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EUGENE, Ore. — In an effort to help those struggling with addiction, the Eugene Police Department is launching a new Peer Navigation Initiative centered on downtown Eugene. EPD is joining with Ideal Option, a nationwide specialist in outpatient addiction care. The program will have two full time peer navigators...

Everyone wishes that every dog could grow up surrounded by kindness, in a home where gentle hands would always keep them safe. Unfortunately, reality does not always follow that hope. Countless pets face neglect, cruelty, and abandonment, regardless of whether they are small or grown. This is why accounts of...

Research published in November by the University of Oregon noted that serpentine rocks rich in Chromium-3- a vital micronutrient- can become a toxic heavy metal when exposed to the extreme heat produced during a wildfire, and this toxin could eventually make its way into groundwater. Research On Oregon Wildfires...

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — As temperatures hovered around 40 degrees Monday evening, the Lane County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) received an urgent search and rescue call. Karen Davis, 82, had gone missing from her home on Warthen Road in Elmira. With overnight temperatures expected to dip into the 30s, the...

Restaurants in Eugene-Springfield come and go throughout the year. In 2025, our community lost some great restaurants, bars and food trucks. One particularly painful loss was longtime campus coffee staple, Espresso Roma , which was razed to make way for a new housing development. All of the places on this list will...

There’s a place in Eugene where shopping carts become treasure chests and thirty dollars stretches like saltwater taffy on a summer day. St. Vincent de Paul’s Division Avenue location isn’t just another thrift store – it’s a bargain hunter’s paradise where your wallet stays fat while your shopping cart fills to the...

After a decade of ongoing redevelopment at the Shoppes at Gateway, formerly known as Gateway Mall, Jones Lang LaSalle, an advisor to mall owners Balboa Retail Partners, announced the shopping center is up for sale. Along with the announcement, real estate brokers gave a peek at what is and what may be coming to the...

EUGENE, Ore. - A small fire broke out overnight at the River Avenue Navigation Center in Eugene, prompting a swift response from fire and police crews. The Eugene-Springfield Fire Battalion Chief reported that the fire was contained to a locker in the residential area of the center. Firefighters managed to extinguish...

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History, tucked behind the University of Oregon Law School, receives a little over half its operating budget from the university. As budget cuts swept across campus in the fall, the museum’s capacity and behind the scenes operations were more impacted than the public facing parts of...

Lane County’s outgoing chair outlined his vision for how the region should address its housing crisis during the annual State of the County address Monday. Chair David Loveall argued Lane County’s building department should do what it can to reduce and simplify building fees. Loveall, who is a...