Deputys investigate Oregon drowning Lane County sheriff's deputies are investigating the drowning of a 3-year-old girl in Fern Ridge reservoir west of Eugene.
DeFazio adds money to help reopen coast rail line Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., has proposed rerouting $8 million to help the Port of Coos Bay buy a rail line that runs from Eugene to Coquille and is scheduled to be abandoned.
Eugene mayor hires political consultant Mayor Kitty Piercy has hired a veteran political consultant to help her battle former Mayor Jim Torrey in a runoff for the general election in November.
More than 30 house fires challenges Red Cross The resources of the Red Cross are being stretched in Eugene after the agency provided aid to the victims of more than 30 local house fires in the past four weeks.
Crash near Blachly kills 1, injures 3 The Oregon State Police says a Eugene woman died and three other people were injured in a head-on crash near Blachly.
Sandlot ball going the way of wooden bats Sandlot baseball, a slice of American life enjoyed for decades by boys from coast to coast, appears on the verge of extinction.