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The man shot by Eugene police on Nov. 12 has been identified as Tyler James Johnson, a 40-year-old man from the Eugene area, said JoAnn Miller, a deputy district attorney for Lane County. On Nov. 12, police received “seven or eight different calls from citizens” about a man now identified...

School districts in Lane County and statewide are still struggling to bring regular attendance rates back to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently released state data shows little progress — and some backsliding — since last year across the county’s 16 school districts. Statewide, regular attendance...

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. — The Cottage Grove Police Department (CGPD) is mourning the loss of K9 Sabrina, who was struck and killed by a vehicle Wednesday night after leaving the police department’s parking lot. According to the department, Sabrina exited the building through an open door around 10:30...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded early Nov. 15 to a report that a man had threatened several people with a handgun in the 400 block of Carol Street in Lowell before he fled the scene in a vehicle. LCSO deputies deployed an armored rescue...

Heavy rain, gusty winds and mountain snow from a powerful atmospheric river will disrupt Thanksgiving week travel across the Pacific Northwest. A potent storm fueled by an atmospheric river will target the Pacific Northwest this weekend, bringing widespread downpours from Medford, Oregon, through Spokane, Washington,...

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 19, dozens of federal law enforcement officials surrounded a gold GMC Sonoma at the intersection of 31st Street and Pierce Parkway in Springfield as part of a series of immigration crackdowns across the Eugene metropolitan area . A 25-year-old Eugene woman leaving the parking lot...

Eugene police officer Samuel Tykol said he was reacting to safety concerns and resistance from Eliborio Rodrigues Jr. when he grabbed the man’s arm and attempted to handcuff him before a 2019 street altercation in which he fatally shot Rodrigues. Tykol’s testimony came Wednesday, Nov. 19, during a civil...

Lane County and the City of Eugene say they’re about $4 million short of what’s needed to maintain existing homeless services after not receiving funds they expected from the state. The region is losing at least 60 beds. One shelter in Eugene that provides longer-term services could close...

In a recent social media post, a Latina woman from Eugene expressed her fear and anxiety about living in her own city due to her skin color. The woman, who remains anonymous, shared her distressing experience of feeling threatened and unsafe in her own community. She expressed her love for Eugene, acknowledging the...