OSP Log: Pedestrian crashes, motorcycle collisions, manslaughter arrest
Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Oregon State Police. All crashes with fatalities may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. THURSDAY, APRIL 30. • 7:29 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 26 near Sandy...
Partly cloudy conditions with warm temperatures Friday
Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Oregon’s quick exit at B1G tourney makes road to CWS even harder
It was agonizing, watching three Oregon pitchers struggle to find an out pitch as No. 7-seeded Wisconsin erupted for 11 hits and four home runs in an 11-9 pasting of the No. 9 Ducks at the Big Ten Tournament in College Park, Maryland Thursday afternoon.
South Eugene High School lockdown lifted after receiving reported threat
EUGENE, Ore. — A lockdown at South Eugene High School (SEHS) has been lifted following a rumored threat earlier Friday. Eugene Police confirmed that they had received report that a student possibly had a firearm. Out of precaution the school district placed SEHS under lockdown at 11:40 a.m. A...
Crash closes all northbound lanes of I-5 north of Coburg in Lane County
LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A crash has shut down all northbound lanes of I-5 about seven miles north of the intersection with Beltline Highway on Friday afternoon, prompting officials to urge drivers to take an alternate route. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) said the crash also is affecting...
31-year-old Cheshire woman charged in knife attack, alleged spitting incident
A 31-year-old Cheshire woman arrested after a reported knife attack has been charged with first-degree assault after a Lane County grand jury handed down an indictment Friday, May 8. Jeannae Marjorie Mackay is also charged with unlawfully using a weapon after a reported April 30 assault at a residence on...
Oregon softball outslugged in a heartbreaker in College Park, go home early
For the second year in a row the Ducks are one and done at the Big Ten Tournament.
Missing teen with Eugene ties found dead, fentanyl overdose suspected
A teenager reported missing from Tigard in March, who was previously reported missing from foster care in Eugene , was found dead of a fentanyl overdose on a stretch of the Eastbank Esplanade near southeast Salmon Street in Portland on May 4, according to the Portland Police Bureau. While a medical examiner has yet to officially determine the cause and manner of death for Chayton...
OHA again rates EWEB an ‘Outstanding Performer’ as Eugene water meets standards
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene’s drinking water met all state and federal drinking water quality standards, and Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) maintained its rating as an ‘Outstanding Performer’ from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), according to EWEB’s recently published 2025 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).
PeaceHealth’s reversal followed lobbying from elected officials
Gov. Tina Kotek and Oregon House Speaker Julie Fahey met with PeaceHealth administrators in a call last week to talk about the provider’s plans to transition to a new out-of-state company to provide emergency department services at Lane County hospitals. By then, the governor and Fahey, an influential Democratic...
