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Oregon State Hospital, the state’s highest-level psychiatric institution, has faced much scrutiny in recent years over staffing problems, questionable caretaking practices, and a high profile patient death—and it has churned through interim leader after interim leader. Now, the Oregon Health Authority announced this we

To work on a school district’s finance team is to hold one of the most thankless jobs in government administration. If the public is talking about your work, in all likelihood, it’s because something went wrong. Lately, things have gone wrong at Lane County’s two largest school districts....

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Willamalane started construction on the long-awaited redevelopment of Tyson Park in Springfield. The park is now closed and will remain shut through October. Construction just began at the park located at 34th Street and E Street. The project includes a new playground, sports courts, a community gar

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Springfield Police K9 unit will be hosting their annual police dog competition on Saturday, June 20th from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Teams from across the region will travel to Springfield High School's Silke Field for the chance to be this year's top K9 team.

Eugene School District 4J is moving forward with renaming César E. Chávez Elementary School after a unanimous vote by the school board on June 17. 4J is one of dozens of institutions that named buildings or landmarks after Latino and workers' rights leader César Chávez , but now are reconsidering the honor after report

Eugene police arrested an 18-year-old man for reckless driving and speeding in west Eugene on Tuesday night.

The Eugene Water & Electric Board will utilize $2.2 million in grants to update and harden parts of its infrastructure as extreme weather events such as ice storms and wildfires become more frequent. The grants come from two rounds of Oregon’s Grid Resilience Grant program, and will cover undergrounding a...

EUGENE, Ore. - A University of Oregon dean collapsed during Monday's commencement ceremony at Hayward Field in 97-degree heat, leaving some graduates frustrated about how the university handled extreme weather conditions. A video posted to social media shows Dean Adrian Parr Zaretsky addressing graduates before she fai

The city of Eugene aims to complete initial work on a policy defining and regulating surveillance technology by the end of the year. Assistant City Manager Matt Rodrigues told city councilors Wednesday, June 17, that he hopes to deliver a “policy framework” for the citywide use of surveillance tools within the next six

A weekly compilation of the largest winning bids in the Pacific Northwest, according to the Daily Journal of Commerce Project Center. Winner (intent to award): Northwest Construction of Bellevue, Washington. Amount: $6,542,076. Project: Runway Reconstruction Project (Puyallup, Washington) Owner: Pierce County – Plannin