Eugene OR

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Eugene, OR – An Oakridge woman was arrested early Monday morning after a high-speed police pursuit that began on Irving Road and ended near River Road in northwest Eugene, according to the Lane County...

Eugene Police are asking for public help finding a dog that bit a child at the Albertsons on 18th Avenue. Police say on Monday around 6 p.m. several people called 911 about a dog in the store that bit a 3-year-old. Officers arrived and found the dog and owner had...

About 180 people turned out in downtown Eugene today to protest ICE, following a federal immigration agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota: “Enough people, I hope, will see that and realize that enough is enough,” said one protester. Photographer Payton Bruni and reporter Jaime Adame were there to cover the...

A Gateway area crash that happened on Tuesday on Beltline involved a Coos Bay ambulance transporting a patient.

LOWELL, Ore. — Oregon State Police on Tuesday responded to a single-truck rollover crash that blocked all lanes on Highway 58 near Lowell, 14 miles east of Pleasant Hill. The crash occurred after noon on Jan. 6. A witness driving behind the vehicle, described as a white 2015 Freightliner...

Right now, a cloud hangs over Springfield Public Schools. The topic spurring months of contentious school board meetings and organized community pushback is the ongoing state investigation into the school district’s curriculum, and whether Springfield students are getting enough classroom time on subjects besides...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – A single-vehicle crash in Josephine County left a driver injured and claimed the life of a passenger from Selma on Tuesday morning, according to the Oregon State Police. OSP said they responded at 8:50 a.m. on Jan. 7 to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 199...

The Eugene Police Department arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed Merle Dean Sheffield, 63, on Jan. 4 near the intersection of Highway 99 and Side Street in Eugene. Just after 5:30 p.m., Eugene police received a report that a man riding a bicycle in front of the Lindholm...

EUGENE, Ore. - A Junction City business owner admitted to stealing more than $487,000 in federal pandemic relief funds, according to federal court officials. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, Jodi Aliece Jennings, 50, pleaded guilty to wire fraud after misusing Paycheck Protection...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - A local business is stepping up to support cancer patients in their community by offering free professional house cleanings. This initiative aims to alleviate the physical and emotional toll of cancer treatment. Confident House Cleaning in Springfield is providing two consecutive months of service...