Eugene OR

EUGENE, Ore. — This week, City Club of Eugene is back at WoW Hall on Friday at noon for a conversation about a major challenge for Oregon employers: providing behavioral health care coverage amid rising costs and limited budgets. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2023 Employer Health Benefits...

Lane Community College faculty have been working without a contract for four months. At an on-campus rally Wednesday, union leaders decried the administration for what they termed anti-union negotiations. LCC Education Association leaders claim the administration is undermining the authority of the Board of...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — New license plate reader cameras have been installed in Eugene and Springfield, sparking a debate over privacy concerns. These unattended cameras are designed to capture images of license plates and vehicles on the streets, but their implementation has been paused for further review by local...

EUGENE, Ore. — With delays and partial funding for SNAP benefits, food pantries are getting slammed with people looking for food. Burrito Brigade is a nonprofit that has been in Eugene since 2014. They started out making burritos and passing them out to people who were hungry in Eugene.

The third atmospheric river in a string of storms is sweeping through Eugene and Springfield on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and winds that have caused scattered power outages. Springfield Utility Board reported 50 outages, which have since been restored, early Wednesday afternoon. Winds could be strong enough to...

EUGENE, Ore. — Around 11 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in the 89000 block of Green Hill Road, west of Eugene, for a reported assault. When they arrived, they learned the suspect, Michael Anthony Smith, 67, had injured and strangled...

A Lane County Judge has sentenced a woman convicted of embezzling more than half a million dollars from Lane County’s housing agency to more than four years in prison. Miranda Renee Wilcox pled guilty to six counts of aggregated theft in August. She started as finance manager for Homes...

Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took multiple people into custody in Cottage Grove early Wednesday morning, an organizer with the Rural Organizing Project said, with additional reports of ICE activity elsewhere in the county. Three ICE SUVs blocked a work van in an apartment parking lot on...

Thundershowers this afternoon following a period of rain. High 59F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%.

The City of Springfield, Oregon, and American Legion Post #40 will host a Veterans Breakfast at the Emergency Operations Center in the Springfield Justice Center. Mayor Sean VanGordon will give remarks to honor local veterans.