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Police say there were no injuries and the scene has since been cleared.

Family spokesperson gives update on Bob Cross Bob Cross is the pilot involved in a plane crash north of Eugene airport on Thursday morning. Posted: May 22, 2021 11:48 PM Updated: May 23, 2021 1:18 AM Posted By: Jaewon Jung EUGENE, Ore. -- Family spokesperson for Bob Cross, Donna Moore, gave an update on the condition of Bob Cross, the 51-year-old pilot involved in a plane crash north of Meadowview Road and Greenhill Road. In a statement, Moore said: "Bob Cross, beloved Eugene community member ...

Oregon advances bill targeting election misinformation about voting methods, ballot access Follow Us Question of the Day By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Oregon lawmakers have advanced an elections bill to prohibit knowingly and purposefully spreading wrong information about how to participate in the voting process. Members of the Democratic-controlled Oregon state House of Represen...

Rise in urban camping prompts short and long term change in homelessness strategy The pandemic has led to a rise in campers on the streets and renewed the public’s awareness of urban camping. Posted: May 6, 2021 11:59 PM Updated: May 7, 2021 12:50 PM Posted By: Chris Lueneburg EUGENE, Ore. -- Lane County’s homelessness crisis has been simmering for years, but the pandemic has led to a rise in campers on the streets and renewed the public’s awareness of urban camping, prompting city and c...

Strides for Social Justice launches fifth route Tuesday, April 27, 2021 4:07 PM More information is available at stridesforsocialjustice.org. EUGENE – Strides for Social Justice, an app developed by PeaceHealth and the Eugene Marathon that features tours through local Black history, has added a fifth route, one that shines a light on a painful and little-known chapter in the history of Eugene and Oregon. The three-mile-round-trip Skinner Butte begins in...

3:13 KLCCs Melorie Begay reports on the growing number of vehicle campers who are considered homeless in Eugene. Delayne Anson lost her father four years ago. After he died, she spent a year sorting out his belongings. Then she sold his estate and bought an RV, prepared for an adventure. “Freedom," Ansen said while sitting in her 23 foot long travel trailer. "You know I didn’t want to be tied to an apartment, and I knew I couldn’t live with somebody. I didn’t make enough money to get an...

Holli Johnson Two candidates are challenging the newly appointed incumbent for the Lane Community College Board Zone 1 seat that represents West Eugene, Veneta and Florence. Holli Johnson was appointed March 3 to the board and is running to keep her seat. She is the first African American person on the board in the school’s half century of existence.  Johnson’s interest in community colleges began two decades ago, when she walked onto the campus at Santa Barbara City College and asked for ...

Oregon House passes new foreclosure moratorium By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A measure that would reinstate and extend Oregon’s moratorium on foreclosures until Sept. 1 during the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday passed the state’s House of Representatives. Unlike the bill that was passed by lawmakers last June, the new legislation would not protect commercial property owners — those who own more than five properties or properties with more than fo...

Oregon House passes new foreclosure moratorium By SARA CLINEApril 6, 2021 GMT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A measure that would reinstate and extend Oregon’s moratorium on foreclosures until Sept. 1 during the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday passed the state’s House of Representatives. Unlike the bill that was passed by lawmakers last June, the new legislation would not protect commercial property owners — those who own more than five properties or properties with more than four housing units. Th...

Republican lawmakers to waive full reading of budget bills Follow Us Question of the Day By SARA CLINE - Associated Press - Thursday, April 1, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - This week’s House floor sessions in Oregon have been spent listening to a computer program read hundreds of pages of proposed bills aloud after Republican lawmakers refused to accelerate the process. But, on Thursday, House Republican Leader ...