Diane Megaw

Lane County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Cottage Grove man, Ron Cameron Boss, Jr., on Thursday. Boss allegedly assaulted two men, instructing his pit bull to bite one of them. Court records indicate that Boss was intoxicated and…

National fabric and crafts retailer Joann filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday and sought court approval to close over half its stores. This filing is the second in under a year, and two Southern Oregon stores, including Joann…

As weather forecasts predict snow and freezing rain across large parts of Western Oregon, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) activated the State Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) to Level 3 (Regional Response), effective…

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management revealed yesterday that the state's 9-1-1 Program is being launched in its Stayton, Oregon, testing lab. The lab facilitates the testing of new 9-1-1 system capabilities in a simulated…

The mother of a Portland toddler, Kelsey Haws, 32, has been charged with the death of her son almost two years ago. The boy died of a fentanyl overdose two months before his second birthday. Portland Mother Charged Over…

Yesterday, a Coos Bay man, David Sigler, 32, was indicted by a Coos County grand jury for allegedly killing his 22-month-old daughter in fall 2024. He is charged with criminally negligent homicide and criminal mistreatment. Sigler was…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The Roseburg Police Department (RPD) arrested a 71-year-old  Roseburg man, David Grant Tollefson, early on Monday morning. While allegedly driving impaired, Tollefson reportedly struck three vehicles and a telephone pole…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced plans to invest $180m into its Portland, Oregon, engineering facility yesterday. The funds are intended as part of the carmaker's global drive to join next-generation connectivity and…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a report of a menacing with a handgun, the area around the 400 block of N. Grape St, Medford, was closed off yesterday as the Medford Police Department (MPD) attended the scene. By 6.30 pm, the suspect, …

A coalition of Western U.S. senators, led by Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's Senator Martin Heinrich, has sent a letter to the recently confirmed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Acting Agriculture Secretary Gary Washington…