Eugene Police confirm hit-and-run truck was stolen; suspects wore masks and black hoodies
EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department advised motorists Wednesday afternoon to avoid the area near 15th Avenue and High Street due to a crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian. At 1:28 p.m. on May 20, a bicyclist was riding south on High Street in the bicycle lane...
After fourth bicyclist death this year, Eugene officials discuss safety plans
To commemorate traffic death victims and discuss safety plans, over 100 people gathered at Rosetta Place Park on Wednesday morning, just a few blocks from where a car struck and killed a biker, David Winston Morris, earlier this month. Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson spoke about the progress already made on...
146 workers laid off as Oregon alcohol distributor finalizes sale
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — More layoffs are expected to hit Oregon as one of the nation’s leading alcohol distributors is sold. Republic National Distributing Company, which operates facilities in Portland, Eugene, Medford and Bend, notified each city’s leaders on May 18 that it expects 146 employees to be laid off as it
Springfield resident faces child exploitation charges
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Lane County Sheriff's detectives arrested a 21-year-old man on child sex abuse charges after responding to a home on Camp Creek Road, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. LCSO officials said that detectives contacted and arrested Rowan Augustus Hockema at a residence in the 38000 block...
The First Rule of El Nopalito Is Check If There’s Seafood
In our Dining Reports, we share a firsthand perspective of a recent restaurant visit, covering everything from the vibe to must-get dishes. See more in the Eater app. El Nopalito, a food cart run by brothers Marco and Eduardo Ariano, was already one of Eugene’s best restaurants before it made the leap to a counter-serv
Community members testify about need for behavioral health campus in Springfield
When a Bethel School District student needed psychiatric care earlier this year, she was taken to the emergency room before being transferred to Portland for treatment because there are no youth inpatient psychiatric beds in Lane County. “The family didn’t have the means to transport themselves up to be able...
County levies: Extension Service, Willamalane measures narrowly trail
This story has been updated with results released at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Lane County voters delivered mixed results to a slate of local option levy and tax requests in early results Tuesday, May 19. Proposed levy increases for the county’s Oregon State University Extension Service and Springfield’s Willamalane Parks and..
Rural fire levies: Early results show Lane, South Lane measures failing
This story has been updated with vote tallies released at 10 p.m. Preliminary returns show voters again defeating two measures that would raise property taxes to help fund two rural fire districts in Lane County. But a measure to renew a five-year local option tax for the Dexter Rural Fire Protection District was leadi
Four plead guilty in burglary ring targeting Asian business owners
EUGENE, Ore. - Local and federal law enforcement agencies are praising the joint investigation which led to seven arrests in a burglary ring that targeted more than 20 homes of Asian business owners across Oregon and Washington. Four suspects have already pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to commit...
Hitman pleads guilty to killing friend’s wife in Clark County for share of life-insurance...
A Springfield man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last week in the killing of a Clark County woman in a plot allegedly orchestrated by the victim’s husband, The Columbian reported. Darrell E. Riley, 57, broke into Lindy Rummell’s Brush Prairie home on March 23, 2024, shot her five times...
