Eugene OR

While burgers might be the headliner at Giant Burger in Springfield, Oregon, a crispy, golden secret steals the spotlight for those in the know. The humble tater tot – that nostalgic potato morsel of childhood cafeterias – has been elevated to an art form at this unassuming roadside eatery.

It’s been five years since the Holiday Farm Fire raged through the McKenzie River valley. It burned more than 173,000 acres, including most of the community of Blue River. Patence Winningham was Lane County Emergency Manager at the time. She lives in McKenzie Bridge, just a few miles east of the fire’s devastation....

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police Department detectives investigating Friday’s shooting incident in the Walmart parking lot that left one person dead indicated that the person who shot the firearm stayed on the scene and has cooperated with law enforcement. After Eugene Police responded to reports of the shooting...

Following up on yesterday's cooler air in the forecast, today promises to bring more of the same. The biggest difference? A bit of a later start to our - once again, limited - rain chances in the forecast. Still, all of this is simply setting the stage for the next big blast of Fall-like weather into next week.

The National Weather Service reported an air quality alert at 4:51 a.m. on Saturday for Lane County Cascade Foothills and Cascades of Lane County. "The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality have issued an Air Quality Advisory, which is in effect until 8 p.m. Sunday. An...

Fifty years ago, runners in bold shorts, knee-high socks and headbands moved in waves along a new soft-surface course at Alton Baker Park. They breathed life into a dusty trail of freshly laid wood chips, carrying the vivid spirit of Steve Prefontaine, America’s greatest distance runner of the era, just months after...

The national media is waking up to Oregon, and realizing just how much better this team is than those cautious/question mark preseason evaluations. Big Noon kic

Melissa Nolledo, a Eugene based photographer, is at Cecilia Lee Head’s house in South Eugene. She’s photographing Head for an ongoing project called, “Our Stories: Immigrants of America.”. As she takes pictures, she guides Head and her daughter, Jenny Jonak, making them pose and directing their movements...

Schroeder is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Oregon. He lives in Eugene. Last month, I was preparing my syllabus for a new course at the University of Oregon on religion and climate change. My students and I would investigate topics ranging from Pope Francis’s statements on climate to...

After Oregon crushed Oklahoma State 69-3, Dante Moore explained how the team reacted to the midweek comments by Mike Gundy.