Oregon weekly newspaper to relaunch print edition after theft forced it to lay off its entire staff

An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled will relaunch its print edition next month. The editor of the Eugene Weekly, Camilla Mortensen, says the paper will return to print Feb. 8. The weekly was forced to lay off its entire 10-person staff right before Christmas after its funds were allegedly embezzled by a former employee. According to Mortensen, the employee used the paper's bank account to pay themselves $90,000. The paper also knows of at least $100,000 in unpaid bills. Mortensen says fundraising campaigns have allowed the paper to raise $150,000 since the embezzlement forced it to halt print in December.