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There are many things to consider when choosing a college, from opportunity to affordability. The location is often a deciding factor. Having a beautiful campus can increase morale and make college feel more like home. “Campus beauty is about more than attractive buildings or well-maintained landscaping,” enrollment management expert Stefan Hyman told U.S. News & World Report. “The most memorable campuses have a distinctive sense of place — an identity that creates an immediate feeling of belong

EUGENE, Ore. — Lane Community College is offering contracted faculty members thousands of dollars as an incentive to terminate their contracts. Eligibility is limited to contracted faculty working 0.501 to 1.0 full-time equivalent, who must be currently active on the payroll for the 2026 Fall term; must have been contracted to the college by no later than October 1, 2020; and must have been actively employed as a contracted faculty member since that time.

Ricocheting golf balls apparently are maiming players at the city-owned Dobson Ranch Golf Course in southwest Mesa. For the second time this year, the city has received a $5 million claim for an injury that a golfer claims he sustained at the course. The Sept. 28 claim states that Kelsey...

The Seattle Police Department was investigating after a spray of gunfire left over 80 shell casings in a North Seattle neighborhood Saturday. No one was injured, SPD Detective Shane Weatherford said, but the shooting has left neighbors with bullet-ridden vehicles and homes. Around 8:15 a.m., numerous 911 calls reported a...

PacificSource, the Oregon health insurer, will lay off 134 workers on December 31, 2026. The company filed a federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, known as a WARN notice, with the state and four cities on October 20, and OPB reported it on October 22. The jobs are in Springfield, Bend, Salem and Portland. The […]

Las Vegas stays near 80 degrees through Thursday before cooler weather arrives for Halloween.

EUGENE, OR — Ten Guide Dogs for the Blind puppies got an early taste of air travel Saturday at Eugene Airport as part of a training event designed to prepare them for the busy, high-stimulus environments they may one day navigate with partners who are blind or visually impaired.

A longtime family-owned restaurant has become a gathering place for generations of Arizona residents, serving traditional deli favorites for nearly four decades. Now, the Phoenix-area institution is preparing to close…

Remember when Oregon looked like a legitimate national championship contender? Ranked No. 2 in the preseason AP Top 25, the Ducks had every reason to believe this could be their year. Fast-forward to now, and Dan Lanning is running out of answers as the offense continues to sputter. A 21–10 loss to Illinois made matters worse, but Oregon has finally made a move, and somebody has paid the price. The Ducks have pulled the plug on offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer, officially confirming his depa

A Las Vegas judge handed probation instead of prison time to the motorcyclist whose reckless driving killed 33-year-old Joshua Olvera on Interstate 15 in May 2023, a sentence that has Clark County prosecutors openly questioning whether Nevada's laws are tough enough on dangerous drivers. District Judge Monica Trujillo sentenced Kevin Nickell on Oct. 14 to two to six years in prison, then suspended that term in favor of three years of probation.