Steve Mokrohisky

The remnants of a Blue River home after the Holiday Farm Fire, in Oct. 2020.

Oregon wildfire recovery summit underway at UO

Rachael McDonald

A summit underway this week at the University of Oregon is focused on wildfire recovery across the state. It’s being led by Lane County and the U of O.

Lane County Commissioners approved a $1.1 billion budget for 2023-24 at their Tuesday morning meeting on June 14, 2023

Politics & Government

Commissioners approve Lane County’s billion dollar budget

Rachael McDonald

The Lane County Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved the spending plan for the next fiscal year.

Politics & Government

Lane County Implements Vaccine Requirement For Employees & Volunteers

Melorie Begay

Lane County announced Thursday that all county employees and volunteers must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Nov. 30. Those who miss the deadline…

Housing & Homelessness

Getting To Zero: Lane County And City Of Eugene Look To End Homelessness

Tiffany Eckert

The City of Eugene and Lane County officials are throwing their support behind an ambitious proposal aimed at effectively ending homelessness in the…

Politics & Government

Blue-Ribbon Task Force Will Tackle Lane County Park Planning

Rachael McDonald

The Lane County Parks Master Plan is undergoing an overhaul. The latest step in this process is to form a blue ribbon task force for long-range parks…

Politics & Government

Lane County Offers Free Access to Select Emails

Rachael McDonald

Lane County is trying to be more open to the public by providing free access to emails and to meeting rooms.Members of the public and the media can now go…

Politics & Government

Lane County Board Picks New Administrator

The Lane County Board of Commissioners has voted to hire Steve Mokrohisky as the new county administrator. Wednesday the board voted four to one to…