Bob Welch’s book ‘Cross Purposes’ sizes up current culture vs. religious toleration
During a sailboat trip to spread his mother’s ashes, former Register-Guard columnist and and editor Bob Welch —…
Ted Baker, Register-Guard publisher and philanthropist, dies at 97
Obituary: Edwin “Ted” Baker — World War II veteran, philanthropist, publisher of The Register-Guard and a son of the newspaper’s founder …
Now the newspaper has no press
Eugene’s hometown paper is no longer printed there
The last press run
Scenes from the last night The Register-Guard printed a newspaper on its Mitsubishi Lithia press in Eugene on March 7, 2021
Register-Guard press workers reflect on the evolving nature printing newspapers
Second-generation pressman Aric Frydendall has witnessed firsthand the many changes …
Highway 58 newspaper to appear online Sunday, Feb. 28
Three journalists with former ties to The Register-Guard are among the volunteers producing the non-profit Highway58Herald.org newspaper that will appear online for the first time Sunday, Feb. 28.
The Register-Guard moving print production to Vancouver
The Register-Guard announces that printing and packaging of its products will move to the Columbian Publishing Company in Vancouver, Wash.
Former RG sports part-timer publishes a light-hearted memoir
Don Wilt recently published a humorous and entertaining memoir describing his 40-some years in corporate communications
Looking Back at the old days
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A place created by and for alumni of The Register-Guard newsroom staffs of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s
This site marks a commitment to schedule a reunion in Summer 2021, if public health considerations permit.
May 30 ‘Golden Era’ Register-Guard news reunion is POSTPONED
We regret to inform you that, because of concerns about the likely continued spread of the corona virus (COVID-19) in Lane County and elsewhere, we are postponing—not cancelling—our planned May 30, 2020 “Golden Era” celebration to a future date to be determined.
Original announcement: Reconnect with Golden Era
Yes, time burnishes memories. But nuggets of truth glitter in what often can be heard from Register-Guard newsroom folks of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. We lived and worked in what newspaper veterans of that period call the golden era.
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