A day in the life: Jerry's greeter Bill Sullivan

Sleepless in the Coburg Hills: A neighborhood turned fear of fire into action

After the 2023 Priceboro Fire burned close to home, members of the Mount Tom community in the Coburg Hills took it upon themselves to protect their homes from fire, recently earning official designation as a Firewise community.

E-bikes coming to Eugene bike share

The operator of the city’s bike share program hopes to replace its current fleet with between 400 and 500 new bicycles, including e-bikes, in 2028.

Atlanta-based storage facility developer buys land off I-5 in Glenwood

A new self-storage facility may be coming to Glenwood.  A company that develops and owns self-storage facilities has purchased land next to Laurel Grove Cemetery. SAFStor, which is headquartered in Atlanta, bought two lots for $1.43 million, according to a deed filed Sept. 2, 2026, in Lane County. The land totaling 5.75 acres is east […]

Merkley plans town hall meeting Thursday in Springfield

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley plans a Thursday, Sept. 10 town meeting in Springfield as part of his “Stop the Corruption” tour of Oregon.

Eye-popping donations in a Lane County commissioner race show the dark side of politics | Letter to the editor

In spite of the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the vast majority of Americans of both parties agree that large donors to political campaigns have undue influence over elected officials. Polls by Ipsos, Pew and others show that over 80% of voters see such spending as a direct threat to American democracy. We see it on the national level, and we see it here in Lane County. That political candidates accept and encourage large donations shouldn’t be a surprise. Raising money is an arduous and distasteful task, and large donations make the job simpler. But those large donations […]