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Man drowns paddleboarding near Oakridge
A 26-year-old man drowned in the Middle Fork Willamette River on Saturday, July 18, near the Black Canyon Campground, about 9 miles west of Oakridge.
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6mLane County Fair 2026: What to know if you go
It’s time for funnel cake and country music, if that’s your scene. Here’s how to be ready if you plan to go to this year’s Lane County Fair, which opens this week.
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4mAt the Lane County Fair, where do rides come from and how do they get set up?
More than 100 workers, 60 trucks and year-long maintenance are required for a fun, functional carnival with Funtastic Rides.
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6mUO softball standout back on diamond as a pro, after break for 8 rounds of chemo
Months after a Stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis, the former Oregon shortstop is playing professionally for Portland Cascade — and finding gratitude in every inning.
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7mFederal judge will decide future of Oregon’s package recycling law by end of August
On the fifth and final day of a weeklong trial between the wholesale distribution industry and the state, recycling experts tried to poke holes in one another’s research.
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4mDA says more DNA testing to be done as part of 1989 Eugene murder investigation
No formal decision has yet been made about whether there will be a retrial for Robert Wallace Lyons. Jurors in his 1990 trial heard testimony about bite-mark analysis, now considered a discredited forensic science under a new state law.