Jen Connors

Customers of Eugene Water and Electric Board will see a hike in their monthly bills in the new year. The publicly owned utility announced that beginning in February, electric rates will increase by 7.7% and water rates will rise by 6.6%.

Water infrastructure work in South Eugene will close some roads until next summer.

Scammers are making aggressive calls to EWEB customers, threatening to turn off their power and water if they don’t pay up in half an hour.A flurry of…