Why did Kathleen Jones-McCann build her colossal house — and without getting county permits?
She blames it on the COVID pandemic.
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@eugeneweekly.comWhy did Kathleen Jones-McCann build her colossal house — and without getting county permits?
She blames it on the COVID pandemic.
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@eugeneweekly.comIn winter and spring, the surging waters of the McKenzie River are such a hazard that for a quarter of a century Lane County has banned the construction of new homes near the banks, in what are called “floodways.”
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@eugeneweekly.com@eugeneweekly.com@eugeneweekly.com@eugeneweekly.comMcKenzie-Willamette Medical Center is a big deal in Lane County.
It’s the region’s second-largest hospital. Last year, it handled nearly 60,000 emergency department visits.
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@eugeneweekly.comWhen the controversial German playwright Frank Wedekind wrote Spring Awakening in 1891, he subtitled it A Children’s Tragedy.
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@eugeneweekly.comHidden among the forested hills of South Eugene, sits a 13-acre property where an uncommon Spanish grape variety, Mencía, grows alongside sculptures more commonly found in museums than in a working vineyard.
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