EUGENE, Ore. (KGW) — The Lane County Sheriff’s Office issued a Level 3 (Go Now) evacuation order Monday morning for areas near the Bedrock Fire, burning southeast of Eugene. The Level 3 (Go Now) order impacts areas near Peninsula Road, east ...
EUGENE, Ore. – A pair of Eugene high school students were allegedly involved in a series of bomb threats. Each week during the month of May, a person called the Eugene Police Department and said they were inside South Eugene ...
Author: KGW Staff VENETA, Ore. — A wildfire is burning about 10 miles Southwest of Veneta, Oregon near a region that experienced an east wind event, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Western Lane District. Crews have been working ...
FLORENCE, Ore. – Two people wanted in connection with an armed robbery in the Florence area are now in custody. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday night, there was an attempted burglary at the Cleawox Market on Highway ...
Author: KGW Staff LANE COUNTY, Ore. (KGW) — A driver used some quick thinking to help alert rescuers to his location after he got stuck in the snow on a remote road in Willamette National Forest, the Lane County Sheriff’s ...
NORTH BEND, Ore. – The Coquille Indian Tribe distributed a record-breaking $815,000 in grants to 121 community organizations in Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Lane counties. The grants, made through the Coquille Tribal Community Fund, are a significant increase from ...
SOUTHERN OREGON – Smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire has made its way into the Rogue Valley, lowering the air quality. Firefighters are continuing to mop up the now 120,000-acre fire in eastern Lane County near Oakridge. It’s been burning ...
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST, Ore. – On August 10th, a wildland firefighter fighting the Big Swamp Fire in the Willamette National Forest was critically injured after being struck by a tree. His name is Collin Hagan, and his injuries would prove ...
LANE COUNTY, Ore. – According to the CDC, a second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Oregon. According to Lane County Public Health, the patient did not have a travel history to an area with known cases. They also ...
ROSEBURG, Ore. – A teen wanted in connection with a Lane County shooting was found in Southern Oregon. Investigators said last Saturday, 16-year-old Elijah James Grinstead intentionally shot and wounded another juvenile known to him at a home in the ...