Bob Welch on politics and faith

Good evening,

Longtime Eugene writer Bob Welch has a thoughtful and personal column today about his Christian faith and what it’s been like navigating his misgivings about evangelical Christianity’s alliance with far-right politics.

Police in Cottage Grove are investigating the death of a man from an apparent gunshot wound, after he was found early this morning unconscious on the ground. Jaime Adame spoke with the man’s family.

A jury has convicted a driver who led police on a chase amid heavy traffic ahead of a November UO football game at Autzen Stadium. James Allen Thomson was sentenced to jail time and probation. Jaime Adame has the update.

Two Eugene-area state lawmakers — Oregon Speaker of the House Julie Fahey and Sen. Floyd Prozanski — will speak at Eugene City Club on Friday about the upcoming Legislative session.

Opinion editor Elon Glucklich says that opposition to Amazon’s proposed Eugene warehouse, if successful, would be one more blow to an already battered city budget.

And a letter to the editor on the same topic says any jobs the Amazon facility would create wouldn’t be worth it.

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It’s been a lonely decade for an evangelical who won’t abide Trumpism

By Bob Welch

In the late 1990s, when I was features editor of The Register-Guard, one of my reporters wanted to write about a local Christian organization. I was surprised; this idea seemed […]

Eugene, Amazon and the perils of principled protest

By Elon Glucklich

I’ve been thinking about taxes and the peril of good intentions ever since Amazon’s plans for a large distribution center near the Eugene Airport spilled out into the public. And I’ve reached the conclusion that, despite Amazon opponents’ good intentions, derailing the project would do more harm than good for the majority of Eugene residents.