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A California man was rescued after falling at Toketee Falls Monday in the Umpqua National Forest east of Roseburg. The Douglas County Sheriff's office says the man and a group of friends visited the falls and crossed over the chain link safety fence. They took turns jumping off a cliff into the water pool and at one...

For decades, textile and botanical artist Elaine Falbo-Lowe has made fairy-inspired art for her booth at the Oregon Country Fair. When Falbo-Lowe was juried into her first fair 40 years ago, she was a young mother and skilled basket weaver. Now a grandmother at 71, she reflects on how the fair has shaped her life and...

Newport Police Officer Jerimiah Mangum and his partner, K9 Sly, received the “Top Dog” award during the annual Springfield Police K9 Competition. The event was held June 14 at Springfield High School’s Silke Field. The competition involves five timed events that include both the dog and the handler. These were an...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Eugene man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine in Oregon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced. David Toedtemeier, 34, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised...

EUGENE, Ore. — The City of Eugene has a new two-year budget. It was approved Monday night during a city council meeting and it saves several city services that were on the chopping block. Still, reductions remain, and the path to a more sustainable, long-term budget plan is on...

The Eugene City Council has approved the 2025–2027 Biennial Budget, finalizing the city’s financial plan through 2027. The unanimous vote took place on Monday, following months of planning and public input. According to the Eugene City website, the adopted budget addresses an $11.5 million shortfall in the General...

EUGENE, Ore. — In a unanimous vote, the Lane County Board of Commissioners approved establishing a joint elected task force to address financial challenges facing emergency medical services in Lane County as well as who will be on that task force. The task force is made up the five...

A partnership between Willamalane and Lane Transit District has installed four free bike repair stations in Springfield for area bicyclists.

EUGENE, Ore. — There's a long way to go to revive CAHOOTS in Eugene. $500,000 was set aside to transition alternative crisis response within the City of Eugene's budget. But that's not even close to what CAHOOTS once operated on - and advocates say it’s nowhere near what's needed to rebuild a crisis services model...

Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III, the former director of the National Park Service, has been named by the University of Oregon School of Law as the first Oregon Tribes Scholar-in-Residence and Senior Fellow with the Native Environmental Sovereignty Project. The position is part of Oregon Law’s top-ranked Environmental and...