Eugene, OR

Roseburg, OR

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Roseburg School District will offer free meals to children at Lunchbox Express sites and school cafeterias throughout June, July and August. The meals are available to all children and youth 18 years old and younger. Meals will be served Mondays through Fridays, June 12 to Aug....

Roseburg School District offers free meals over summer break

Georgia State

EUGENE, Ore. — According to reports, the University of Oregon men's basketball team will face Georgia next season in Las Vegas. The Ducks are reportedly playing in a double-header at the T-Mobile Arena on November 6 alongside a match-up that pits USC against Kansas State. The game has yet...

Oregon men's basketball reportedly set to face Georgia

Corvallis, OR

Coos Bay, OR

The numbers are in from last month's KVAL "Can Do" Food Drive. We were out collecting your donations in Springfield, Corvallis, Coos Bay, and Roseburg. Overall, you donated roughly 14-thousand pounds of food to help fill up the bins. You also made financial donations, adding up to more than $15-thousand.

Totals for Can Do! Food Drive are in, over 14-thousand lbs. of food donated

Oregon State

EUGENE, Ore. — Despite their season-ending last week after two straight losses in the Super Regional against Oklahoma State, award season isn't over yet for the Oregon softball team. The Ducks had two players named All-Americans by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Fifth-year second baseman Allee Bunker was named...

Oregon Softball: Bunker, McGowan named All-Americans

Springfield, OR

Healthcare, construction, and education are just a few different labor forces represented in a new mural being created by Springfield High School students. Students from the Academy of Arts and Academics (A3) are painting what will become one of the largest murals in downtown Springfield. Using paint brushes, sponges and...

Students paint a large mural going up in Springfield

The Ducks and Beavers have faced off on the gridiron 126 times. Last year's rivalry matchup has to be near the top of those 126 games, with Oregon State overcoming a 31-10 deficit in the 4th quarter to upset Oregon in Reser Stadium. Who knows what will be in store...

Kickoff time set for Oregon/Oregon State rivalry game

EUGENE, Ore. — University of Oregon shortstop Drew Cowley was selected as one of the top players in the country and named to Collegiate Baseball's All-American Third Team. The senior leads the Ducks in hits with 75 while tying in home runs with 15, RBI with 61, and runs with 57.

College Baseball: Oregon's Drew Cowley named Third Team All-American

The Pac-12 has announced kickoff and tv times for the non-conference schedule. Oregon will open the season with a noon kickoff on September 2nd, hosting Portland State on Pac-12 Network. That's followed by a primetime road game in week two, with Oregon facing Texas Tech down in Lubbock, a 4...

Oregon football 2023 non-conference kickoff times announced

Lebanon, OR

LEBANON, Ore. — The annual Lebanon Strawberry Festival is back for its 114th year from June 1- 4 at Cheadle Lake Park. The celebration began in 1909 to celebrate the berry harvest. Its the second longest running festival in Oregon. All guests get the chance to try a complimentary...

Lebanon Strawberry Festival returns for it's 114th year

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State shortstop Travis Bazzana was named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball. The sophomore from Australia leads the Pac-12 with 59 walks and 36 stolen bases, good enough for sixth and tenth in the nation, respectively. This season, Bazzana has a .379 batting average...

College Baseball: OSU's Bazzana named Second Team All-American

Umpqua, OR

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — The South Umpqua School District Lunchbox Express van is set to deliver free meals at to children over summer break at various South County sites. The Lunchbox Express will be serving meals starting June 12, 2023 and wrap up their services August 10, 2023; meals will not be served on July 4.

Lunchbox Express set to deliver free meals over the summer

Glide, OR

GLIDE, Ore. — Around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, crews from Glide Rural Fire Protection District and Douglas Forest Protective Association (DFPA) responded to an estimated 2–3-acre fire located in slash and timber, about 9 miles southeast of Glide in the Thunder Mountain area. Fire suppression responders engaged in an...

Thunder Mountain Fire near Glide lined and plumbed

Lowell, OR

LOWELL, Ore. — A neighborhood near Lowell that was on a Level 2 evacuation notice due to fire, has been downgraded to Level 1 (Be Ready), the Lane County Sheriff's Office said in an update at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Oregon Department of Forestry reports that the spread of the...

Evacuation notice for neighborhood near Lowell downgraded to Level 1

Omaha, NE

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Former Mercy CEO, and founder of the Mercy Foundation, Sister Jacquetta Taylor, passed away in Omaha, NE this past weekend just after her 90th birthday, said CHI Mercy Health in a press release. Sister Taylor's was Mercy's CEO from 1971 to 1996, during her legacy she...

CHI Mercy Health mourns passing of former CEO, Sister Jacquetta Taylor

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Alternative fuel for airplanes, a purification system for wells contaminated with metals, and menstrual pads that test for hormone levels associated with disease are among the roughly 200 senior capstone projects that will be on display Friday, June 9, at the 2023 College of Engineering Expo, Oregon State University said.

Alternative fuel for planes, purification system for well water highlight Engineering Expo

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — One hundred and five years was the milestone celebrated at Sweetbriar Villa Assisted Living Center in Springfield Tuesday, as resident Anna Willhite became the oldest person living there. “I used to think I’d never get this far,” said Anna. Born in 1918, Anna is...

'I used to think I'd never get this far,' Springfield woman celebrates 105th birthday

The Oregon Department of Forestry announced Thursday around midday that the Reuben Leigh fire out near Lowell was officially 100% lined, with the 60 person crew assigned to the fire planning to clean up any remnants of the fire through the weekend. ODF says the evacuation notices were sent out...

Reuben Leigh Fire 100-percent lined, now in mop-up stage

Mckenzie Bridge, OR

MCKENZIE BRIDGE, Ore. — The USDA reports that there has been no fire growth in regards to the W-470 Fire. Officials say that crews continue to map the fire via GPS, the W-470 Fire is currently estimated at 72 acres. Of that burned area, 50 acres are within the initial prescribed burn unit.

Cooler temps help diminish W-470 Fire activity, no new growth

Blue River, OR

When a controlled burn within the McKenzie River corridor broke perimeter on Tuesday evening, becoming a wildfire, it brought back some unwelcomed memories for area residents. “Bad memories you know just seeing fire," says Blue River resident Jayson Kelso, "and everybody said it was going to be fine during the Holiday Farm Fire and the next thing you know it's something bigger than anybody expected it to be. I know that the firefighters have everything under control but then again just as shift of wind can push it back down river.”

Residents and Forest Service react to W-470 Fire

ROSEBURG, Ore. — On June 5th, Douglas County Fire District No. 2 and Winston-Dillard Fire District will be placing in service two new fire engines on June 5. "We will be hosting a 'Push-In Ceremony' for each department," DCFD2 said. DCFD2's ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. and...

Douglas County fire departments to celebrate new fire engines

Sweet Home, OR

SWEET HOME, Ore. — A motor vehicle accident in Sweet Home caused widespread power outages across the area, subsequently causing some wiring in Sweet Home City Hall to catch fire, said the Sweet Home Fire District (SHFD) in a news release. The department says crews dispatched to the accident...

Motor vehicle accident causes widespread power outages across Sweet Home

LANE COUNTY, Ore. — On May 29, 2023 at approximately 11:45 a.m. the Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) received the report of a domestic violence suspect that was potentially holding his victim against her will. LCSO Deputies received information that the suspect was believed to have strangled and...

Deputies chase and arrest domestic assault suspect

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Exercise and camaraderie: meet the Wednesday Wheelers

EUGENE, Ore. — Loren Cushing is a retired recreational athlete and physical therapist. Today, Cushing spends his time encouraging others to get out and be active....

Exercise and camaraderie: meet the Wednesday Wheelers

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