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Jeff Schroeder: What we hear about meetings between University leadership and department heads is that there are plans to entirely eliminate the Departments of Religious Studies, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, German and Scandinavian, and Russian. Presenter: For KEPW Reports, Jana...

The 2nd annual Black Cultural Initiative Fish Fry had free food for attendees and gave away books and backpacks to kids and families. The downtown Eugene event creates a sense of community at the end of summer just before the school year starts.

EUGENE, Ore. — With the heat now here, Pacific Power is asking customers to help conserve energy and provided a list of steps to take to reduce strain on the power grid. Switch energy use to off-peak hours between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Limit the use of heat-generating...

Pat Driscoll asked KEPW listeners to help stop the genocide in Gaza: "Any act of resistance, no matter how small, counts." Presenter: At Val Hoyle’s appearance at South Eugene High School Aug. 20, Veterans for Peace shared three requests. Here’s KEPW’s Jana Thrift:. Jana Thrift (KEPW): We’re...

Friday, we saw cities like Eugene tie or break daily high-temperature records, and similar scorching conditions are expected for this weekend. Inland valleys are expecting highs it the upper 90s and low 100s Sunday. Many daily high temperature records are once again at risk for being challenged. This sustained heat...

Poppi's Anatolia is filled with character. Wood beams crisscross the space, and plants hang down from the rafters. Smells from the kitchen waft out onto Willamette Street, inviting guests inside to feast on mountains of hummus, pita, dolmas and other Greek specialties. Soon, this well known space will be empty....

Eugene, OR – Lane County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue (SAR) and Mounted Posse deputies responded to multiple incidents on the Pacific Crest Trail this week, aiding hikers who were lost, injured, or in need of emergency assistance. According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, the first incident occurred...

The state’s appellate court on Wednesday, Aug. 20, reversed the conviction of a Eugene man sentenced to life in prison after a shooting death near the University of Oregon campus. A jury in September 2023 convicted Elijah Pruitt, now 22, of second-degree murder, along with other charges, in the...

22-year Ethan Folz is facing prison time for running a server that hackers paid to use to target 18,000 DDoS victims since 2021. Network security expert weighs in on the case making national headlines; a 22-year old Eugene man charged case involving large-scale cyberhacking system that allegedly targeted victims in...

Miranda Renee Wilcox (60), a payroll specialist at the Public Housing Agency in Eugene, has been found guilty of embezzling upwards of half a million dollars from Homes for Good. Charged and pleading guilty to six counts of first-degree aggravated theft, 21 identity theft charges were dropped as part of...