Two people were rescued and a woman was resuscitated Saturday after water rescues on the Willamette and McKenzie rivers near Eugene. Woman resuscitated after falling out of raft on McKenzie River The first incident took place at 2:01 p.m. when rescue crews were dispatched to the McKenzie River between Hayden Bridge and Harvest Landing in […]
Eugene Police on Saturday reported three fentanyl overdoses including one fatal in the Washington Jefferson Park area and are urging caution due to a “potentially deadly batch” of the drug. Officers responded to reports of a deceased male on the sidewalk at West Fourth Avenue and Washington Street and found evidence indicating a recent overdose, […]
In Eugene City Council’s first week in its new city hall, the body is scheduled to determine how to proceed on a proposal to accelerate housing property tax exemption applications in Eugene’s downtown core, vote on the city’s 2024-25 budget, and receive a briefing on the Mayor and Councilors’ roles in an emergency. Lane County […]
Eugene is putting another $1 million toward affordable housing projects, with new funding coming through the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The money should help fund three separate projects, which could combine to provide 88 new affordable housing units for low-income residents. The city also provided $1.2 million in City Fee Assistance and System Development Charge […]
Dozens of community members, elected officials and city staff gathered Thursday among live piano and cello, a food truck and river views to welcome the first residential building in Eugene’s Downtown Riverfront neighborhood. The Heartwood is a four-story residential building located east of the Ferry Street Bridge viaduct on Fifth Avenue. It offers 95 market-rate […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A traffic stop in Eugene turned deadly when an Oregon State Police trooper shot and killed a man who grabbed a gun from the car after being Tased, OSP said in a release. Just before 4:30 p.m., the trooper pulled over a driver at River Avenue and Beltline Highway in Eugene. […]
On Friday, Voodoo Doughnut in downtown Eugene will be celebrating National Doughnut Day with pink raised glazed doughnuts for $10 a dozen. Another doughnut shop offering a special for National Doughnut Day is Bizzy Jean’s Donuts in Springfield, which will be offering an extra doughnut for free per dozen purchased. All Market of Choice locations […]
Community members said goodbye this week to the College Hill Reservoir, which has become a staple in Eugene over the past 80 years. Hundreds milled around the cement slabs, eating food from foods trucks, drawing with chalk, enjoying live music, rollerblading, riding scooters and skateboards, and chatting with fellow community members during a special farewell […]
Reports from Watch Duty Fire Map late Friday afternoon indicated an estimated 20-acre wildfire was burning near Siuslaw River Road at milepost 24 near Veneta. In an advisory Friday evening, Lorane Rural Fire Protection District said there was a known vegetation fire reportedly west of the Veterans Legacy camp off Siuslaw River Road. Multiple units […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn’t mean his campaign to return to the White House comes to an end. He wouldn’t even be […]
This week, Eugene City Council will discuss two proposals meant to raise city revenue including a fire service fee, vote on a proposal to let neighborhood associations change their boundaries and discuss urban growth. Lane County commissioners will vote on accepting a grant to create a deflection program for people charged with recently recriminalized drug […]
Windy Peak Road west of Eugene is currently impassible due to a landslide likely caused by ice-tipped trees following January’s ice storm, according to officials with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Oregon and Washington. The landslide has deposited sediment onto the road, eroded the road’s surface, and scoured a channel to Greenleaf Creek, […]