Nathan Wilk

1 week ago | klcc.org | Nathan Wilk

The sounds of sizzling veggies radiated from the kitchen at the Acorn Community Café, a vegan brunch and dinner spot near Monroe and 7th Alley. At the front of house, free meal orders hung on display, ready to be redeemed. Since Acorn opened in 2021, it has used a "Pay it Forward" model—rather than asking paying customers for tips, the café encourages them to donate towards meal vouchers which anyone can walk in and use.

2 weeks ago | klcc.org | Nathan Wilk

Protestors at the University of Oregon began a hunger strike Monday, in an effort to bring attention to starvation in Gaza. Around 470,000 people in Gaza are facing "catastrophic hunger," according to a UN-backed report released last week. As NPR reported Monday, Israel has now promised to ease its months-long blockade and allow some food into the region.

2 weeks ago | klcc.org | Nathan Wilk

A rehousing program in Benton County says it's helped more than a hundred people out of homelessness in the past year. The Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool program is a county-run service that launched last July. It offers rental assistance, case management, and other navigation services for people experiencing homelessness. Rebecca Taylor, the Program Manager for Benton County's Coordinated Homeless Response Office, said the goal is to have rehoused 51 households by the end of the next month.

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Nathan Wilk

A former employee at Lane County’s housing authority, Homes for Good, has been arrested in an alleged embezzlement scheme. The Eugene Police Department said Friday that Miranda Renee Wilcox, 59, was arrested on May 14, after an investigation found that around $560,000 in Homes for Good funding was missing. According to EPD, the housing agency had contacted police in September, reporting financial inconsistencies that it had traced back to Wilcox.

3 weeks ago | klcc.org | Nathan Wilk

The Oregon Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would allow some therapists, doctors and other care providers to lead psilocybin treatment for their clients. House Bill 2387 would prevent state healthcare boards from punishing care providers for obtaining psilocybin therapy licenses, or discussing the treatment option with their patients. Heidi Pendergast, the Oregon Director of the nonprofit Healing Advocacy Fund, said the boards haven't formally restricted those practices.