Fire damages three homes in Oakridge

‘We won’: UO workers celebrate last-minute deal that averted planned strike

Instead of spending Monday on the picket line, members of the union representing classified staff at the University of Oregon gathered outside Johnson Hall to celebrate a tentative contract agreement reached hours earlier.

$10 million mystery check from California union hangs over governor’s race

Locked in a dead heat, Kotek and Drazan will debate for the first time this election this coming Thursday, Oct. 1.

Emerald Broadband community spotlights: Eugene businesses thrive with local fiber

At Emerald Broadband, we love celebrating the local businesses and organizations that make Eugene such an awesome place to live and work. As a locally owned fiber internet company, we believe every local decision matters. When businesses, nonprofits, schools, and community organizations choose Emerald Broadband, they’re getting the best internet available while also helping to […]

The bitter irony in the push to open more forestland to logging

The more logging and roadbuilding upstream, the less good water in the creeks and the more water treatment downstream. Worse, new water purification plants are costly enough to strain small-town budgets, compromise the quality of life there, and even threaten their very existence.

After decades at the bench, an old-school jeweler steps back

Charles Beaudet knows exactly how an opal forms, why a digital ring design is going to snag your sweater, and why you shouldn't mix a fishing trip and an engagement ring. After a career spanning seven decades, the second-generation jeweler is officially retiring.