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Report: Holiday spending to reach $263B, with $109 N opportunity in revenue for small businesses. The 2025 holiday shopping season is here—and shoppers are ready to splurge, according to this year’s Holiday Shopping Survey published by Intuit QuickBooks. Despite anxious whispers of tariffs and inflation,…

Rates of influenza vaccination among health care workers in Oregon plummeted over the last five respiratory virus seasons, raising the risk of infection for patients, according to new Oregon Health Authority (OHA) data. To increase vaccination rates, public health recommendations encourage health care workers –…

SPRINGFIELD – The Kohl family is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser from Nov. 17, 2025, to Jan. 17, 2026, to raise money for the adoption fees of a child with Down syndrome. The family will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs…

SPRINGFIELD – Members of the Springfield Twin Rivers Rotary chapter help construct new playground equipment it donated at Family Relief Nursery on Friday, Nov. 14.

Lane County Youth Services invites the community to the 16th annual FREE community holiday meal on Wednesday, December 3. The meal, open to everyone, is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lane County Youth Services at 2727 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, and…

Thanksgiving Leftover Soup Stock, submitted by Jo Rodgers (2023)

COTTAGE GROVE – The 8th Street intersection is now open as part of the EDA Main Street Revitalization Project, marking the second concrete intersection completed. Traffic will continue to be routed on the south side of Main Street throughout the project, which extends from Highway…

LOWELL – On Nov. 15, Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of menacing involving Marcquis Andrew Lee White, 33, of Lowell, who allegedly brandished a handgun and fled the scene in a vehicle. Deputies deployed an armored rescue vehicle, drone, and K9 units…

SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield History Museum will temporarily close to the public from Jan. 1 through July 10, 2026 to support a major collections care initiative. During this time, staff and volunteers will focus on processing, conserving, and organizing thousands of historical artifacts to ensure…