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This Famous Quarter-Mile Oregon Speedway Has Thrilled Families for 70 Years

Long before the first race car rolls onto the clay, Cottage Grove Speedway is already beginning to stir. Trailers pull into the grounds. Crews unload cars assembled and maintained through countless hours in garages and workshops. Drivers walk the track, study the surface, and talk quietly with the people who will be wa
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EUG Airport Expansion Plans Take Flight

More than 100 business leaders, elected officials and regional partners attended the Eugene Airport‘s July 7 Expansion Showcase, where airport officials presented the Lift Off EUG initiative, a long-term vision for expanding one of the region’s most important economic assets. The Eugene Airport has experienced remarkab
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Fire Crews Find Two Kittens

Early Monday morning, Eugene Springfield Fire found two kittens while responding to a west Eugene brush fire which were later taken to Greenhill Humane Society.
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Search for Shooting Suspect

Lane County sheriff’s deputies are seeking a suspect in connection with a shooting that left one person hospitalized on Tuesday evening.
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This Small Town Oregon Tavern Has Served the Same Beloved Burger Since the 1950s

There are restaurants that chase every new food trend that comes along. They rebuild their menus, redesign their dining rooms, invent elaborate sauces, and stack burgers so high that eating one requires a strategy meeting. Then there are places like the Buckhorn Tavern. Sitting quietly along Parker Lane in Dexter, this
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With danger at their doorstep, Eugene neighbors race against late-night brush fire

Staying up late after the holiday weekend, Sonya Cobb was in her living room Monday, July 6, in her Fox Hollow home when she heard a pop. Unsettled, she went upstairs to wake her husband. Then came the big boom. Out on the balcony, they watched a car speed off...
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Nine People Arrested in Eugene Fred Meyer Retail Theft Sting After Police Ran a...

EUGENE, OR — Detectives arrested nine people during a retail theft operation at a Fred Meyer store in Eugene, with officers making the arrests during a six-hour enforcement effort on April 23. The Eugene Police Department said the operation targeted the store at 3333 W. 11th Avenue and resulted...
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EWEB moves forward with plans for second water treatment plant

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) has taken a major step toward building a second water treatment plant, advancing plans for a new facility on the Willamette River designed to improve the region's long-term water reliability and emergency preparedness. During a meeting Tuesday, EWEB's Board...
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Eugene Springfield Fire rescues cat and dog from RV fire that displaced family in...

Eugene, OR – Eugene Springfield Fire crews rescued a cat and a dog from an RV fire early Wednesday morning in Springfield’s Glenwood neighborhood. Firefighters were dispatched at approximately 1:27 a.m. to Eugene Mobile Village after receiving reports of flames coming through the roof of an RV trailer.
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Lane County home sales rise in June as buyers come off sidelines

Call it a bounce-back month for Lane County’s real estate market. The 386 home sales that closed countywide last month marked the highest June total in at least four years, according to data from the Regional Multiple Listing Service released Wednesday, July 8. The improved pace followed a sluggish...

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