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Nearly half of Oregon consumers experienced illegal or unfair treatment in the past year, with scams or fraud topping the list, according to a new survey. About a quarter of respondents reported being impacted by deceptive practices, with Black Oregonians being slightly more likely. Marcus Mundy is with Oregon Consumer

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene BRiGHT Parade returns Saturday, Sept. 26, and the city is reminding Eugene residents to be aware of closures during the evening procession, which expected to draw large crowds. The parade is scheduled for 7:30-8:30 p.m. and will bring a series of street closures in...

There’s an old photograph of Springfield that doesn’t look quite real at first. The Willamette River bends through the frame. Steel bridges span the water. Beyond them, houses scatter across a mostly open hillside, where the trees are thinner and the town hasn’t yet climbed very far above the valley floor. And then you

FLORENCE, Ore. (KATU) — Police are searching for an 81-year-old woman from Elmira, Oregon who hasn’t been seen since Sunday evening. Celia Morrow’s friends last saw her at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Florence area on the Oregon coast. Florence Police said they saw her leaving Three Rivers Casino later that evening, b

A split appeals court panel Monday, Sept. 21, upheld a lower court’s denial of immunity for two Lane County Sheriff’s Office deputies named in a lawsuit arising from the death of Landon Payne. Payne, 37, died two days after encounters March 27, 2020, with Eugene police and Lane...

Nobody ever walked out of a thrift store saying “I wish I’d paid more,” and at St. Vincent de Paul’s Seneca Thrift Store in Eugene, that sentiment reaches its absolute peak. Twenty-five dollars here isn’t a budget constraint. It’s a starting point for one of...

GARDINER, Ore. — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team served a warrant at a residence in Gardiner on Monday, resulting in the arrest of a man wanted in connection to a hit and run in Eugene, which left a pedestrian seriously injured. On Monday, September 21,...

The shortage of housing across the country is a key contributor to homelessness. But it does not explain how Eugene has become a nationally recognized leader for homelessness. Back in 2019 former mayor Lucy Vinis announced that, through a partnership with Lane County, “We’re creating a strategic plan to strengthen our

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police Patrol officers, with the help of the Street Crimes Unit and the SWAT Team, arrested a man in Veneta Tuesday for felon in possession of a weapon. At 2 p.m. September 22, police officers took a report of a theft of guns from a...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — A Eugene man was arrested Tuesday night after a shooting in Springfield left another man with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Springfield Police Department (SPD). Officers responded at about 5:35 p.m. Sept. 22 to a residence in the 1200 block of Modoc Street after receiving...