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LANE COUNTY, Ore. — In a dramatic incident involving a gunshot being fired and law enforcement vehicles damaged by an Indiana suspect with an outstanding warrant of arrest, took place in Lane County late on Thursday night. Deputies from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office encountered Tyler Ashton Leavitt (41),...

FLORENCE, Ore. — Around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, a Lane County Sheriff’s deputy located a suspicious pickup parked on Herman Cape Road in U.S. Forest Service land north of Florence. The deputy contacted the driver and passenger. The driver, Tyler Ashton Leavitt, 41, of Indiana, had...

EUGENE, Ore. — Egan Warming Centers is calling on the community to lend a hand at their Inventory/Organization/Donation Sorting Party on Saturday, Oct. 18. The event will take place at the Cleveland Warehouse, 135 N Cleveland St, Eugene, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers are needed to inventory...

EUGENE, Ore. — Greenhill Humane Society is sharing a "Happy Tail" story featuring Nellie ("Pearl") and Hank. Nellie came into Greenhill as a stray kitten with two of her siblings in late August. She had a fever, was covered in fleas, underweight, and her left eye was crusted shut. Despite her lack of human...

PacificSource has submitted its transition plan to the Oregon Health Authority, a major step in the insurer’s exit from its contract serving nearly 90,000 Medicaid members in Lane County. The Springfield-based insurer notified the state Sept. 18 that it planned to not renew its contract to operate in Lane...

Coming up on KEZI 9 News at 4: Police arrest seven suspects in burglary investigation. Plus, College GameDay is in town. Chief Meteorologist Holden LeCroy has weather.

EUGENE, Ore. - Additional charges have been filed against a man accused of shooting and killing his friend in Eugene last March, according to documents filed in Lane County Circuit Court. Kenneth John Alvord, 37, now faces charges of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and unlawful use of a weapon in...

More than five years after fire ripped through the McKenzie River valley, Lane County commissioners toured the area Wednesday, Oct. 8, and heard residents and business owners share accounts of resiliency — and frustration. After an afternoon of touring, the commissioners gathered in a school gymnasium in Blue River...

A 29-year-old man already charged with two counts of first-degree murder also faces an additional felony charge related to a report of an attempted jail assault, according to court documents and the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. Police in July arrested Justin Ray Carr in Washington state on suspicion of...

Food for Lane County unveiled a new website and a new feature called Food Finder, which helps people find food pantries and meal sites, filtering them by location and day of the week. The website can be viewed in 11 languages. The Food Finder tool and the new website are...