The Eugene Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies will walk, jog, and run the Special Olympics Torch from Eugene to Corvallis to help kick off this weekend's Summer Games. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is on Friday, July 8.
Mayor Kitty Piercy will go to Utah next week for the Sundance Summit, a Mayors' Gathering on Climate Protection, to discuss the causes and solutions of global warming and identify tools and actions for meeting emission reduction targets.
What: Meet Eugene Police Chief Robert M. Lehner — When: Wednesday, July 6, 7:00-8:30 a.m. — Where: Bethel Public Safety Station, 464 Hwy 99N, Eugene — Who: All community members are invited to come and speak with their police chief in an informal setting.
Eugene Police responded to a report of a robbery at the U.S. Bank at 18th & Chambers on Monday evening and were able to catch the suspect on a bicycle path several blocks away. The man was arrested and lodged at the Lane County Jail.
Eugene police are seeking to identify two men who reportedly acted in a suspicious manner near children in a north Eugene neighborhood park. Parents are encouraged to practice scenario-specific abduction-prevention strategies with their children.
Eugene Stream Team needs help salvaging native wildflowers from the footprint of a home about to be built in the hills of southeast Eugene Thursday, June 30, from 6 to 8 p.m.
A final public forum on the Police Commission's recommended police oversight model will be held Thursday, June 30, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Hilyard Community Center. Members of the public are invited to attend and share their thoughts.
The new Qwest Dex telephone books for the Eugene-Springfield area feature an expanded section called "the brown pages" which contain 8 pages of recycling and waste prevention information for residents of Eugene, Springfield, and greater Lane County.
A 4-foot-long crocodile found roaming the streets of Eugene last Friday was returned his owner over the weekend. Police and animal control officers worked together Friday to capture the crocodile later identified as "Tank," who had escaped from his cage.
Eugene residents, students and workers can apply now to have fun learning more about how their local police department works: The Eugene Police Department is offering citizens' police academies for youth in July and for adults this fall.
Eugene has been named in a new book as one of the most nature-friendly communities in the United States. "We are looking to the future, dedicated to continuing to be an environmental leader," says Mayor Kitty Piercy.
On Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the inaugural crew of 11 volunteer Tree Stewards will prune and care for young street trees in the Mangan Park neighborhood, just north of Barger on Mangan.
A member of one of the partner agencies in the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership recently received the 2005 National Wetlands Award for Conservation and Restoration in late May in Washington, D.C.
