Eugene OR

“... always full of zeal and had the most generous heart.”

Health officials have confirmed a rare “100% fatal” Mad Cow-like brain disease has struck three people in the same county in Oregon. It is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and it typically results in death within a year. According to a Hood River County Health Department press release, over the past eight...

19 people from Portland and Gresham have been indicted on charges involving the theft of $500,000 from SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits cards across the US. The group purchased baby formula and stored it in Oregon and Washington before selling it on the black market in California. SNAP Scam...

Several truckers who bypassed an Oregon weigh station were ticketed and educated during an enforcement detail in Union County this week. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO), deputies partnered with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oregon State Patrol this week to ticket...

The Eugene 4J School District has approved a contract with its new superintendent, an administrator from Northwest Washington. The Eugene 4J School Board unanimously chose Miriam Mickelson to lead the district earlier this month. This week, the board voted to adopt her three-year contract – which starts July 1.

High pressure dominates, but a couple cold fronts will bring cloudy, cooler and possibly mist weather into the Easter holiday.

Good Morning. Today will once again be sunny, warm, and inactive. The key change in today's weather will be the beginning of a weak 2 day warming event. Yesterday's slight disturbance to our Northeast is no longer close enough to have any input on the PNW. So, ridging will be building in intensity today and thus...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – A Eugene man is facing charges including assault after allegedly stabbing a teenager in Springfield on Wednesday night, seriously injuring him. According to court documents, at about 10 p.m. on April 16, Springfield police were called to an apartment complex on 18th Street for a report of a...

Several residents turned out to a city council meeting to ask officials to figure out a way to keep funding the mobile crisis response program.

The Eugene Police Department recently received an FAA waiver to expand the reach of its drone program. The new waiver allows drone operators to fly beyond a visual line of sight at altitudes up to 200 feet, working from the police station. Eugene Police had to prove their 13 pilots are fully trained and the equipment...