Sarah Bathke

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Eugene local businesses prove it takes a village with new book and beer store Hodgepodge Books & Taps Sophie and Stuart Raymond are young, impulsive, and naive. Those are their greatest strengths. Those strengths are guiding them in their newest venture — Hodgepodge Books & Taps — a combination bookstore and taproom in Eugene, the first of its kind in the city.

Brett Stewart finds comfort through tattooing in Eugene This story was written Fall 2024 for a class in the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication The hum of the tattoo machine is constant, but it’s almost imperceptible under the calm rock that plays throughout Out of Step Tattoo & Gallery in downtown Eugene. It’s the early afternoon, but at the start of winter, the sun is setting on the shop.