Eugene OR

Communities around the region are preparing for fall leaf collections. In Corvallis, leaf pickup begins October 20th and once again this year, residents can drop leaves at four community leaf drop sites. The City of Eugene and the City of Roseburg’s leaf collection programs begin in November, while Springfield...

Eugene is officially pausing its use of automatic license plate reader cameras. The decision came less than a week after the city council unanimously asked city manager Sarah Medary to pause using the cameras until they could discuss privacy and civil rights concerns. During Monday’s City Council meeting, Medary...

This story has been updated with new information. A Lane County resident “swept up along with others” when authorities executed a search warrant Wednesday, Oct. 15, is asking for his release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, court documents state. It’s unclear if the man’s detention took...

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Timber company Weyerhaeuser is donating 38 acres in the rural Lane County community of Disston to the Row River Rural Fire Protection District to allow it to build a substation in the area. The property includes a three-acre portion that will be the grounds for the station, and a former...

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department (EPD) is speaking out following the deactivation of Flock license plate reader cameras in the city. This move comes after the Eugene City Council voted to suggest the deactivation in early October, a decision confirmed by the city manager earlier this week. The cameras,...

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) responded to an early morning blaze at a vacant home in west Eugene on Thursday. Crews were dispatched just before 3:00 a.m. on October 16, 2025, to the 1100 block of Grant St. They arrived within five minutes to find a well-involved fire on the second floor of the...

Andrew Barton remembers the cheddar bagel at Humble Bagel with unusual specificity. The now-defunct shop sat on the corner of the Sundance building on 24th and Hilyard, where Happy Cow is today. South Eugene High School students would slam the shop for an affordable after-school snack. But it was that...

Residents living at the Woodland Creek Apartments in Eugene described the presence of several FBI agents outside their homes the morning of Oct. 15 as scary and unnerving. Multiple unmarked federal agency cars and SUVs descended on the area around 6 a.m., neighbors said. They witnessed several people being arrested....

EUGENE, Ore. - A new center in Eugene is offering families a unique space to reconnect and heal after experiencing trauma. Facing Giants provides an intentional, screen-free environment designed to bridge the gap between therapy and home life. "We're trying to make a space that's more welcoming, not more...