Eugene OR

EUGENE, Ore. - Eugene police arrested a domestic violence suspect with help from the SWAT team on West 6th Avenue near Blair Boulevard on Wednesday morning, according to the Eugene Police Department. EPD officials said that officers went to a local hospital at 11 p.m. on Sept. 22 to meet...

Seven people left Eugene for a camping trip in 2025, but only five came back. The other two, 17-year-old Maleah Lewis and 21-year-old Noah Wall, were found dead in a remote area southeast of Oakridge, and three people connected to the trip now face charges in their deaths. Lewis and...

An arrest warrant affidavit filed in Lane County Circuit Court describes an alleged “quick change” scammer who fooled a Eugene cashier and is said to be part of a group that has been hitting stores nationwide for the last two years. Lulugi Rostas, 30, was charged Tuesday, Sept....

An insurance company representing Lane Community College is suing a local construction contractor after a water leak at the school's Health Professions Building caused nearly $1.5 million in damages in 2024. Property and Casualty Coverage for Education, also known as PACE, filed a nine-page lawsuit in Lane County Circu

Nearly half of Oregon consumers experienced illegal or unfair treatment in the past year, with scams or fraud topping the list, according to a new survey. About a quarter of respondents reported being impacted by deceptive practices, with Black Oregonians being slightly more likely. Marcus Mundy is with Oregon Consumer

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene BRiGHT Parade returns Saturday, Sept. 26, and the city is reminding Eugene residents to be aware of closures during the evening procession, which expected to draw large crowds. The parade is scheduled for 7:30-8:30 p.m. and will bring a series of street closures in...

There’s an old photograph of Springfield that doesn’t look quite real at first. The Willamette River bends through the frame. Steel bridges span the water. Beyond them, houses scatter across a mostly open hillside, where the trees are thinner and the town hasn’t yet climbed very far above the valley floor. And then you

FLORENCE, Ore. (KATU) — Police are searching for an 81-year-old woman from Elmira, Oregon who hasn’t been seen since Sunday evening. Celia Morrow’s friends last saw her at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Florence area on the Oregon coast. Florence Police said they saw her leaving Three Rivers Casino later that evening, b

A split appeals court panel Monday, Sept. 21, upheld a lower court’s denial of immunity for two Lane County Sheriff’s Office deputies named in a lawsuit arising from the death of Landon Payne. Payne, 37, died two days after encounters March 27, 2020, with Eugene police and Lane...

Nobody ever walked out of a thrift store saying “I wish I’d paid more,” and at St. Vincent de Paul’s Seneca Thrift Store in Eugene, that sentiment reaches its absolute peak. Twenty-five dollars here isn’t a budget constraint. It’s a starting point for one of...