Lane County

EUGENE, Ore. — The Lane County Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) is investigating an incident in which Eugene police officers were involved in a shooting in the 1400 block of Railroad Boulevard yesterday. Callers to 911…

In three Oregon cities — Salem, Eugene, and Portland — a handshake still counts. The cities were named Oregon’s most trustworthy in a national survey of small business owners who were asked to identify the cities with the best and worst…

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — Five-and-a-half hours after receiving an emergency distress GPS from a hiker, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office’s Search & Rescue (SAR) team located the injured man near George Creek in the Three Sisters Wilderness.…

An Oregon student, who was permanently paralyzed when a pine tree toppled onto her on campus, is seeking a $16.3 million settlement from the University of Oregon. Olivia Rose Edwards was a junior at the university when a 50-foot-tall…

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department was instrumental in assisting Florida law enforcement officers in arresting a fugitive living in Oregon’s Lane County. Forty-seven-year-old Steven Charles Whitney was also a suspect in an armed…

EUGENE, Ore. — Two plain-clothes ICE agents detained two suspects as they were released from the Lane County Jail last week. The incident, involving two men suspected of involvement in a burglary ring targeting Asian-American families in…

A Eugene school district employee is one of three women arrested for operating an online drug outlet, selling opioids in exchange for cryptocurrency. Jennifer Blake, who worked as a psychologist at the Chavez Elementary in the 4J school…

EUGENE, Ore. — Seven foreign nationals, all members of a well-resourced and financially supported crime ring, have been arrested by the Eugene Police Department for allegedly targeting Asian-American families in the area. In what the EPD…

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — In a dramatic incident involving a gunshot being fired and law enforcement vehicles damaged by an Indiana suspect with an outstanding warrant of arrest, took place in Lane County late on Thursday night. Deputies from…

EUGENE, Ore. — Following up on a crime scene after a bold robbery of $20,000 worth of jewelry from a kiosk at Valley River Center, a trail of blood droplets led Eugene police to Wayne Wood, who has a criminal history including assault,…