Newborn baby abandoned at a Dari Mart in Springfield over the weekend
Police say a newborn baby was abandoned at the dairy Mart on M Street in Springfield, which is only a half mile away from McKenzie Willamette Medical Center.
Lane County middle school students build electric vehicles with EWEB grant
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53 years ago, a Beaver became a Duck. Now it’s time for a Duck...
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Low-income veterinary clinic near Eugene faces threat of closure
A low-income veterinary clinic in Pleasant Hill says it plans to shut down this month unless it can find additional funding. The Community Veterinary Center provides pet care, including surgery and dental treatments, on a sliding pay scale based on income. The nonprofit was formerly located on the St. Vincent...
Eugene and Springfield will soon have new AI-powered license plate readers that will make...
Eugene and Springfield police have purchased license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Police say they're a tool to gather objective evidence and they’ve already helped solve a violent crime. Privacy advocates fear the system – which is linked to a nationwide network –...
How Does The B1G Rank Against each Other?
Writer’s Note: I write for Addicted To Quack, and this is an article that I wrote for the site. As such, it is Oregon-centric; however, especially in the first table, there’s some interesting numbers for all of us in the B1G. It’s stupid and meaningless, so take it as such. - Badwater.
Springfield Mother Gets 15 Years in Prison After Using Taser on Her Seven-Year-Old Son
LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A 36-year-old woman from Springfield, who together with her boyfriend was arrested for tasering her seven-year-old son, among other reported charges of severe abuse, has been sent to prison for 15 years. Heather Black and her boyfriend, Brandon Rogers, were arrested last October following an...
Another hot afternoon ahead Monday
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - We broke Sunday’s daily record for high temperature- officially hitting 96 degrees in Portland (PDX) around 5:30 this evening. Hillsboro also set a new daily warm record today (96, beating out 95) and Eugene, too (94, beating out 93). Yikes it was hot! It will be a very warm overnight, with...
After community pressure, Oregon governor approves extradition of suspect in Eugene-area anti-Asian burglaries
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has reversed her decision not to extradite one of the suspects linked to burglaries targeting Asian Americans in Eugene and Springfield. But the governor’s office said another suspect will remain in Texas for now. Last month, Asian American community leaders in Eugene called on Kotek...
‘Third Act’ connects activist elders with 350 Eugene, ACES campaigns
Neil Penn, Third Act Eugene: In terms of building power, it's a two-step dance, both critiquing the illegitimacy and the corruption and simultaneously promoting the kind of inclusive society we wish to build. Presenter: Neil Penn talks about the origin of the group Third Act, and why its Eugene members...
