Eugene OR

The Active Transportation Committee hears that the city's traffic safety crisis is likely related to bigger and heavier vehicles, speed, and the city's housing, substance abuse, and behavioral health crises. Presenter: Transportation-related deaths hit an all-time high in Eugene in 2024, with 22 fatal traffic...

Julia Nemeth and her sister, Jeane Carvalho, struggled in the churning, washing machine-like currents as an underwater dam sucked their floating tubes into a concrete wall. The turbulent water bruised Nemeth’s back, and kept them from escaping. Carvalho could barely hold onto her phone when she called 911 from the...

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department's (EPD) SWAT unit provided assistance to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms in a federal criminal firearms trafficking case early Tuesday morning. According to the EPD, the operation involved executing search warrants at two locations: a residence in the 2000...

EUGENE, Ore. - A local woman faces renewed allegations of drug sales near the Saturday Market, according to documents filed in Lane County Circuit Court. Miranda Sahalie Townsend, 45, is charged with five counts related to the manufacturing or delivery of a Schedule I controlled substance, along with unlawful...

After a third party investigation found three of the four allegations to be true, Executive Director of the Eugene-Springfield NAACP Branch, Drake Charles wrote a statement calling for Zach Mulholland to resign from the LCC Board of Education.

EUGENE, Ore. — In a matter of moments, a bystander says he became the first responder delivering chest compressions after a car ran into a bicyclist in Eugene on Friday, August 8. "I looked at the person across from me, and I asked him to hold his phone up...

EUGENE, Ore. — In wake of an alleged prowler trying to break into a woman's apartment near the University of Oregon campus, the Eugene Police Department is providing some tips on how people can stay safe in their homes. Crimes like this tend to happen in the summer due...

EUGENE, Ore. — 81 new affordable housing units are on their way to Eugene. The new complex - dubbed Ollie Court - is being built at the intersection of W. 13th Avenue and Chambers Street next to Cesar Chavez Elementary School. The project is led by Homes for Good,...

EUGENE, Ore. - A major construction project is underway in Eugene to replace the aging storage tanks at the College Hill Reservoir. The new 15-million-gallon tanks are currently being built to modernize the city's water supply infrastructure. The College Hill Reservoir, which served the community for 85 years, was...

Eugene, OR – Eugene Police used license plate reader technology to arrest a man accused of menacing another person with a firearm and ramming the victim’s vehicle. At 11:38 a.m. on August 14, an officer followed up on reports about an incident that occurred the previous day at 3800 Barger Drive. According to reports,...