Eugene OR

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...

A major earth-moving project is underway along the McKenzie Highway east of Eugene-Springfield. The work is meant to restore the McKenzie River to its more meandering character to improve wildlife habitat and water quality. Like many rivers, the McKenzie and its tributaries have been engineered by humans to follow a...

Junction City residents ended up voting down a bond measure that would have provided additional funding to renovate Junction City High School.

VIDA, Ore. – A former McKenzie High School athlete enjoyed a special moment earlier this week as after losing nearly everything during the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire Samantha Winningham was reunited with her letterman jacket. Roughly one year ago, Winningham’s Aunt Melanie set a plan in motion to have’s...