Charges filed against UO football player, as affidavit details high-speed car chase

Planned Parenthood to lay off 75 workers as it consolidates Oregon oversight

The organization said patients should not expect any changes in services at its two Eugene-Springfield area health centers. The February transition, Planned Parenthood said, is necessary to stay financially sustainable.

City Club of Eugene to discuss traffic safety

The Nov. 13 meeting of the City Club of Eugene will feature an update on the city’s Vision Zero effort to reduce fatal crashes.

Kudos to Lookout for highlighting Lane County's housing woes | Letter to the editor

Thank you to the Lookout Eugene-Springfield Editorial Board for tackling housing in a five-part series. Your conclusion is fair: “We haven’t built enough homes.” The harder question is why. Change is hard. What a new building might take from a neighbor always feels bigger than what it could give the city, and our zoning is […]

EPA notifies homeowners near J.H. Baxter it will test properties for contamination

Testing of 15 additional properties is likely to happen in late November. Regulators have already sampled 62 homes since 2022. Any cleanup based on the new results is at least two years away.

Regardless of the math, electric vehicles can do significant harm on public paths | Letter to the editor

I have read and reread Kevin Craig’s letter about two-wheeled electric vehicles not hitting like a truck. He makes many valid points about being realistic about all the threats to traffic safety. But he inappropriately minimizes the effect of a 50-pound, two-wheeled electric vehicle with a 150-pound rider striking a pedestrian like an elderly person, […]