17+ hour, 59+ min ago   (416+ words) Students who’ve returned to high school in Eugene this month might see more classmates sitting around them. The potential for larger class sizes comes after Eugene 4J laid off hundreds of employees this year, including instructors. Under 4J’s current targets for…...

1+ day, 3+ min ago   (119+ words) NPR for Oregonians Coast Guard rescues injured hiker on North Sister On Saturday Sept. 5, a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station North Bend helped rescue an injured hiker on North Sister in the Three Sisters Wilderness. The…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (337+ words) Everyone Village is hosting its first ever music festival to celebrate four years of operations. On a 3.5 acre site in West Eugene, Everyone Village is a supportive housing community made up of 80 tiny homes. The program features two workforce development…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (298+ words) Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle held a “stop the corruption” town hall in Springfield Thursday. The town hall was a part of a tour focusing on concerns about corruption in politics. During the townhall, both called for…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (672+ words) Dunne: Lyndsie Leech, executive director of WellMama, thanks so much for coming in and talking with us. Lyndsie Leech: Thanks for having me. Dunne: Let's start with this. Some people may not know what your organization does. What is WellMama…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (288+ words) This story was originally published on LincolnChronicle.org and is used with permission. Repairing the vandalism to seven Oregon State Park restrooms along the coast in Lincoln County is expected to cost $100,000, the state agency announced Wednesday. Three of the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1542+ words) Courtney Marecki has been a blur of activity all morning. She shuttles between refrigerators, lab hoods, storage cabinets and mixers. A persistent beep cuts through the electric hum of the lab. “Perfect timing. There’s the centrifuge,” the University of Washington…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (456+ words) Once a year, Oregon State University’s Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts hosts an event best described as a concert meets science experiment. It’s called Big Fish Fest, and organizers say it’s the world’s only live-music accompanied shark…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (569+ words) The Pacific Northwest could be in for a warmer, wetter winter this year, partly driven by a phenomenon called “super El Niño.” “It is really shaping up right now to be off the charts,” said Larry O’Neill, Oregon’s state climatologist....

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (365+ words) Environmentalists who are fighting for the repair or removal of Winchester Dam in Douglas County recently met with Gov. Tina Kotek’s office, according to a state senator. Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, mentioned the meeting during Wednesday’s meeting of the Senate…...