Rachael McDonald

At their Tuesday meeting, the Springfield City Council plans to choose an interim mayor to replace Christine Lundberg who stepped down last summer. 

Some Oregonians affected by the September wildfires are still without reliable phone service.

Former KLCC General Manager Jim Dunne has died. He was 96-years-old. 

Less than a week after Lane County hit the milestone of 6,000 positive COVID-19 cases on Friday, the total has grown to 6,437 confirmed and presumptive cases.

Oregon’s 4th District Representative Peter DeFazio is mostly pleased with the relief package approved by Congress Monday.

Gym owners, staff, and members gathered in Eugene’s Free Speech Plaza Monday to protest the closure of fitness facilities under the governor’s freeze. Gyms are among the businesses shutdown under the latest COVID-19 restrictions.

The Eugene Mission remains on lockdown after 69 positive cases of COVID-19 were discovered there last week.

Lane County business leaders are calling on the governor and state legislature to provide immediate relief to small businesses. This comes as lawmakers meet for a special session in Salem Monday.

COVID-19 has claimed 54 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,214 the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.

The City of Eugene plans to build a new two-way bikeway along High Street in the downtown. It will connect the Amazon Path to the Riverbank path.

The University of Oregon is offering free testing for COVID-19 this month, at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene.

The testing is Dec. 14-17, and Dec. 21, 22, 28, and 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Registration is required. More information.

Oregon health officials say, pending FDA aprroval, the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer are expected to arrive next week. The first allocation of 125,000 doses will go to frontline health care workers and residents of long term care facilities.

COVID-19 has claimed 36 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,080 the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.

A man shot by Eugene Police a week ago in the Whiteaker neighborhood is now being held in the Lane County Jail.

The Eugene Mission has secured its campus after identifying its first case of COVID-19 last Wednesday.

Oregon surpassed its thousandth death on Friday, and the state also hit the grim milestone of more than 81,000 Covid-19 cases statewide since the pandemic began. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown described plans Friday to prioritize who will get the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses and how they will be distributed.

The City of Eugene is seeking proposals for a mixed-income housing development at 11th and Willamette. The former Lane Community College Building there has been vacant for seven years.

The Lane County Board of Commissioners is seeking public input on redistricting. It will hold a work session Wednesday (Dec. 2) to start the conversation.