Emergency alert ‘inadvertently sent out countywide’

Training event teaches people how to respond to someone in crisis; more sessions planned

After being passed over by the city of Eugene to replace CAHOOTS, Willamette Valley Crisis Care pivots, looking to help educate the public and find ways it can help the overburdened emergency workers.

Celebration of University Park renovations scheduled for Saturday

A reopening celebration for University Park in Eugene is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29.

Data centers emerge as flashpoint between Kotek, Drazan in Oregon governor’s race

Growing public backlash over the building of tech industry infrastructure is becoming an issue for voters of both parties.

UO professor's 'deportation calculator' shows failure of immigration policies | Letter to the editor

There are many reasons to oppose the cruelty of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s mass detentions and deportations, but more attention needs to be paid to the opportunity costs of paying for one of the best-funded military organizations in the world. What else could we do with $27 billion dollars? The Economic Policy Institute, […]

Phone alert sent widely as SWAT officers confront suspect; 'everyone is safe' police say

An emergency alert early Friday, Aug. 28, that reached as far as Florence warning of police activity in a west Eugene neighborhood was sent in relation to SWAT police activity, a Eugene police spokesperson said.