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The deadline to apply for homeowner assistance following the 2020 Labor Day fires is just weeks away. The application window for the Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program closes at the end of December. The deadline only applies to new applications, and to people who saw damage from the devastating 2020...

Before dawn Wednesday, a 30-foot Christmas tree went up in Eugene’s Kesey Square in preparation for the city’s Holiday Night Out celebration Friday. Reporter Grace Chinowsky and photographer Isaac Wasserman were there at 6 a.m. yesterday — dedication!. A judge ordered detention for one of the suspects...

Zachery Ty Bryan was arraigned on Wednesday, Dec. 3, on allegations that he violated the terms of his probation. The Home Improvement alum, 44, entered a denial to the probation violation charges tied to a prior domestic violence conviction, according to court records. A hearing on the alleged violation has been set...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — McKenzie Willamette Medical Center celebrated its 70th anniversary this week, acknowledging a legacy that began in 1955 when Springfield civic leaders opened the city’s first community hospital. The effort to build the hospital began in the 1940s, when returning veterans, a growing population and...

EUGENE — Count Oregon State coach Scott Rueck among those not interested in continuing the rivalry series with Oregon. “If it were up to me,” said Rueck, “we wouldn’t be playing this game. Not yet.”. Rueck’s team lost, 96-73, to Kelly Graves’ surging Ducks (10-0) on...

BLUE RIVER: The O'Brien Memorial Library received a new piece of public art thanks to Eugene sculptor Mark Andrew, who donated and installed a hand-carved limestone column on Wednesday, November 26. Andrew, who grew up in New York before attending high school in France, traces his passion for art to...

Owen Knight, a beloved 22-year-old skateboarder and kitchen worker at Tacovore in Eugene, Oregon, is facing a difficult recovery after a serious accident while skateboarding. According to family members, Owen was skating when a car suddenly veered toward them. In a split-second attempt to avoid being struck head-on,...

The Lane Community College Board of Education will hold its regular business meeting on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 6:00 pm. The meeting will be in Building 3, Boardroom, on the main campus in Eugene, Oregon. It will also be available online.

Coming into my first year at UO, I expected alcohol to be thrown at me from every street corner. Okay, not literally. Still, my many years of consuming movies and TV shows about the coveted college experience of getting blackout drunk on a Tuesday before a midterm made me skeptical that someone could have fun in...

As Juanita Avila stands on the side of Pennoyer Avenue in Cottage Grove, between a hotel and church, she racks her brain for details on the encounter she had weeks before, in the same spot. At 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 5, Avila received a call from a community member about...