Eugene News

Reports of Bigfoot sightings in Eugene may be on the rise as the official mascot for Travel Oregon and Oregon 150 arrives for a whirlwind day of activities on Tuesday, July 7. As part of the I Am Oregonian challenge, in connection with Oregon's sesquicentennial activities, Seski the Sasquatch has emerged from hiding to tour the state and take part ...

If you think you saw bigfoot Tuesay, you were probably right. Seski the sasquatch was in town taking part in the "I Am An Oregonian Challenge." The goal is to show that you've been to five different types of destinations in at least two regions of Oregon.

A 28-year-old Eugene man who pleaded guilty to identity theft crimes that involved the names of more than 100 individuals or businesses has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

A woman has filed a lawsuit against former South Eugene soccer star Nate Jaqua, claiming Jaqua sexually assaulted her after leaving a bar near the University of Oregon campus.

The latest project funded by the neighborhood matching grants program is a wheelchair ramp leading to the top of College Hill Reservoir.

A house fire completely destroyed a North Eugene home and damaged another. It started around 3 pm on Saturday at a house on Howard Avenue.

Sam Sourikoff walked into Mazzi's Restaurant in south Eugene last December, flashed a gun, took a wad of cash, grabbed a bottle of wine and ran.

By Jessica Nelson July 3, 2009 Eugene, Ore--Firefighters were quick to contain a fire in a West Eugene duplex, Thursday night.

Got beef? Don't fire up the barbecue just yet. WinCo Foods says four cases of beef possibly contaminated with E. coli were shipped to one or more of 17 stores in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, including the Eugene location on Barger Drive.

U.S. Assistant Attorney Chris Cardani says 42-year-old Lawrence Vito Grella had the means to support his children.

A Eugene man died in a four-car crash caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 5 late Tuesday night, according to state police.

A Eugene man who pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in a Jan. 21 drunken driving crash that killed four people has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A string of blazes hit downtown Eugene over the weekend. One happened at Patterson Alley and 16th Avenue, where a fire in a garbage bin spread to one of the units of an apartment building and then to the back of a house.

Court records show that the FBI, a bankruptcy trustee and 88 investors are chasing the money trail from Albany real estate developer Joe LaCoste.

EUGENE, Ore. - A mixup with a water jump barrier cast controversy over the women's steeple- chase at the U.S. track and field championships.

Eugene a ' At least two motorists were sent to the hospital after two SUVa TMs crashed on Highway 99 and Prairie Road Wednesday afternoon.

Signs in hand, friends, family and supporters marched Friday in Eugene to show their solidarity with protestors in Iran.

Eugene has rededicated a park that once supplied gravel for major highway projects and where four boys in the past 15 years have drowned in the pits.

By Brandi Smith June 25, 2009 A EUGENE, Ore. -- There was shock all over the world Thursday as word of Michael Jackson's death traveled.

A federal jury has rejected the claims of a man who says Eugene police stopped him for questions and a "pat-down" search because he is black.