Eugene OR

EUGENE, OR — Detectives arrested nine people during a retail theft operation at a Fred Meyer store in Eugene, with officers making the arrests during a six-hour enforcement effort on April 23. The Eugene Police Department said the operation targeted the store at 3333 W. 11th Avenue and resulted...

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) has taken a major step toward building a second water treatment plant, advancing plans for a new facility on the Willamette River designed to improve the region's long-term water reliability and emergency preparedness. During a meeting Tuesday, EWEB's Board...

Eugene, OR – Eugene Springfield Fire crews rescued a cat and a dog from an RV fire early Wednesday morning in Springfield’s Glenwood neighborhood. Firefighters were dispatched at approximately 1:27 a.m. to Eugene Mobile Village after receiving reports of flames coming through the roof of an RV trailer.

Call it a bounce-back month for Lane County’s real estate market. The 386 home sales that closed countywide last month marked the highest June total in at least four years, according to data from the Regional Multiple Listing Service released Wednesday, July 8. The improved pace followed a sluggish...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A crash has closed Oregon Highway 126 eastbound about 2 miles west of Tiernan at milepost 7, forcing traffic into a single open lane. Flaggers are directing drivers through the area, and delays are expected. Motorists are urged to slow down and use caution, or...

EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Human Services announced that Jaylynn O'Hara was found on Thursday. According to ODHS, the Child Welfare Division thanked the community for its support in locating O'Hara on July 9. The department did not release additional details about where O'Hara was found or the circumstance

In 1969, when the Oregon Country Fair was still in its infancy, a small group of White Bird Clinic volunteers showed up with a box of medical supplies and established White Bird Rock Medicine, a nonprofit medical organization that provides services at OCF and other major festivals. Now, 57 years...

Springfield History Museum opens a new exhibit called “Farm Labor in the Valley” July 10, featuring the long history and individual stories of those involved in the Willamette Valley farmworker movement. Artifacts from Eugene Friends of Farmworkers are displayed, including many picket signs and posters from the 1970s f

This year’s Oregon Country Fair concert lineup honors a late music legend with deep roots at the event, and welcomes an up-and-coming duo of brothers who got their start in Eugene, but who are now based in Brooklyn. At 4:15 pm July 12 on the Main Stage is the...

George Brown shaped Eugene for over half a century, from his longtime ownership of Kiva to his stint on the Eugene City Council. He moved to the area in 1970, starting a bookstore in Scarborough Faire, Eugene’s indoor hippie mall — the bookstore later turned into iconic downtown grocery The Kiva, which has been running