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Ranking Every Big Ten Conference Football Team for 2024
As Oregon Football moves into a new conference for the first time in program history, let’s review all of the Ducks’ new conference foes and see how they stack up against each other. Bear in mind that although a team may have a better record prediction than another, it does not inherently mean I expect […] The post Ranking Every Big Ten Conference Football Team for 2024 appeared first on On3.
Dillon Gabriel is the perfect QB to replace Bo Nix with Oregon football
Losing Bo Nix to the NFL crushed Oregon football fans. Obviously they knew he was just a two-year rental, but they had no idea that he would become a superstar and fan favorite after a rather pedestrian stint at Auburn. Nix passed for over 8,000 yards and 74 touchdowns with...
Officials express concern after red card numbers hit all time high in Oregon high school boys soccer
The first rules interpreter bulletin of the 2024-25 school year has been posted, and the message from the Oregon School Activities Association is very simple: referees have to get a handle of red cards. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to any coaches or athletes in the state, as the...
Eugene house fire collapses roof, scorches cars
EUGENE, Ore. – Firefighters were able to contain a house fire that partially collapsed the roof and scorched several cars in the driveway on Friday evening. According to Eugene Springfield Fire, firefighters were alerted to a house fire on Formac Avenue at about 4:43 p.m. on August 23. Firefighters responded to find a large fire in the garage that had extended into the home and to vehicles in the front driveway. ESF said the fire was located in a county neighborhood without fire hydrants, and a water tender had to be used until fire crews could get to a proper fire hydrant farther away.
Beloved member of Eugene’s Black Community dies at 78
Lyllye Reynolds-Parker, a well-loved member of the Eugene community, died Thursday night. The news was shared by her niece in a Facebook post. Reynolds-Parker grew up in Eugene. She was born at Sacred Heart Hospital, and may have been the first Black child born there, according to the University of Oregon.
Oregon Researchers Paint Wind Turbines Partly Black to Reduce Bird Deaths
A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now researchers from Oregon State University are trying it in the West. With $400,000 allocated by the state Legislature, Christian Hagen, an associate professor in the university’s Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, is leading a team that’s painting turbines at a PacifiCorp wind farm in Wyoming. A doctoral student and officials with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Department of Energy are collaborating on the project.
Boys & Girls Club of Emerald Valley hosts 8th Annual Field of Dreams
EUGENE, Ore. — Businesses, and individuals from all over Eugene attended the Boys & Girls Club of Emerald Valley's 8th annual Field of Dreams, Thursday, August 22, to show their support for the services the club provides, including the hosts of the event, the Eugene Emeralds. Alongside funding after...
Oregon has proposed improvements to farmworker housing. Advocates say they aren’t enough.
After years of negotiations, Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division, or Oregon OSHA, released a set of proposed changes to tighten health and safety standards in farmworker housing. Some farmworker advocacy groups say the proposed changes fall short of what they were asking for. At the same time, groups representing farm owners say the rules […]
Siren song: Last call for Pleasant Hill Goshen Fire's historic community siren
The newly formed Pleasant Hill Goshen Rural Fire Protection District is temporarily closing its fire station in Pleasant Hill off of Highway 58 as it prepares to demolish the building and replace it with a new one. Construction on the site is scheduled to break ground in September. In celebration of the former...
57 Oregon authors to appear at Oregon State Fair
With 57 Oregon authors appearing at the Oregon State Fair in Salem from Friday to Sept. 2, this year there's something for everyone to read — literally. Here's a sampling of newly released books by five local authors who are new to the fair this year. Cheryl Wanner of McMinnville has written for...
Two Cottage Grove homeless encampments cleared out by city
City officials say the move is necessary for health and safety, and some neighbors welcome it. Though others say this does not help the homelessness situation and people who lived at the camps feel there are no better alternatives. Tags. Localnow.
Oregon nurse, 75, found guilty of neglecting assisted living resident who died
An Oregon nurse who neglected an assisted living home resident who subsequently died has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment, the Oregon Department of Justice said Friday. Phyllis Dodds, 75, was working at Pacifica Senior Living in Klamath Falls when allegations surfaced that she had failed to provide nursing care...
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