Eugene News

EUGENE, Ore. - Voters on Tuesday approved a 5-year tax levy to open 120 beds in the Lane County Jail, including 16 beds at the juvenile detention center.

A 74-year-old woman died after falling and hitting her head on the pavement at a gas station after SUV backed into her Tuesday afternoon.

Recent armed robberies at nearby restaurants surprised Brian Schnider, owner of the UPS Store on Coburg Road.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Lane County Elections reports 80,029 of Lane County's 209,894 registered voters cast ballots - a 38.13 percent voter turnout.

OF NOTE: Five of the nation's top 10 girl 3,000-meter runners, according to rankings on www.athletic.net, will be in the Class 6A meet, including the Nos.

The bill repeals the 'adverse impact' law, which gives for-profit colleges the ability to prevent community colleges from offering courses that are too similar to their own offerings.

The top 12 finishers in each event advance to the NCAA championships June 5-8 in Eugene, Ore.

Back to back meetups in Eugene this Friday, May 24th! Come by the CodeChops co-working space at 5:00 PM for my talk: Alternative Internets for the coming Zombie Apocalypse .

There is a little bit of a difference between dealing with the media in Philadelphia than, say, the folks in Eugene, Oregon, or Durham, New Hampshire.

By Maria Smithson of Charlotte, North Carolina . Maria is a native Oregonian and a longtime national campaign operative.

Tuesday is the deadline to turn in ballots in the special election. Among other things, Lane County voters are considering a property tax levy to fund jail beds.

As many as 20 teachers could lose their jobs because of the budget problems, district officials say, and that number could nearly double if the teachers union does not accept wage concessions.

People sometimes refer to them as they boys in blue, but the Eugene Police Department said they want more women to join.

Officers chased a man five blocks Saturday night after he jumped on top of a parked car just off the University of Oregon campus, Eugene Police said.

PORTLAND, Ore. Family and friends remembered a 21-year-old University of Oregon tennis star at a memorial service in Portland on Saturday.

Some towns are just plain better at making headlines than others. That's why Eugene, Ore., ought to win some kind of award.

The Cove Christian Camp bathhouse, in the midst of its seven-year, pay-as-you-go construction, commands an impressive view of the valley perched atop a hill on the camp's property about two miles southeast of Cove.

Eugene, Oregon is a great place to learn and exercise these actions to improve health.

In Valley Stream accident. two lanes blocked on The Southern St Pkwy EB east of Corona Ave/X15. Stopped traffic from Belt Pky/Cross Island Pky In Valley Stream accident.

An activist who scaled the fence surrounding Eugene's shuttered City Hall and chained herself to it has been sentenced to 30 hours community service.