EUGENE, Ore. - New numbers by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a sharp increase in suicides among middle-aged Americans in Oregon, and a mental health report from the state shows rates are highest in rural counties.
AJ “PacN’Man” Spencer said the idea of a woman who wanted to be a man joining the all men’s roller derby team in Lane County didn’t sit well with everyone on the bench at first.
Darlene Baker lost her 16-year-old daughter Jennifer Baker to suicide 15 years ago. "I was one of those who thought 'not my kid' because she was an only child," Baker said. "I was very active in her life and she was very active in school.
USDA Forest Service land managers have proposed expanding a ban on camping along the McKenzie River in Oregon to limit damage down to waterways by homeless camps. The proposal would ban camping and campfires within a 1/2 mile of the river outside established campgrounds.
Breakfast and lunch is served at a Eugene 4J School District charter school off Portland Street, and a mix of students from 7th grade through high school do all the cooking for class credit.
With the Eugene plastic bag ban now a day old, supplies in the bins that hold donated pet waste bags at dog parks are already running low.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released new statistics that show upper arm lifts in women have increased 4,378 percent in the last decade, and a Eugene plastic surgeon said he has noticed the trend in his practice.
The Lane County Human Services Commission counted 1,751 people without a habitable place to live on a single night this past January, but offiials said the number doesn't come close to reality.
A Eugene-based conservation group is applauding two Oregon Senate Bills approved by committee last Wednesday while local gold miners fear for their livelihoods.
Police are investigating what appears to be slash marks to the door of the Native American Student Union office inside the Erb Memorial Union complex on the University of Oregon campus.
After millions of viewers tuned in to watch the debut season of "Ghost Mine" starring two old school gold miners from Cottage Grove, the SyFy network plans to produce a second season with as much of the original cast as possible.
A county grant funded by state lottery dollars allowed a brewery to buy new equipment, improve efficiency - and make plans to hire 11 more workers this year.
The Lane County Board of Commission said they are behind legislation that would allow counties across Oregon to levy their own tax on tobacco products, but opponents said the proposed bill is aimed at the poor and addicted.
While officials say the health of Lane County is not where it should be, the county coffers available to fund public health initiatives just keep shrinking.
Open access advocates are fighting to keep a nude island open to foot traffic by hosting weekly roadside rummage sale rallies on county property.
A mother whose 10-year-old daughter was allegedly recorded on a secret video camera by the neighbor next door said she is on a mission to make the misdemeanor crime a felony.
A 26-second video posted on YouTube on Friday reached a million views over the weekend.
After rejecting a land management plan by a nudist group, the Lane County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously voted to endorse the bid of a local conservation group to buy a controversial parcel of county-owned floodplains.
A law school instructor caught on camera in a confrontation with student protesters has had his teaching responsibilities reassigned, the University of Oregon School of Law said in a statement.
A Eugene couple caught a car burglar in the act and made a citizens arrest with a shotgun early Sunday morning, Eugene Police said.
A Eugene teen says someone broke the latch to her gate and stole her two dogs Wednesday in broad daylight.
The Eugene Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at Ambrosia Restaurant and Bar in downtown Eugene around 9:30 Friday morning.
The new No Trespassing signs on Lane County property have David Strahan all worked up. The signs mean foot access to Strahan's favorite park has just been cut off at Seavey Loop.
Convicted drug dealer and former intravenous meth user Randy Burnett used to run narcotics up the Interstate 5 corridor. Now he's traded the needle for a set of pinchers, running Eugene's HIV Alliance dirty needle pickup program.
Hundreds of miners from across Oregon gathered on the steps of the Capitol on Thursday day for a rally in support of small-scale gold suction dredging rally.
Suicide rates spike for middle-aged Oregonians (Video)
