Neighbors in west Eugene report gunfire; man found shot in alley near 10th and Grant

Ducks football coach’s lawyer tells judge no injuries occurred in DUII crash

A Eugene Municipal Court judge will decide as soon as this week whether Ra’Shaad Samples is eligible for DUII diversion. Samples pleaded not guilty to other misdemeanor charges.

Gun seen near Sheldon High parking lot turned out to be pellet rifle, police say

Eugene police rushed to the area of Sheldon High School and the school was placed on lockdown Tuesday, Oct. 27, after a person was seen pointing a rifle that turned out to be a pellet gun, police said.

With Springfield street fund in deficit, city councilors discuss priorities

Councilors said community members are concerned about local roads. Staff said that while bond funds have gone toward collector and arterial streets, the city hasn't been able to keep up with maintenance on local streets.

Eugene Clean Energy Fund is a chance to take power back from corporations | Letter to the editor

The cost of living for Oregonians is skyrocketing. Food, energy and rent take a growing chunk out of people’s wages. At the same time, government-funded educational community services (like libraries) are starved. And the rich get richer. Income and wealth inequality are the greatest in our country’s history. The powerful and their giant corporations get tax breaks and subsidies. The rest of us pay for policies we oppose, like the war in Iran and mass deportation facilities, which may as well be called domestic concentration camps. Corporations went from paying about 18.5% of all income taxes paid in Oregon to less […]

A full woodshed, the Series in swing, a pile of books at the ready: Fall on the McKenzie

Among the trees near our house, a circus of colors explodes, offering hues that stay but for a while before fading to winter gray.