Eugene OR

EUGENE, Ore. - Police are investigating after someone fired shots in a wooded area near a Eugene park Friday evening, according to the Eugene Police Department. Eugene Police responded to Arrowhead Park at 3550 Arrowhead Street shortly after 5 p.m. on April 25. A man had been reported shooting a gun in a wooded area directly west of the park. Officers responded in emergency mode...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Firefighters contained a house fire in Springfield early Sunday morning after arriving to find flames blowing out of a second-floor window. Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) crews were dispatched to a home in the 1000 block of 21st on reports of a window air conditioning unit on fire.

Eugene and Springfield students spend significantly less time at school than the average American student — by new estimates, three to six weeks less a year. Newly aggregated data from public policy research firm ECOnorthwest, commissioned by Oregon educational advocacy group Stand for Children, offers insights into each district’s widely varying “contact hours” from district to district through a searchable tool. Contact hours constitute the...

Good morning! It’s April 27 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…. Today will be low clouds. There is a 4% chance of rain. The high will be 66 with a low of 45. Allergy sufferers beware: there are high amounts of tree pollen in the air. Mostly cloudy now, changing to cloudy at 7 a.m.

EUGENE, Ore. — Pedestrians in downtown Eugene will see a change in how they move through the area near the Eugene Federal Building as an alternate sidewalk route is installed Monday, April 27, 2026, near the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and Pearl Street. An area on Pearl Street...

Dylan Raiola needs to get in the gym. The post Video Of Oregon QB Dylan Raiola Looking “Extremely Overweight” At Spring Game Has Everyone Concerned originally published on Total Pro Sports .

Drivers across Oregon saw gas prices jump over the weekend, with the statewide average for a gallon of regular rising to $5.07. That is up 8 cents from a week ago. Across Lane, Douglas and Coos counties, average prices in Lane and Douglas counties also increased along with the statewide average, while prices in Coos County were holding steady.

Tom Stedman (Ward 4), Jennifer Yeh (Ward 4), Jennifer Smith (Ward 3), and John Barofsky (Ward 3), are all candidates for Eugene City Council in May 2026. They spoke at a City Club of Eugene forum on April 24, 2026, moderated by KLCC's Zac Ziegler. Program date: April 24, 2026.

May 1 is the anniversary of the opening of the Eugene airport, known officially as Mahlon Sweet Field. It began operations on that date in 1943. Prior to that, Eugene’s airport was located where Westmoreland Park is today. And that’s where this story of history repeating itself begins.

Eugene’s $11.5-million budget gap and the area’s shortage of housing were major topics when candidates for north Eugene’s Ward 5 spoke at a recent City Club of Eugene forum. All of the candidates agreed that further cuts would likely affect vital services from first responders to infrastructure...