Eugene OR

Ernest Lessenger has called Eugene home for eight years. He’s a tech worker, part of a recently spotty, but steady, migration of workers who became enamored of Eugene’s quality of life and relative affordability. Since moving from Georgia to continue his work as a remote IT consultant, he’s made a comfortable living...

Imagine a place where designer furniture costs less than your monthly coffee budget and vintage treasures lurk around every corner. St. Vinnie’s on Division Avenue in Eugene isn’t just another thrift store – it’s the mothership of secondhand shopping that has Oregonians setting their GPS from Portland to Medford just...

Lane County’s efforts to guide people in drug addiction into recovery stepped up in 2025, even though the county’s deflection program is still relatively new. Lane County started the program in October 2024. It gives people facing misdemeanor drug possession charges or other low-level charges tied to addiction an...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — An Oregon Lawmaker is teaming up with the family of a domestic violence victim. Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-District 21, is proposing legislation that will make it safer for victims of stalking and domestic violence. The legislation is called "Kristil's law," named for Kristil Krug, who was murdered...

Samanta and Devin Hansen celebrated the New Year with the birth of their son, Luka, as the first baby born at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in 2026. Luka was born at 12:29 a.m. Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds, 7.4 ounces and 20 ½ inches tall. Samanta went into labor almost a full week before her due...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed two new judges to Lane County’s Circuit Court. Last year, Kotek signed a bill upping the number of Lane County judges from 15 to 17. On Friday, she announced she was choosing Jessica May and Allison Knight to fill the new seats. Knight,...

1. Coquine – Portland, OR. Coquine feels like a neighborhood secret that everyone shares, tucked near Mt. Tabor with a pantry-minded soul. You taste stone fruit in summer sorbets, charred alliums in fall, and greens so lively they almost crunch back. The kitchen channels farmers’ rhythms into quiet, confident plates...

As the newspaper industry struggles to survive, two publications in east Linn County are merging in hopes of better serving their communities and surrounding areas. The Sweet Home New Era and the Lebanon Local, published by Scott Swanson and his wife Miriam, have combined as one weekly newspaper as of Jan. 1.

You can almost hear the iconic steel guitar and Merle Haggard's voice: "Silver Wings. Shining in the sun."

An ad hoc subcommittee of the Lane Community College Board of Education took a first crack Friday, Jan. 2, at a three-year plan proposed by college administrators to cut spending by $8 million over the next three school years. The subcommittee — board Chair Austin Fölnagy, Vice Chair Jerry Rust...