Hell on Hooves Rodeo
A new rodeo event in Creswell has already sold out and will welcome about 2,000 spectators for the event.
Annual Oregon Bach Festival kicks off at Beall Concert Hall
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon Bach Festival is lighting up the University of Oregon campus this evening with a celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach's musical legacy. The festival, held at Beall Concert Hall, is a collaboration with the University of Oregon's School of Music and Dance. The event opens on...
Where is Fauna Frey? Today Marks Five Years Since She Vanished Near Grants Pass,...
It’s been five years to the day since Fauna Frey, a 45-year-old woman from Dexter, Oregon, vanished without a trace in the mountains of Josephine County. Her case remains unsolved; an open wound for her family, a haunting mystery for her community, and a chilling reminder of how quickly someone can disappear.
Looking Back: Remembering Garth Brooks and his local choir at 2019 Autzen Stadium concert
Six years ago this week I told American country music singer and songwriter Garth Brooks a fib. I told him I could sing. Let me explain. During the summer of 2019 I learned the performer was bringing his Stadium Tour to Autzen Stadium in Eugene. It was a big story. The venue sold out in two hours — 60,000 paid...
Springfield man sentenced for involvement in Salem Fred Meyer shooting
A Springfield man was sentenced June 27 to five years in prison for his involvement in a 2024 shooting in a Salem Fred Meyer parking lot . Robert Josh Jr., 64, pleaded guilty June 27 to attempt to commit a class A felony and unlawful use of a weapon. Charges of attempted murder, assault and felon in possession of a...
‘Give it your all’: Eugene fire camp teaches young girls firefighting skills
Sixteen teenage girls graduated from the Eugene Springfield Fire Department 's 14th annual Young Women's Fire Camp on June 27 after a week of hands-on training, learning teamwork, leadership skills, and building self-confidence. The fire department hosts the free camp to encourage future generations of young women to...
‘Staple of the community’: Espresso Roma regulars reflect on their love of the coffee...
Every afternoon, professor Raghuveer Parthasarathy makes the short walk from the physics department on the University of Oregon campus to Espresso Roma . Sometimes, employees behind the counter spot him walking up and have his drink ready by the time he comes in the door: a medium, hot black coffee. Parthasarathy...
County inaction on local access roads ‘unfair, unconstitutional, unacceptable’
Linda Lovick: If any of you commissioners or your Public Works Department colleagues lived on an LAR, none of you would pass it off with a sympathetic nod. Presenter: Lane County is asked to right a wrong that has left many River Road and Santa Clara residents feeling like second-class citizens. During public comment...
East Trail 3 at Buford Park opens after delays from ice storms, fires, and...
EUGENE, Ore. — With a snip of the scissors, a project that had been delayed by ice storms, fires, and a pandemic has finally come to an end. East Trail 3 at Buford Park and Mount Pisgah was formally opened Friday. Work to improve the path started in 2017,...
Howard Buford Recreation Area celebrates new, forested trail
Howard Buford Recreation Area hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new trail near the east entrance of the park Friday. It took eight years of planning, permitting, and construction to get to this point, according to Lane County Parks Superintendent Steve Rafuse. He said the new trail shifts visitors...