The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) articles from June 2006

The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) archives from June 2006

Utility alleges its union broke bargaining rules.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Jeff Wright Jun. 2O--Union workers at the Eugene Water & Electric Board have engaged in illegal work stoppages and an unlawful meeting, the utility alleges in an unfair labor practice complaint filed with the state Employment...

EU accession treaty to be ratified by year-end, says minister.
June 5, 2006

The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Real Estate Report column.
June 6, 2006

Embassy Suites will rise by I-5.
June 7, 2006

EWEB reduces cost of building.
June 7, 2006

Newest digs more than just OK.
June 8, 2006

Oregon economic growth likely to stay solid.
June 8, 2006

Parkway plan may sound familiar.
June 8, 2006

Face-lift proceeds smoothly.
June 8, 2006

Sparks fly over EWEB, union stances.
June 8, 2006

In The Pipeline: 'Activist' hedge funds challenge a booming Eugene company.
June 11, 2006

Commissioner's father wins waiver of development rules.
June 12, 2006

Springfield, county at odds over relocation of Glenwood trash facility.
June 12, 2006

Area malls see turnover in tenants.
June 12, 2006

Nanotechnology gets big boost from donor.
June 12, 2006

Mayor says alternative to parkway could hurt wetlands.
June 12, 2006

City settles lawsuits on sex crimes, misconduct of police.
June 12, 2006

Secondhand dealers protest one-choice deal.
June 12, 2006

RV maker in Coburg, Ore., launches financial services division.
June 12, 2006

Residents sought for water testing.
June 12, 2006

Gift smoothes the way for a UO alumni center.
June 13, 2006

Eugene, Ore., City Councilors divided over office expansion.
June 13, 2006

AARP joins campaign for ballot initiative.
June 13, 2006

Eugene, Ore., utility union rejects contract offer.
June 13, 2006

Bicycle-happy Eugene makes Top 10 list for bike thefts.
June 15, 2006

Oak Warehouse retools inventory, crafts new name.
June 15, 2006

County officials postpone ruling on land-use controversy.
June 15, 2006

Lane officials weigh Creswell couple's Measure 37 land-use claim.
June 15, 2006

New name, new lines for Oak Warehouse.
June 15, 2006... Byline: Joe Mosley Jun. 15--It's come to this: The Oak Warehouse really is neither. The 20-year-old Eugene furniture store no longer has an exclusively oak inventory, and it really has never had the warehouse feel of big-box, discount...

What to snag for Dad.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Joe Mosley Jun. 16--A gas barbecue grill? Digital fishing scales? Cordless nose-hair trimmer? Despite a recent nationwide survey that indicates fathers still feel it's the thought that counts most, local retailers say...

Local home listings increase.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Tim Christie Jun. 16--New listings of homes for sale were up in May, but closed and pending sales were down as Lane County's residential real estate market continued its transition from a seller's market to what one Realtor called...

County jobless rate falls again.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald Jun. 16--Lane County's jobless rate dropped again, to 5.4 percent in May, down from 5.7 percent in April, according to figures released Thursday by the Oregon Employment Department. The number of unemployed...

Soldiers marching solo.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Lewis Taylor Jun. 16--When the Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers march on stage at the WOW Hall tonight it will mark the end of a waiting game that began two years ago when the Eugene band signed a lucrative four-record deal with Atlantic...

Glenwood riverfront prime for redevelopment, city says.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Jack Moran Jun. 16--SPRINGFIELD -- City officials view Glenwood's riverfront as a diamond in the rough -- a neglected neighborhood with the potential to become a polished part of the metro area. Now, they're actively recruiting...

Father's Day shoppers choose both classic and quirky gifts.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Joe Mosley Jun. 16--A gas barbecue grill? Digital fishing scales? Cordless nose-hair trimmer? Despite a recent nationwide survey that indicates fathers still feel it's the thought that counts most, local retailers say...

Home listings up, but sales are down.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Tim Christie Jun. 16--New listings of homes for sale were up in May, but closed and pending sales were down as Lane County's residential real estate market continued its transition from a seller's market to what one Realtor called...

Glenwood's potential gleams in developers' eyes.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Jack Moran Jun. 16--SPRINGFIELD -- City officials view Glenwood's riverfront as a diamond in the rough, a neglected neighborhood with the potential to become a polished part of the metro area. Now, they're actively recruiting...

Bus building plans on track.
June 17, 2006... Byline: Jeff Wright Jun. 17--The labor unrest has ended at the New Flyer bus-building factory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and officials are breathing much easier at the Lane Transit District offices in Glenwood. With a new contract in hand,...

Wildish wins OK for dike along river junction.
June 19, 2006

Income-tax proposal draws sparse crowd at hearing.
June 19, 2006

Springfield studies residential building costs.
June 19, 2006

Large-scale conference center is in Springfield's future, chamber exec says.
June 20, 2006... Byline: Jack Moran Jun. 20--SPRINGFIELD -- The time will come when a large-scale conference center is built somewhere in Springfield between Gateway and Glenwood -- of that much, Dan Egan says he is sure. "The idea is very much alive,"...

City reviews options for annexation.
June 20, 2006... Byline: Edward Russo Jun. 20--The question, like a suspended hammer ready to drop, hangs over the future of River Road and Santa Clara. Will Eugene continue its slow, incremental approach to annexation, or, at some point, move in one...

Candidate pool for police auditor narrows to five men, one woman.
June 20, 2006

City officials approve $265 million spending plan for '06-'07 fiscal year.
June 20, 2006... Byline: Jack Moran Jun. 20--SPRINGFIELD -- The City Council on Monday gave final approval to a $265 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Councilors voted 5-0 to endorse a spending plan recommended for adoption last...

Management company to open assisted-living center.
June 20, 2006... Byline: Randi Bjornstad Jun. 20--The four-year-old Ridgeline Management Company, co-founded in Eugene by senior-citizen housing administrator Dennis Garboden and physician Chuck McGlade, has branched out from its role in facilities...

Comfort Suites project nears.
June 21, 2006... Byline: Randi Bjornstad Jun. 21--After years of delays, Eugene hotelier Al Patel says construction could begin by early fall on a long-awaited project: a 60-plus unit Comfort Suites hotel and adjacent restaurant at the Glenwood exit off...

Recycler nearing time for big move.
June 21, 2006... Byline: Jack Moran Jun. 21--GLENWOOD -- On a dusty work site tucked between the railroad tracks and a Cash King discount variety store, BRING Recycling's fascinating new home is finally taking shape. Construction of the Planet...

EWEB union talks of new strike date.
June 21, 2006... Byline: Jeff Wright Jun. 21--A member of the union's bargaining team at the Eugene Water & Electric Board said Tuesday that the union intends to submit a new 10-day strike notice to EWEB officials "in the near future." But another...

Sulfuric acid's cures neither easy nor cheap.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--Miners often trigger acid-water discharge when they unearth veins of sulfide-bearing rock, exposing them to air and water. When mixed together, the three ingredients -- sulfide rock, water and air -- set...

Lake nets mercury-ridden heritage.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--Anglers have found three ways to cope with government warnings about "very high" levels of mercury-tainted fish in Cottage Grove Lake: One, catch and release. Two, catch and give to neighbors. Three, catch and...

Holiday Inn project falls behind schedule.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Randi Bjornstad Jun. 27--Like many construction projects, the Holiday Inn Express going up at 2121 Franklin Blvd., near the University of Oregon campus, is taking longer than anticipated, but that hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of...

Campaign: Hospital employees have given more than $1 million.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Tim Christie Jun. 27--In September 2003, a group of PeaceHealth insiders and supporters quietly embarked on an ambitious fundraising campaign to pay for state-of-the-art medical equipment for the planned Sacred Heart Medical Center...

Mines closed, but mercury flows up food chain.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--The last of Oregon's commercial mercury mines shut down years ago, yet mining is still the major source of mercury pollution in the state's waterways. Mercury-laced waters pouring from abandoned mine...

Agencies refuse to lay claim to mine cleanup responsibility.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--On a cloudy April day two years ago, Gov. Ted Kulongoski stood atop an old heap of mercury-laced tailings at the Black Butte mine in southeast Lane County and vowed to secure $8 million from the federal budget...

Toxic mine waste: Tracking down those responsible isn't easy.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--After Formosa Exploration Inc. made a self-perpetuating environmental calamity out of a metals mine in Douglas County, its principal owners cleaned up the surface muck, then walked away. A state inspector...

Pollution-fighting funds are starved of cash.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--Three things hold true for cleaning up metal mines: The cost is high, the public money is low and that money is dwindling. The two accounts available to Oregon officials -- the state orphan site account and...

The pollution buster.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--In November 2004, Sharon Banks put her first super-duper fuel-saving, carbon dioxide-busting power unit on an old long-haul truck. The next year, Banks -- a 16-year employee with the Lane Regional Air...

Shuttered mines still spewing poisons.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 27--This seems more like a scenario in a vulnerable Third World country than a drama playing out near the South Umpqua River. A foreign, multinational copper mining company tunnels into a mountain south of...

Council agrees to study reducing train whistle noise.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Edward Russo Jun. 27--With more than 20 trains rumbling through Eugene day and night, locomotive whistles are a familiar part of the city's soundscape. But at the request of sleep-deprived residents who live near railroad...

Clearance sought to build near Pisgah.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald Jun. 30--Wildish Land Co. says it plans to file a Measure 37 claim with Lane County today, in hopes of eventually being able to develop about half of the 1,400 acres it owns along the Willamette River near...

Nonprofit hospital piles up surplus.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Tim Christie Jun. 30--Over the last 2 years, PeaceHealth has raised $23 million from private donors to equip its new hospital, now under construction in Springfield, with the latest medical technology, and will try to raise at...

County income tax gets some support in hearing.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Matt Cooper Jun. 30--Most citizens in attendance supported a first-ever county income tax for public safety, during a public hearing Wednesday held by the Lane County commissioners. But the commissioners postponed until July 10...

Heavy metals spread all over town.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 30--Fifty years ago, mine tailings were an attractive material for building roads, driveways and foundations in some rural Oregon towns. On the eastern flank of Sutherlin, the booming Bonanza mercury mine --...

Bohemia: A mountain of pollution.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 30--Look to Bohemia Mountain 35 miles southeast of Cottage Grove to see where pioneer-era mining laws collide with today's environmental laws, leaving a finely grained pile of illogic. On the outside of Bohemia...

Oregon's sex crime Web site instant hit.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Tim Christie Jun. 30--It didn't take long for word to get out that Oregon State Police launched a new Web site allowing Oregonians to check for predatory sex offenders in their midst. The site, required by a law passed by the...

Student loan rates headed higher.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Greg Bolt Jun. 30--Borrowers with multiple student loans have less than 48 hours to consolidate their debt and possibly save thousands of dollars before interest rates jump at midnight Friday. The consolidation option won't be...

1872 mining law hamstrings cleanup, critics say.
June 30, 2006... Byline: Diane Dietz Jun. 30--Taxpayers have scant control over mining companies that dig on federal land. And when those companies disappear and leave a mess behind, taxpayers are stuck with the bill. That's the controversial state of...