One person dead, four injured after four-car crash along Hwy 99 in Lane County
LANE COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - One person has died and four others were injured after a four-car crash along Highway 99 in Lane County last week. According to preliminary investigation results from Oregon State Police, a Chevy Silverado heading south on Hwy 99 slowed down to make a turn. State...
The complex history of Oregon Country Fair: Hippies, camas fields and Native belonging
The annual Oregon Country Fair is one of the longest-running arts and craft fairs in the United States, as well as one of 28 designated Oregon Heritage Traditions. Each year, the fair attracts tens of thousands of visitors seeking eclectic art forms — as well as echoes of Lane County’s counterculture past.
Lane County considers opening opioid addiction clinic in Florence
There are no methadone clinics on the Oregon coast for 200 miles between Seaside and Coos Bay. The distance has led some people to stop taking the treatment entirely. Lane County is looking to open a new clinic in Florence to help treat opioid addiction. The county wants to create...
Springfield road closure impacts southbound traffic on Laura Street through August 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Southbound Laura Street in Springfield will be closed to through traffic from June 24 until approximately August 31st, 2025, due to utility relocations, storm system upgrades, sidewalks, and concrete paving. The closure extends from near the north end toward the south to the section of road...
Motorists urged to avoid River Rd/Federal Ln area; southbound River Rd closed at Ferndale
EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department is advising motorists to avoid the area of River Road/Federal Lane due to a bicycle/vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 1:06 p.m. Tuesday. Southbound River Road is shut down at Ferndale, Eugene PD said around 2:40 p.m.. "Please take alternate routes," Eugene...
House Fire on West 3rd Avenue
Firefighters responded early on Friday morning to a house fire on West 3rd Avenue that led to a temporary closure of West 3rd and Van Buren Street.
Trail-building crews have started work at Eugene’s Suzanne Arlie Park
Eugene’s largest city park will soon have expanded hiking and mountain biking trails. Trail crews started work this month at Suzanne Arlie Park, a 565 acre property south of Lane Community College. The plan is to add a two-mile Ridgeline Trail connector from Mount Baldy and a suite of downhill mountain bike trails by...
Eugene power lines are one spark away from disaster, utility and neighbors warn
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‘Harm and death’: Report shows how Oregon State Hospital failed a Lane County patient
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Eugene passes two-year budget, preserving library, animal services
Eugene City Council approved its next two year budget Monday night, avoiding large cuts to libraries and animal services. Eugene’s libraries have been on the chopping block repeatedly this budget cycle as city council tried to find new revenue–which they did, in the form of increased stormwater fees.
