Diane Megaw

The Josephine County Sheriff’s office reported that a driver, 63-year-old Alec James Varner, who crashed into a stationary Illinois Valley Fire District (IVFD) engine shortly before midday on Wednesday, was arrested after failing field…

A national series of town halls hosted by a group of Attorneys General, including Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, has been scheduled. The meetings will provide a public platform for the people of America to give their account of…

The Eugene School District has joined a lawsuit opposing the U.S. Department of Education's new race-based policies under the Trump administration. It is the first school district to do so following the issue of a letter to colleagues…

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s Office deputies took delivery of Shawn Christian Higbee, 41, yesterday after he had been arrested by United States Marshals Service (USMS) officers in December in Cambodia on a 2019 arrest…

After years of increased state funding to address homelessness and ever-growing numbers of homeless Oregonians, lawmakers and Gov. Tina Kotek are pushing for more state oversight and coordination for homeless shelters as the state continues…

Oregon State Police (OSP) responding to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 99, near milepost 3, in Lane County on Sunday discovered a pedestrian, Gary Dale Obert (54) of Eugene, in the roadway. Obert was declared deceased at the…

CURRY COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP), who responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 101, near milepost 359, in Curry County on Saturday at 10:49 p.m., confirmed that the pedestrian injured in the crash,  William…

Following Oregon Governor Kotek’s announcement last week instructing Forestry officials to hold off on referring any wildfire hazard map designation appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative session, the…

After the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) indicated earlier this week that a suspicious body had been found in a trailer in the Lents neighborhood, near Southeast 84th Avenue and Southeast Insley Street, on Thursday, February 20, reports have…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Responding to reports of shots fired in the 800 block of Archer Dr. on Saturday just before midnight, Medford Police officers quickly deployed technology to follow, find, and arrest the suspects who had sped away from the…