Eugene OR

As a child, Jill Bartholomaus dreamed of being a published author. Her daughters, Jessie Lake, 40, of Eugene, and Molly Johnson, 30, of West Salem, remember her always writing, and their grandfather says she used to sneak out onto the roof to write at night as a teenager. Bartholomaus never reached her goal. In 2005,...

The woman accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Eugene Weekly will not be coming to Oregon to face justice.

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Memorial Day Weekend signals the unofficial start to summer, but high gas prices have people paying more for their holiday travel. According to Gas Buddy, Eugene gas prices are 70 cents above the national average. Out of state travelers said they have seen the most drastic changes driving from...

It’ll soon be 50 years since the night American running icon, Oregon Duck legend and Hayward Field fan favorite Steve Prefontaine crashed his gold MGB convertible on Skyline Boulevard and died at 24. The fatal accident on May 30, 1975, was the “End of an era,” proclaimed the headline in The Register-Guard, as the...

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon’s softball team went into extra innings before getting a 3-2 win over visiting Liberty in Game 1 of the best-of-three Super Regionals on Friday night. After seeing the Flames tie the game in the sixth inning, Oregon took care of business in extra...

MARION, Ind. — Runner-up finishes for Carson Le Bel in the pole vault and Frankie Maciel in the 5,000 meters gave Southern Oregon a big finishing kick that included three additional All-America performances as the NAIA Outdoor Championships wrapped up Friday at the IWU Track & Field Complex. The...

This week's show was recorded in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My Job guest Ego Nwodim and panelists Hari Kondabolu, Dulcé Sloan, and Tom Papa. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show. Who's Bill This Time. Air Traffic Jam; Final...

EUGENE, Ore. — Monday is Memorial Day - and the Annie Mims Garden Collaborative is hosting a free barbecue. It's taking place at the old Our Redeemer Church on Maxwell Road in northwest Eugene. It'll run Monday from 12-4 p.m. and will provide locally sourced food prepared by Yardy...

Health care in Lane County is experiencing what Kianna Cabuco described as a "big transition." As executive director of the Lane County Medical Society, Cabuco gets to see the human side of that transition. "I really like being able to see the human side and build these connections with (physicians) and have...

Entering under a gold, blue and white balloon arch, community members of all ages, from preschoolers to alumni in their 70s, walked through the halls of Clear Lake Elementary School for the last time this week. The elementary school, which has a 73-year-old history in the community, is shutting its doors at the end...