Valley River Center Giving Tree Helps Foster Kids Get Ready for School
EUGENE, Ore. — Back-to-school shopping is underway, and Valley River Center is giving shoppers a way to help local children while they check items off their own lists. The shopping center's third annual Back-to-School Giving Tree is collecting new clothing for children in foster care through Sept. 8. Donations benefit
UO union workers may strike over cost of living adjustment negotiations
Local labor unions in the Eugene-Springfield area marked Labor Day while several University of Oregon unions face ongoing contract disputes, with at least one union warning it may hold a strike vote by Friday if no acceptable agreement is reached.
Two drivers going wrong way arrested for DUII in two days
Two drivers were arrested on DUII charges for separate incidents after the Eugene Police Department (EPD) said they were each caught driving the wrong way on one-way streets in Eugene on consecutive nights. The first incident happened at 1:10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4 on East Sixth Avenue near High...
Dan Lanning provides injury update on pair of Oregon wide receivers
EUGENE — With Jeremiah McClellan, Evan Stewart and Dakorien Moore on the field making plays throughout a win over Boise State, the Oregon Ducks were without two wide receivers due to injury on Saturday. Fifth-year UAB transfer Iverson Hooks and freshman Jalen Lott were both in street clothes for...
Bethel’s former Shasta school to become long-term youth center
EUGENE, Ore. - Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley signed a 20-year agreement with Bethel School District to use the former Shasta Middle School campus. The deal gives the organization a permanent home for its administrative offices and room to expand youth programs in Bethel. Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley has
Sleepless in the Coburg Hills: A neighborhood turned fear of fire into action
In August 2023, preparations for a wedding at the Mount Tom House bed and breakfast went up in flames. The staff were outside making pizza on their wood-fired oven when they caught the first whiff of wildfire smoke. At first, they thought it was drifting in from bigger fires farther...
School zones, crosswalks key as Springfield kids return
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Springfield schools open their doors this week for the start of the 2026-27 school year. According to the City of Springfield, Springfield Public Schools and Springfield Police, streets will be bustling with morning and evening activity again. Officials urge drivers to use extra caution, especially
Teens Ditched On the Highway
A Springfield couple faces charges after police say they ditched two teenagers on a highway on Friday morning.
Disturbance At Eugene Airport
Eugene police arrested a man Thursday following a string of events at the Eugene Airport where a man was trying to get through TSA without a boarding pass.
Eugene police warn of in-person romance scams after elderly man nearly loses $3,000
EUGENE, Ore. — ugene police are warning residents about in-person romance scams after an elderly man nearly gave $3,000 to a woman he recently met. According to the Eugene Police Department, the man was eating dinner alone at a local restaurant last week when a woman approached him and said she recognized him from a lo
