:

The death of George Floyd on May 25 set off a series of protests across the United States and around the world, prompting greater public attention to excessive use of police force, as well as concerns about police oversight and accountability. Several other deaths, primarily of Black Americans, including Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, have compounded and magnified calls for defunding or abolishing the police, in addition to other strategies for police reform.

Federal Judge Speaks Out About Deadly Attack On Her Family

By Brian Mann • 1 hour ago

Federal judge Esther Salas says more must be done to keep judges and their families safe after an attack on her home in New Jersey last month that left her son dead and her husband wounded.

"My son's death cannot be in vain," Salas said in an emotional nine-minute video released Monday. "Which is why I'm begging those in power to do something to help my brothers and sisters on the bench."