Nine county teams remain in the chase for state girls soccer titles

Five Lane County boys soccer teams advance to second-round playoff games

South Eugene and Willamette are hosting playoff matches, as Marist, Springfield and Pleasant Hill face road challenges.

Sister Monica Heeran, a ‘transformational leader’ at PeaceHealth, dies at 95

As a young girl, Sister Monica Heeran experienced a health issue that kept her in and out of hospitals for three years.  While she couldn’t have known what her future would bring, she later shared that it likely planted the seeds of her desire to become a nurse. That seed, paired with her religious vows to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, grew into a flourishing career in healthcare ministry that transformed available medical services in Lane County and across the Northwest, including through the PeaceHealth system and the nonprofit Volunteers in Medicine Clinic. Heeran died Oct. 9 at her […]

Judge cites Eugene detainee's testimony in finding ICE not compliant with court order

U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai, previously critical of ICE, found that federal immigration officers have not been compliant with a February injunction limiting warrantless arrests.

Lane County residents call on historical perspective, self-care to ease election anxieties

Voters are bombarded around the clock with news bulletins, texts and social media posts, so no wonder they feel anxious about the November election. But some residents are looking for ways to turn down the heat. 

From booth to business: How art markets grow Eugene’s creative economy

When Erick Wonderly Varela first arrived at the Whiteaker Community Market, they brought with them a folding table, three stickers, a handful of prints, and a little encouragement from their mother.  As artist for as long as they could remember, Erick had never quite approached their creative practice as a business. At the time, they […]