Eugene OR

Oregon's style choices often reflect a keen sense of the program's history, and that element was played up Wednesday when Akili Smith Jr. was chosen as one of the uniform models.

EUGENE, Ore. — A 14-year-old boy is in the hospital after a pedestrian-vehicle crash Tuesday. According to Eugene PD, at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday, November 25, Central Lane 911 dispatch received reports of the incident near Royal Avenue and Berntzen Road. Eugene Police and Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) were dispatched to...

Eugene-Springfield Fire are still investigating the cause, and no further update has been given regarding the victims.

Editor’s note: People are the heart of Lane County — which is why, each week, Lookout Eugene-Springfield will profile someone who is working behind the scenes to make our community better. If you have suggestions on others we should profile, send us an email. Name: Lallie McKenzie. Age:...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — Lane County says it is working to stop fatal and serious injury crashes on the county's rural roads through its latest Transportation Safety Action Plan. The plan, published in October, highlights what the county believes is the cause of these crashes and how best to prevent them.

Eugene, OR – At 6:07 p.m. on November 25, Central Lane 911 dispatch received reports of a vehicle-pedestrian crash near Royal Avenue and Berntzen Road involving two juvenile pedestrians. Eugene Police and Eugene Springfield Fire responded to the incident. One of the pedestrians, a 14-year-old female, did not require...

EUGENE, Ore. - Two people are in serious condition suffering from severe burns after an explosion rocked the Santa Clara neighborhood late Wednesday night. According to Eugene-Springfield Fire, Firefighters were called to a reported explosion in the 3900 block of River Road where they found a heavily damaged shop...

A small, incomplete step toward accountability. That’s how we viewed last week’s legislative hearing on recent patient deaths at Oregon State Hospital. Eight months after 25-year-old Lane County resident Kenneth Hass fell and died in a filthy seclusion room at the state psychiatric hospital, Oregon Health Authority...

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department (EPD) says automated license plate readers, also known as Flock Cameras, helped officers recover stolen vehicles significantly faster this year and may have contributed to a sharper-than-expected decline in thefts. In the past 11 months police recorded 358 stolen vehicle...

Local school districts are still anxiously awaiting February’s legislative short session, when lawmakers’ rebalancing of the state budget can affect education funding. But last week’s financial forecast provided a bit of hope. The Nov. 19 forecast from the state’s economists projected Oregon has a much smaller...