PeaceHealth Oregon’s top executive- Jim McGovern- has been placed on leave. It follows allegations he violated the scope of his administrative license and attempted to dictate patient care that went against providers’ clinical judgment.

Eugene City Council approved a plan Wednesday to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into economic development.

Earlier this year, recall petitions were filed against all seven members of the Corvallis School Board. But this week’s deadline to submit signatures came and went without any signatures being submitted, meaning the recall attempt has officially failed.

Oregon State University has agreed to pay $475,000 as part of a settlement with a blind student and the National Federation of the Blind. The claim asserted that STEM course material wasn’t provided to the student in a timely or accurate manner.

Eugene 4J School District leaders say the tens of millions of dollars in reductions they announced earlier this year did not save as much money as they hoped. Actual costs also came in higher than leaders forecasted – leaving 4J with an anticipated $16 million gap.

A three-judge panel has concluded that a class action lawsuit was procedurally flawed.

Lane County’s efforts to build a food waste diversion facility south of Eugene were rejected for a second time Wednesday. The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a previous zoning denial from the state’s land use board.

Sherman Bloomer had been the leader of OSU’s Bend campus since 2023.

Eugene Police say they found an improvised explosive device in a vehicle in West Eugene Tuesday.

Scott Stolarczyk, who killed Sharon Schuman in a Eugene car crash last year, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison.