Lane County government

The Lane County Planning Commission has voted against a potential gravel mine near Oakridge. But that doesn’t mean the project is dead.

Both of the Lane County Commissioners who represent Eugene are up for re-election this month. And each of them is facing a challenge for their seat.

The Eugene Police Department recently began embedding a Lane County Behavioral Health professional with police, for mental health related calls in downtown Eugene. A new federal grant will help expand the program.

Eugene voters will decide this May whether to approve a $15 million dollar bond, which would help fund a new minor-league baseball stadium at the Lane County Fairgrounds.

Lane County is hitting reboot on its plans to renovate the County Fairgrounds.

As the region continues to recover from recent ice storms, Lane County officials say their top priority is clearing downed trees and opening roads so people can get supplies.

Lane County leaders are hoping 2024 will be the year pandemic-era emergency programs become longer-term parts of the region’s safety net.

The Lane County District Attorney’s Office said it has hired enough lawyers to resume prosecuting low-level crimes. It stopped prosecuting many property crimes in 2022 due to a staffing shortage.

The incident came the same day election offices were evacuated across Washington after receiving envelopes containing white powder.

Lane County wants to hear suggestions from residents about potential changes to the county’s charter.

The official website for the Lane County government is now restored, following an outage that began last Thursday. County officials say their vendor,…

Information on Lane County’s efforts to make its right-of-ways more compliant with federal disability standards is on the agenda at an event this Thursday…