To help inform voters across the state, this candidate questionnaire is available to be republished by local publications in North Carolina without any cost. Please consider subscribing to The News & Observer to help make this coverage possible. Name: Eugene Douglass Political party: Republican Age as of March 5, 2024: 66 Campaign website: https://www.gdouglass.us Current […]
The Eugene 4J School District board voted this week to buy a downtown building for $2.9 million, hoping to use it as its main office location.The property, a former Wells Fargo bank building located at 99 E Broadway, would require an additional $10 million in renovations, according to 4J estimates, which was among the topics […]
The little red boxes across town should be filled once again on Thursday as the Eugene Weekly was slated to put out its first print product in six weeks. Following an alleged embezzlement from within the organization, EW was forced to halt its print production in late December, announcing it had laid off its entire […]
A 34-year-old Eugene man has been charged with hate crimes after multiple incidents of antisemitic graffiti were reported at the Temple Beth Israel synagogue. Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Rubenstein at Temple Beth Israel says the most recent tagging incident occurred on Jan. 14 and was discovered when she and a community member checked on the building […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two minors fired handguns at a vehicle in Eugene Saturday morning, nearly hitting the driver inside, authorities said. According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, around 7 a.m. a passing driver asked the two minors to move out of the roadway near Nantucket Avenue and North Park Avenue in Eugene. They […]
Ownership at Big City Gamin’ has turned the porch of the Eugene sports bar and arcade into a warming shelter in response to the ice storm covering the Willamette Valley. “When this (storm) started happening, we just realized we had this deck out there, and whereas it’s not indoors, we have the infrared heaters out […]
A relentless winter storm strengthened its icy grip on Eugene and the rest of Lane County this weekend, plunging the region into a deep freeze. Unusually low temperatures, combined with heavy snow and freezing rain, have transformed the area into an ice-covered landscape, prompting local governments to declare an emergency and state officials to warn […]
Nestled in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, Eugene is no stranger to the captivating beauty of ice storms. So with the National Weather Service warning that freezing ice and snow were likely headed to the area late Friday and into the weekend, public safety officials were stressing how crucial it would be for residents to understand […]
A man is dead after crashing into a traffic light pole at Roosevelt Boulevard and Fergus Road in the early morning hours on New Year’s Day, according to Eugene Police. Police and Eugene Springfield Fire responded to the crash at 4 a.m. Monday. Police say the driver, who was described as a man in his […]