Eugene OR

LANE COUNTY, Ore. - The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency has issued a yellow wood stove advisory for Eugene and Springfield, effective through Sunday. The advisory comes as a strong winter air stagnation event develops over the Willamette Valley. According to LRAPA, residents are encouraged to avoid using wood...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. January is a critical — and often underestimated — month for basement moisture concerns across Oregon. Persistent winter rain, saturated ground, and cooler temperatures can quietly increase the risk of...

The owner of three businesses, 50-year-old Jodi Aliece Jennings of Junction City, Oregon, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing over $487,386.75 in federal funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. Junction City Woman Pleads Guilty To Stealing COVID Funds. On June 15, 2023, a federal grand jury in Eugene returned an...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has settled a lawsuit with a Eugene-area business over a large pile of horse manure. Lakeview Stables is located about a mile from the Fern Ridge Reservoir. The ODA has accused the business of keeping at least 200,000 cubic feet of uncovered manure on its property.

EUGENE, Ore. — Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, Eugene Springfield Fire responded to a reported house fire in the Cal Young neighborhood. A passing motorist noticed the fire in the 2000 block of Brewer Avenue. Engine 9 from Valley River was in the area responding to...

Amazon has purchased the land it plans to use for a distribution center in Eugene. Amazon.com Services LLC paid $2 million on Dec. 26 for a lot along Oregon Route 99 where the company intends to build a large e-commerce center. The sale was first reported by Eugene Weekly and confirmed by The Register-Guard, which...

EUGENE, Ore. — We're learning more about the proposed Amazon distribution center that is set to be built near the Eugene airport. The center will be built inside the city's Clear Lake Overlay Zone - a specially regulated industrial area created to balance economic growth with environmental protections. The...

There were few things Doug Koke liked better than firing up the ignition of that green 1996 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy and waiting for the roar that followed. “It’s pretty crazy when you start that thing up and (the fans) hear the motorcycle,” Koke told “College GameDay” in 2022. “They know that it’s getting close for...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Eugene, OR – An Oakridge woman was arrested early Monday morning after a high-speed police pursuit that began on Irving Road and ended near River Road in northwest Eugene, according to the Lane County...

Eugene Police are asking for public help finding a dog that bit a child at the Albertsons on 18th Avenue. Police say on Monday around 6 p.m. several people called 911 about a dog in the store that bit a 3-year-old. Officers arrived and found the dog and owner had...