Lane County News

Erin Bonner with Eugene and Springfield's Sheltercare believes homeless people have a hard time getting off the streets and that's why those with an addiction cannot get sober.

Police hit the jackpot when they found the makings of a methamphetamine lab in the backyard of a Eugene home on Cinnamon Avenue.

Imagine the Coast Range around Noti and Veneta becoming the land of the giant coastal redwood - the tallest tree on earth, the one you can drive your car through.

Two men were reported overdue from a fishing trip along the Oregon Coast, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office.

Brandon Burge, 23, is charged with rape, sex abuse, furnishing alcohol to a minor and hit and run.

Detectives believe there may be other victims related to a joint investigation by Oregon State Police Criminal Investigations Division detectives and Oregon Department of Human Services that led to the arrest Saturday in Lane County of a 26-year-old man on multiple sex offense allegations involving juvenile males.

Bob Dugre said the collection on the wall of his restaurant began last November with one picture of one veteran.

Attorney General John Kroger says America Online reported last month that images of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct had been uploaded from a computer and sent by e-mail to another location.

The end of an era has come for a stretch along Interestate 5 in Coburg. For years it was home to hundreds of RVs for sale, now it's empty land.

A swastika along Highway 36 flown on private property in Junction City is just one example of hate speech in Lane County, according to County Commissioner Pete Sorenson.

Over the past decades Lane County financial support for Extension has been steadily whittled away and the prospect of future county funding is slim to none.

The Lane County District Attorney's Office has ordered the release of police reports on an incident in which a Eugene officer used a stun gun to subdue a Chinese college student mistaken as a trespasser.

Oregon's computer cops traced child porn uploaded to American Online to an e-mail address and then to a MySpace page before arresting a Eugene man on suspicion of multiple counts of encouraging child sex abuse.

Former Westfir city recorder Elizabeth Murray has been accused of embezzling more than $11,000 during a one-year period.

An 11-year-old girl testified Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of kidnapping and assaulting her, saying she feared for her life during the 58-minute abduction.

Four individuals from the Deadwood area were injured early Friday morning in a single vehicle crash on Highway 36 about five miles east of Blachly.

A Lane County jury on Friday convicted 28-year-old Michael Wayne Wesley of murder in the Sept.

" Good intentions backfired, causing a flu shot fiasco in Cottage Grove Monday. Now, city manager is now firing back at Lane County Public Health.

A new group of experienced public officials have banded together to discuss the growing problem of public safety in Lane County.

A Lane County jury has rejected the insanity defense of a man who confessed to kidnapping and raping a 10-year-old girl.