Eugene-area pediatrician shares how to protect, talk with kids about wildfire smoke

Adapting to arid conditions, local farmers embrace water-resilient practices

In a record-dry year, local Oregon farms have to adapt to climate change, including frequent droughts.

Tate Taylor, Mia Maxwell win sprint doubles at U20 Championships

Team USA dominated sprint finals Saturday night as it became the first nation to sweep the men’s and women’s 100-meter and 200-meter finals behind Tate Taylor and Mia Maxwell’s gold medals.

Lane ESD board seeks two new members

Lane Education Service District has two vacant seats on its board of directors — one at-large and one to represent the Springfield Public Schools area. As a county-wide public education entity, Lane ESD offers technology, administrative, school improvement and special education contractual services to Lane County’s 16 districts. Lane ESD fills gaps especially for small, […]

Politicians defunding homelessness services shouldn't call those policies a failure | Letter to the editor

In response to congressional candidate Monique DeSpain’s guest column about homelessness, people who disagree with, and block, funding for providing the services that people exiting homelessness need to help them recover, and then declare “housing first” a failure for not providing those same services, shouldn’t be talking about how they want to spend our tax […]

Why sentencing reform for domestic violence survivors keeps falling short in Oregon

States including New York and Oklahoma have passed laws that allow judges to reduce a sentence based on how coercion and abuse played a role in the crime. But similar legislation has stalled in Oregon.