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Douglas McArthur Bilheimer

Douglas McArthur Bilheimer, 84, of Springfield, Oregon, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, at his home. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Nov. 20, 2026, at Sell Chapel in the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Major Family Funeral Home of Springfield is handling the arrangements.

Joeann Revis Murphy

Joeann Revis Murphy, 93, of Eugene, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. She taught elementary school in Eugene for 30 years and moved back to the city after 2019. Musgrove Family Mortuary is handling the arrangements.

After his own diagnosis, fire chief to climb skyscraper for blood cancer research

Mike Caven, who is receiving treatment for blood cancer, will climb 69 flights of stairs in full gear for a fundraiser in March in Seattle.

Circus tricks meet musical theater: ‘Water for Elephants’ comes to Eugene

The Broadway touring production combines puppetry and extreme acrobatics in a way that performer Adam Fullick says doesn't happen often. For him, the result is something “magical.”

Public comment period opens on plan to cap toxic soil at Trainsong Park

State regulators say the city of Eugene’s plan to cap dioxin-contaminated soil at the park will protect human health and the environment. The cleanup is funded by a federal grant, which helps pay for contaminated sites when the polluter is unknown or can’t pay.