In federal building vandalism case, FBI asks Eugene police for video

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.

Springfield police: Man arrested after fatal Gateway stabbing drove vehicle involved in deadly hit-and-run

Springfield police are asking the public for help identifying a white crossover SUV and driver they say struck two pedestrians, continued on and collided with a vehicle, then made a U-turn and again collied with the same pedestrians, one of whom died at the scene.

Springfield Drifters hosting tryouts for new academy 

The team’s owners have renovated the Memorial Building into a space for youth baseball players in the Eugene–Springfield area to train. It will also serve as headquarters for Springfield’s collegiate wood-bat baseball team.