Eugene OR

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Thunderstorms are in the forecast for western Oregon on Friday and Saturday, and a few of Friday's storms could become severe. On Friday, daytime heating is expected to help kick off storms in the afternoon, first starting along the Cascades and southern Willamette Valley. “The...

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Scott Stolarczyk will spend nearly six and a half years in prison for an April 2025 fatal crash that killed local educator and musician Sharon Schuman in April 2025.

A 26-year-old Eugene man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police discovered explosive devices while working a case in the 2100 block of W. 16th Avenue involving drugs.

A Eugene woman employed by the Oregon Department of Human Services is accused of trying to set a government building on fire in Newport on Monday.

Eugene 4J School District leaders say the tens of millions of dollars in reductions they announced earlier this year did not save as much money as they hoped. Actual costs also came in higher than leaders forecasted – leaving 4J with an anticipated $16 million gap. During Wednesday’s budget...

EUGENE, Ore. — Local businessman Ruben Garcia is offering an apology Thursday night following a tense public confrontation with Lane County Commissioner Laurie Trieger. What began as a public complaint from Garcia turned into an exchange in which Commissioner Trieger alleged sexual harassment from Garcia while working for him 30 years ago.

Eugene Emergency Physicians asked the United States District Court for a preliminary injunction in its case disputing the legality of PeaceHealth’s choice to contract with ApolloMD to staff Lane County emergency departments. PeaceHealth is replacing EEP with Lane Emergency Physicians, an LLC created by Georgia-based management services organization ApolloMD. Health care workers , community members , national organizations and Oregon lawmakers have railed against PeaceHealth's...

PeaceHealth has placed Jim McGovern, chief hospital executive at PeaceHealth Medical Center at RiverBend, on leave following allegations he worked outside of his administrative scope and tried to influence the emergency care of patients. It comes after the hospital’s Medical Executive Committee received more than 300 pages of emails allegedly...

EUGENE, Ore. — On Thursday, April 9, Lane County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue personnel and a detective returned to the Hall Road area to continue searching for 63-year-old Jonathan Allen House of Eugene. House was last known to be in the 25600 block of Hall Road, west of...