Eugene OR

Trying to plot out your year in gardening? The Oregon State University Extension Service has a detailed calendar of what to do and when to do it, depending on whether you live in western, central or eastern Lane County. If you’re in the Eugene-Springfield area, you can stop by the...

Oregon Head Coach Kelly Graves & Texas Head Coach Vic Schaefer have met a handful of times over the years.

Have you ever asked yourself, “Where’s the nearest public restroom?”. In Eugene, a citywide venture aims to map each and every one. The goal of “Project Sanitation Justice” is to plot handwashing stations, water fountains and restrooms. It’s not only to provide people with information on where to find them, but to...

Oregon – A cold, crisp start has left parts of Eugene near freezing this morning, with patchy frost clinging to rooftops and fields just after sunrise. Roads look dry now, but conditions will shift fast as clouds thicken and rain moves in by midday. According to the National Weather...

EUGENE, Ore. - Lane County sheriff's deputies arrested three people Saturday afternoon after allegedly catching them loading stolen items onto a trailer at a property west of Eugene near Veneta, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. LCSO officials said a deputy on March 20 spotted a pickup and trailer...

Former hospital demolition in Eugene raises safety concerns. Demolition of the former PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene’s University District is underway to make room for new housing, causing concerns about noise, traffic, and safety among students and local residents.

Last Monday, I found myself in a situation like no other I’ve encountered in my half century of journalism: as an author, interviewing an author, while the author’s grandmother, also an author, looks on. It was an authors’ convention in the living room of a River Road-area house...

For Nellie Cole, Springfield’s home repair program gave her her dignity back. Cole benefited from the program earlier this year when the city used federal funds to repair water-damaged flooring in her bathroom. “It’s more than just fixing a floor or fixing a toilet,” Cole told Lookout Eugene-Springfield. “These...

People in and around the city of Monroe in Benton County may soon have a new electric utility. Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative agreed to terms to buy PacifiCorp’s Monroe territory, covering 1,162 residential, commercial and irrigation customers in Monroe, Alpine, Bellfountain and along Highway 99W. The move is a...

EUGENE, Ore. - An RV fire in the Santa Clara neighborhood of Eugene led to the arrest of one man on Saturday. The Lane County Sheriff's Office is continuing its investigation into the fire's cause. Eugene-Springfield Fire responded to reports of a large vehicle fire on the 3700 block of...