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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Eugene Springfield Fire is on scene of a mobile home fire at 3998 Franklin Blvd in Glenwood. Firefighters were called to the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday, May 23, to reports of a mobile home on fire. Crews arrived about 6...

Murphy Smith says he was unemployed for four years because of medical issues before becoming a rideshare driver in Eugene, Oregon. Driving allows him to work without triggering his severe asthma, Smith, 47, says. But without a set minimum wage, he says he works 12 to 16 hours a day to support himself. Smith, who’s […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Some PeaceHealth employees are without a job after the healthcare provider announced a round of layoffs impacting two major Pacific Northwest hospitals, including PeaceHealth Sacred Heart RiverBend in Springfield and PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. In an internal...

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Springfield Fire responded Thursday to 3648 N. Delta Highway for a cooking fire that was controlled with a residential sprinkler system. Officials say the resident was cooking and had a stovetop fire that spread up to the kitchen cabinets before being controlled by the sprinklers.

EUGENE, Ore. — Three suspects, including two teenagers, have been arrested in connection with the deaths of a man and a teenage girl in Eugene. On Tuesday evening, Lane County Sheriff’s Office detectives received a tip and discovered the bodies of a man and a teenage girl southeast of Oakridge. Police said their...

EUGENE, Ore. – The woman accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Eugene Weekly, a local newspaper, is no longer in police custody after Oregon Governor Tina Kotek’s office declined to pay for her extradition from Ohio. The Eugene Weekly reported earlier in May that...

LOWELL — Tuesday’s Lowell city council meeting was a short and sweet one. The mayor, city administrator and councilors were able to comb through the agenda at pace and consolidate the meeting in just under 40 minutes – a possible record. The city’s Beautification Day, which was...

EUGENE, Ore. — After Dezianna Patmon crushed a three-run, walk-off homer deep into the Eugene night to send her Ducks to the super regionals, the senior said her reason for doing so was simple. "I wasn't hanging up the cleats today." Patmon's homer to lift Oregon (51-8) past Stanford...

Eugene, Oregon – Sunshine returns to Lane County just in time for Memorial Day weekend, but Eugene residents should keep umbrellas handy by Sunday night. According to the National Weather Service, a brief window of morning showers Thursday will give way to a dry and warming trend. Friday begins mostly sunny with a...

EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene’s city council voted on Wednesday to begin the process of raising stormwater fees by 18% in order to generate funding for the city’s parks and open space programs, according to city officials. The city said that the fee increase would raise $4.7 million...