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James Ewell: Housing scarcity continues to be a primary driver of increases in homelessness across the country and in our community. Presenter: This year’s Point In Time (PIT) count showed a big jump in the total number of homeless persons: The count of sheltered homeless is 52% higher than last year. The Lane County...

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A new report from the City of Eugene indicates the number of traffic deaths over the past three years more than doubled over the previous three-year period. The report analyzed traffic data from 2022 to 2024. In the 50 fatal crashes that occurred over that time, 51 people were killed.

For Angela Noah, 28, a citizen of the White Mountain Apache Tribe with Choctaw Nation descent, telling stories has been an integral part of her identity since she was young. In elementary school Noah remembers telling her mother elaborate stories about what happened each day at school. A natural storyteller from a...

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The grocery store heir inherited his father's business.

EUGENE, Ore. - The "Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act" has officially come into effect in Oregon. This landmark legislation positions Oregon as the first state to implement an "Extended Producer Responsibility" law. Manufacturers of packaging, paper, and food serviceware are now required to contribute...

EUGENE, Ore. -- In an update in the Eugene Weekly embezzlement case, Elisha Young is now in the Lane County Jail. Jail records show Young was booked into the jail on Wednesday night for three counts of first-degree aggravated theft and two counts of first-degree theft. On Wednesday, Lane County District Attorney...

Oregon’s Court of Appeals chided the state’s police force on Wednesday for using warrantless “technologically-enhanced surveillance” to bust an illegal marijuana operation, sending the court’s clearest message yet about how law enforcement may use the increasingly popular, but controversial technology. The case,...