Fatal crash on Territorial  CROW – On March 31 at about 9:30 p.m., Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded with fire personnel to a single-vehicle crash on Territorial Road near Doane Road, south of Crow. The vehicle, a 2005 Chevy Malibu,…

SPRINGFIELD – On March 24, the Springfield Police Department’s Crime Reduction Unit collaborated with loss prevention teams from local businesses to conduct a retail theft operation, which led to the arrest of 34 individuals for various theft-related offenses. During the…

COTTAGE GROVE – Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on March 25, Lane County Sheriff’s deputies tracked a stolen vehicle – a Scion xB SUV – from a Portland business. The vehicle’s owner was monitoring its location via GPS. A deputy spotted…

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), last week terminated roughly $117 million in Covid-era grants and funding for Oregon…

Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.5% in February and 4.4% in January, after rising gradually over the past year from 4.1% in February 2024. Oregon’s 4.5% unemployment rate was the highest since August 2021, when the rate was 4.7%, and slightly…

Lane Transit District (LTD) has welcomed 13 new bus operators to the team. They graduated on March 28. “LTD is such a special place to work, truly a world-renowned transit agency,” said Mike Hursh, LTD’s Chief Operations Officer. “Every single…

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Utility Board’s longtime general manager, Jeff Nelson, announced March 28 that he will retire on June 30, 2026, after nearly 30 years serving the community-owned water and electric utility. Nelson began his career at SUB in 1996…

SPRINGFIELD—As first responders, a team from the City of Springfield’s Operations Division of Development and Public Works is responding to the call for help in Burns, Oregon. Six maintenance technicians, along with two pickup trucks and two dump trucks, have…

On March 25 at about 1:30 p.m., the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received information a vehicle stolen from a business in Portland was in the area of London Road. The suspect had also burglarized the business. The company that owned…