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A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 6:38 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 7:15 p.m. for Lane County Cascade Foothills, Cascades of Marion and Linn counties and Cascades of Lane County. The storms are packing marble-sized hail (0.5 inches) and wind gusts of up...

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After four days of preliminary rounds, interviews, and a parade, Mya Cash, Miss Lane County, was crowned Miss Oregon 2025 on Saturday, June 28. The crowd of nearly 250 people broke into spontaneous applause and cheers as the next Miss Oregon was announced at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center.

EUGENE, Ore. — The City of Eugene has published the Eugene Fatal Crash Report 2022-2024, which shows that 22 people were killed in traffic crashes on Eugene streets in 2024, the highest number on record. The new report analyzes traffic crash data for 2022-2024, when a total of 50...

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EUGENE, Ore. — As of July 1, 2025, Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) officially goes into effect after five years of planning and preparation. The RMA introduces significant changes to how Oregon funds, collects, and recycles packaging, paper, and food serviceware. It also introduces...

Courtesy of Market of Choice Rick Wright, CEO of Oregon grocery store chain Market of Choice, whose father founded the business, has died. A press release announcing the death said Wright, 62, died in his Eugene, Oregon, mansion on Sunday of “natural causes.” Wright had served as CEO since his father, Richard “Dick”...

EUGENE, Ore. -- As of today, the State of Oregon has nine days left to extradite accused Eugene Weekly embezzler Elisha Young from Ohio back to Oregon or else she could be released for a second time. Young is accused of embezzling $100,000 from the Eugene Weekly newspaper, forcing the...

This story was updated to add new information. Territorial Highway near the Lorane Highway junction southwest of Eugene reopened just before 5 p.m. on June 30 after a log truck rolled over and dumped its load onto the highway. The crash was reported at 2:30 p.m. Lane Fire Authority officials advised travelers to...

Beginning in the Western Cascade Mountains and coursing northward where it empties into the Columbia River, the Willamette River feeds one of the most fertile valleys in the Pacific Northwest and is home to the state's premier wine region just as scenic as Napa Valley without the crowds. The valley stretches roughly...