Eugene Weekly

Eugene Weekly is a free alternative newsweekly published Thursdays in Eugene, Oregon, covering local and state politics, news, arts, and culture.

The paper began publication September 16, 1982, as What's Happening, launched by a collective of five residents including Lucia McKelvey and Bill Snyder. It was sold to Art and Anita Johnson and Fred and Georga Taylor in 1991, and renamed Eugene Weekly in 1993 as it expanded beyond arts coverage into local news and politics. In December 2023, the paper announced it had lost more than $100,000 to an embezzlement scheme by a former business manager, Elisha Young, forcing it to lay off its entire staff and halt print publication; a GoFundMe campaign raised over $100,000 within a week, and the paper resumed print in early 2024. Young was later extradited from Ohio, arraigned on theft charges in July 2025, and sentenced to three years in prison in May 2026. Co-founder Anita Johnson died in late 2024; her ownership stake is intended to transfer to editor-in-chief Camilla Mortensen.

The paper publishes an annual "Best of Eugene" list, a restaurant guide called Chow!, and investigative and solutions journalism, with a print circulation of about 25,000-30,000 copies.

Eugene Weekly is distributed free in print and available online at eugeneweekly.com.