Man arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing, providing drugs to 13-year-old girl

UO football player enters diversion program after DUII arrest

Evan Stewart entered a no-contest plea on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants. The charge will be dismissed if he completes a year-long diversion program. 

Man gets two years in prison for arson that sparked wildfire near Oakridge

Despite a plea from the defendant’s mother, a judge sentenced Rodney Daniel Trotter IV to prison for setting a blaze that grew into a wildfire near Oakridge.

Lane County ballot processing snag delays updated results

Lane County elections officials are working to fix an equipment malfunction that is delaying the next release of updated returns.

Eugene city manager to be interviewed by county administrator at City Club meeting

Jenny Haruyama, Eugene’s new city manager, will make her City Club of Eugene debut Friday, Nov. 6 in an interview with Lane County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky.

Declining school enrollment numbers are not inevitable | Letter to the editor

A recent conversation reminded me that many of my neighbors have no idea that declining enrollment in schools was entirely predictable, but not inevitable. As Lilly St. Angelo’s recent story showed, it’s more than demographic changes affecting enrollment numbers.  When I started teaching in the 1990s, the predominant mindset centered on the importance of student-centered […]