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SWEET HOME, Ore. — A fire that began in an attached garage spread to a home, two vehicles and nearby vegetation Sunday evening outside Sweet Home, prompting a large-scale response from fire agencies across Linn County and leaving one firefighter hospitalized. Residents of the single-family home on Wiley Creek...

EUGENE, Ore. — With new attention on elder abuse, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office is urging residents to watch for warning signs and report suspected mistreatment of vulnerable adults. The sheriff’s office said statistics show as many as one in 10 people age 60 or older experience some...

Firefighters quickly knocked down a brush fire near downtown Springfield on Friday evening.

EUGENE, Ore. — All Autzen Stadium graduation ceremonies are being rescheduled and relocated due to heat, the University of Oregon said in an alert. UO's alert was issued at 3:07 p.m. Monday. University officials say the Natural Sciences and College of Arts and Sciences graduate ceremonies will be combined...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A section of trail at Mount Pisgah will close later this month as crews conduct improvement work aimed at reducing erosion and improving accessibility, Lane County Parks officials said. The upper portion of Summit Trail 1 at the Howard Buford Recreation Area will be closed...

Eugene — Lane County Parks is inviting community members to celebrate the reopening of the Armitage Dog Park with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, June 17th at 2:00 PM at Armitage Park. As of June 13th, the dog park reopened after the completion of major safety and accessibility...

Every Saturday at 7:30 a.m., the Oregon Association of Rowers masters team sets its rowing shells into the water at Dexter Lake. Members of the team range in age from 40 to 75. In singles, doubles, quads and octuples, they glide along the water. Coach Andy Josa calls out drills...

Join the City Club of Eugene for a community forum dedicated to exploring the city’s current police oversight system. The intent of this program is to explain the oversight process for the community, providing valuable insight into how complaints are investigated, how residents can get involved, and how the system ulti

Calling for “further investigation,” prosecutors have dismissed a murder charge against a man suspected of fatally shooting his son June 3 in Veneta. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office arrested Martin Grant Tierney, 63, in connection with the death of Mark Thomas Tierney. “Based on new information obtained,...

EUGENE, Ore. — Motorists in Eugene should expect significant traffic delays Monday as the University of Oregon's commencement ceremony draws tens of thousands of visitors to the Autzen Stadium area, according to local authorities. The graduation ceremony is expected to attract as many as 30,000 people, creating heavy t