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Arctic Artifact Collection Coming To The University of Oregon

By Desmond O'Boyle • Sep 21, 2013

A major collection of Arctic artifacts has found a new home at the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural and Cultural History. The collection of more than 5,000 artifacts is part of a transfer between the U of O and Western Oregon University. WOU decided to cease operation of its Jensen Museum this year because of financial problems. State Representative Nancy Nathanson from Eugene helped to secure more than 900,000 dollars as part of a statewide mission to preserve significant collections.

Hollie's Story: Healing the Wounds of Hurricane Katrina

By Angela Kellner • Sep 20, 2013

Nature has the power to destroy and to heal. Eight years ago Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, hitting New Orleans especially hard. One family made the difficult choice to flee their place of birth for a new life in Oregon.

The eldest daughter has had a difficult time adjusting and finding her way. This summer she and her younger sister enrolled in a five-week job training program in the woods with Northwest Youth Corps.

August: Osage County at OCT

By Eric Alan • Sep 19, 2013

August: Osage County is the Putlitzer Prize-winning play by Tracy Letts, which opens Oregon Contemporary Theatre's new season in Eugene. Eric Alan talks with director Tara Wibrew and OCT artistic director Craig Willis about the darkly comedic play, and its universally relevant reflections about

family.

San Diego Is Biggest Entry Point For Mexican Meth

By Jill Repogle • Sep 19, 2013

This week we’re looking at the illegal drug trade along the west coast. In this third story in our series, reporter Jill Replogle from Fronteras: The Changing America Desk, looks at San Diego, California’s role in the methamphetamine trade. More than 70 percent of methamphetamine illegally trafficked into the U.S. passes through U.S.-Mexico border crossings in the San Diego area. And as Jill reports, that’s despite laws in both countries designed to crack down on the drug.

Customs and Border Protection agents here at the San Ysidro Port of Entry face a tough balancing act.

White House Threatens To Veto Forest Bill

By Rachael McDonald • Sep 19, 2013

White house budget officials say they will advise the president to veto a logging bill the House is discussing this week.

Lawmakers from the Northwest introduced the controversial bill.

Washington representative Doc Hastings wrote half of it. His part of creates a logging quota in each national forest.

Oregon house members wrote the other half. Their section would sign over about a million acres of forests in Western Oregon to a logging trust managed by the state.

To Cut or Not to Cut: Censorship in Literature

By Eric Alan • Sep 18, 2013

Some of literature's most classic works have also been banned for various reasons at various times. The 31st annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read, with a week of events from September 22nd through 28th. As part of that, Reed College professor Pancho Savery gives a presentation entitled "To Cut or Not to Cut: Censorship in Literature," at the Newport Public Library. He speaks with Eric Alan about censorship, from the time of Homer to the current day.

Drug Cartels Thrive On Ultimate Consumers: Addicts

By Chris Lehman • Sep 18, 2013

Drug traffickers are doing big business up and down the West Coast. When you go by freeway, you’re driving a Silk Road of sorts for heroin, meth and cocaine. This export industry is evolving. Drug experts say heroin is back on the rise, fueled in part by prescription drug abuse. This week, in a series we call Border to Border Drugs, we’re reporting on drug trafficking rings that rely on every freeway in the West. In part two of the series, correspondent Chris Lehman reports on how the supply side of this business may change, but the demand remains strong.

Eugene Council Enters into Civic Stadium Conversation

By Jes Burns • Sep 17, 2013

This story originally aired on September 17, 2013.

Newport Considers Selling Off Visual Arts Center

By Jes Burns • Sep 16, 2013

Originally published: September 16, 2013

Eugene council gets earful from homeless advocates

By Rachael McDonald • Sep 11, 2013

The Eugene City Council heard from numerous members of the homeless community and their advocates at a packed meeting Monday night.

Last week, the Lane County Board of Commissioners closed Free Speech Plaza in Eugene. They said they needed to clean the plaza after people had pitched their tents there for three weeks protesting the city's camping ban. Angela Bartow, a member of the protest group SLEEPS, spoke at Monday's council meeting. She identified herself as un-housed, a mother and a student.

Devils Staircase Hike Not For the Faint of Heart or Body

By Rachael McDonald • Sep 6, 2013

Oregon's coast range forests are a patchwork of private, state and federal land, much of it heavily logged for the past century. One pocket of old growth forest southwest of Eugene has avoided the chainsaws, mainly because of its steep terrain. There's a bill in congress to designate the 30-thousand acre tract as Wilderness. KLCC's Rachael McDonald took a guided hike to the secluded Devil's Staircase.

Our journey begins at the end of a logging road about 10 miles northeast of Reedsport.

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Eugene 4J Looks Once Again To Off-Load Civic Stadium

By Jes Burns • Aug 28, 2013

This story was originally aired on August 28, 2013.

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