Lane County commissioners censure fellow commissioner David Loveall
Lane County commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday, March 3, to censure Commissioner David Loveall, following an outside investigation that found he retaliated against county employees after complaints were filed about him. The Board of Commissioners’ vote capped a more than two-hour hearing in which the public expressed...
UO receives $20 million Education Department grant to serve youth with disabilities
EUGENE, Ore. — A new $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education is set to expand the University of Oregon’s work helping students with disabilities transition from high school into jobs and independent living. The grant, announced March 3, 2026, will support researchers in the University...
What we know about Michael Naughton, man missing in wilderness
Michael Naughton, 42, of Eugene, remains missing , according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. Naughton's vehicle was discovered on Feb. 19 in the Gate Creek area, east of Vida off Highway 126. He left the vehicle the day prior to get gas at a nearby gas station. Surveillance cameras at the station captured...
TweetyBERT parses canary songs to better understand how brains learn language
A new machine learning model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, offering a scalable platform for neuroscience, providing insights into the neural basis of how the brain learns and produces language, and offering potential applications for understanding...
Eugene police say downtown street blockade ‘escalated’; investigation ongoing
Eugene police said Tuesday, March 3, they are continuing to investigate the Saturday evening traffic blockades near the downtown federal building and related conflicts they say resulted in injuries to a driver and a 19-year-old man. As some drivers pushed through a line of about 20 protesters, some protesters...
BPA-provided witness for Holiday Farm deposition knew almost nothing
In the latest development in the ongoing litigation seeking to assign the blame for the Holiday Farm Fire, U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ordered the Bonneville Power Administration to pay sanctions to the other parties in the case for not cooperating with the investigation and for destroying evidence....
DHS protective service: 2 detained at Eugene protest were juveniles, cited and released
EUGENE, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service (FPS) released a statement on Tuesday morning regarding two people detained during protests in Eugene on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. FPS stated that two people were charged with damage to government property. They were later identified...
EPD: Blocking streets during Eugene protest is disorderly conduct, Class B misdemeanor
EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department has issued a statement regarding the blocking of roadways during protests that occurred in downtown Eugene on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Our team reached out to Eugene PD to ask about their response to Saturday's protest. They confirmed that blocking the roadway...
Local Wrestlers Bring Home State Titles Across Multiple Classifications
From Thurston’s climb back to the top in 5A to Harrisburg’s dominance in 3A, local wrestlers made their mark at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
PeaceHealth cites need to scale ER quality care in switch from EEP to ApolloMD
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — PeaceHealth Oregon reveals the deciding factor for ending its contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians (EEP) boiled down to scaling its Emergency Department. Hospital executives turned to Georgia-based ApolloMD for physician management services for it's three Lane County medical centers....
