Eugene OR

The Big Ten’s record cash bonanza just hit Eugene, and the Ducks are getting a healthy, if not top-shelf, cut. Out of the conference’s staggering $1.37 billion distribution to its 18 member schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the University of Oregon is set to receive about $48.4 million. It is a major boost to the athletic department’s bottom line...

A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 5:07 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 5:45 p.m. for Lane County Cascade Foothills and Cascades of Lane County. The storms may bring marble-sized hail (0.5 inches). "At 5:07 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm 8 miles...

Lane County Measure 20-373 asks voters to protect local watersheds. The goal is right. It’s the instrument that’s wrong. Everybody wants clean water and healthy watersheds. That’s how the McKenzie River Trust’s executive director described it recently. Clean water is a public good, and Lane County’s watersheds warrant real protection.

We’ve arrived at what will be our warmest day of the year and a hot afternoon. The abnormally hot afternoon has led us to declare today a First Alert Weather Day. We still expect temperatures to touch right around 90°, which would be a new daily high temperature for the day. The current record is 89°, so if we don’t quite make it to...

Record heat likely Sunday = First Alert Weather Day. We got plenty of warm sunshine Saturday afternoon in the Portland area, with highs climbing into the mid 70s. Kelso got to 80 degrees! A bit more cloud cover to our south kept Salem and Eugene in the 60s. There was...

LANE COUNTY, OR — The Lane County Diaper Bank is asking the community for help after running out of boxes needed to keep its diaper distribution program running. The organization said it relies on boxes to repackage diapers and get them safely to families who count on the diaper bank every month. Without boxes, it said it cannot repack or distribute diapers efficiently, which could...

Oregon may become the first state in the union to create and implement a single-payer health insurance system, sometimes referred to as ‘Medicare For All.’. Nancy Forrest: On April 19, 2026, the Lane County chapter of Health Care for All Oregon (HCAO) hosted a town hall in Eugene to present progress being made on a multiyear campaign designed to reform how health insurance...

Slocum Orthopedics held a girder signing event to mark the construction of its new $30 million ambulatory surgery center in Eugene, which will open in 2027 with expanded facilities and services.

Ed Sorbo’s Lindemann Engineering is moving from southern California to join forces with Gray Area KTM in Eugene, Oregon, bringing two race-oriented shops under one roof. Lindemann’s current lease is expiring, and a conversation with a mutual friend put Sorbo in touch with the Gray family, owners of Gray Area KTM. Said Sorbo, “These guys reminded me of Sportbike Hawaii back in the...

EUGENE, Ore.- Eight individuals have been charged for their role in a transnational criminal organization (TCO) transporting narcotics into California from Mexico and distributing it