Eugene emergency department developers seek more time to build amid ‘potential challenges’

Football returns to South, but Axe routed by Phoenix

South Eugene fielded a football team after forgoing its 5A schedule and organizing nonleague games, but fell to Phoenix High School after a first-half ground game boosted the Pirates to an unassailable lead. Daniel Jetty scored a last-second 50-yard touchdown to put points on the board for the Axe.

Coburg woman among 2 killed in head-on collision on Highway 38 in Douglas County

A Coburg woman and a Winchester Bay man died Tuesday, Sept 1, after their vehicles collided head-on in Douglas County on Highway 38, state police said.

‘Buy anything they tell you to’: Comedian John Mulaney can’t stop recommending this Eugene bookstore

Bookseller Seth Murray recommends titles to customers at J. Michaels Books all the time. Last spring, one of them happened to be the celebrity comedian John Mulaney, who has repeatedly shouted out the store to his 2.1 million Instagram followers.

Affordable housing project draws pushback in Eugene’s Laurel Hill neighborhood

DevNW wants to build 40 homes under a community land trust model. They would be priced well below the median Eugene home price. Some neighbors say the project, Floral Hill Terrace, is not a good fit for the neighborhood.

On the road, in search of Dan Lanning — for 820 miles

Fifteen years after the Ducks coach drove from Missouri to Pittsburgh chasing a chance in college football, I retraced the route in an effort to better understand him — and why he went.