In 1969, hippies in Eugene did not trust the cops. More than that, they wanted a community service of their own. So a ragtag collective of like-minded activists, medics and social workers founded the ...

Eugene has begun its search for a program to replace some of what CAHOOTS previously offered.

CAHOOTS, White Bird Clinic’s unarmed crisis response team, is set to have two new vans thanks to U.S. congressionally directed spending funds and the assistance of Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff ...

What happens when those trained to respond to crises disappear? In Downtown Eugene, the sudden loss of CAHOOTS, the city's alternative crisis response program, has left small business owners facing ...

On an early Sunday morning in August, as bars along the Baxter Avenue-Bardstown Road corridor shut their doors and patrons began to make their way home, the weekend routine that often takes place ...