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Business: Pioneer Connect rolls out lower internet pricing across all service tiers
Philomath-based Pioneer Connect announced this week a permanent overhaul of its internet pricing that the cooperative says will lower monthly bills for more than 85% of its current customers. The changes apply across nearly all of the cooperative’s service tiers from DSL up to fiber. The new pricing is available...
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Springfield Contractor Hamilton Construction Sued Over Data Breach Hitting 2,667
A former Hamilton Construction Co. employee has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing the Springfield-based contractor of taking months longer than Oregon law allows to tell workers that their personal information, including Social Security numbers, had been exposed in a data breach. Scott Jenkins, a Veneta resident and former Hamilton employee, says the breach occurred around June 19, 2025, but he wasn't notified until November 12, 2025 — a gap of roughly 146 days, according to the complaint.
The Register-Guard
Changing industry leads The Sparrow & Serpent to end alcohol sales
A gothic-themed performance venue and gathering space, located in a Eugene building long occupied by pubs, will stop serving alcohol Oct. 6. The Sparrow & Serpent, located at 211 Washington St., made the announcement it will no longer be operating as a bar through a Sept. 29 social media post signed by Owner Emily Chappell. Chappell said the change comes after The Sparrow & Serpent found itself asking difficult questions about why and how the space is operated. “The landscape of serving liquor has gotten so difficult to manage,” Chappell wrote. “From insurance companies dropping bar services across the state, increasingly high price on beer and alcohol, declining sales due to the economy and younger people moving away from bar culture, the cost and liability of managing an establishment like this is getting to be too much.” The change means all previous 21-and-up events will now be 18-plus, opening up dance nights to a wider age range. Alcoholic drinks will be replaced with non-alcoholic beer and kombucha, cocktails, espresso and coffee, as well as the possibility of fresh juices. Plans to bring in a small amount of baked goods are being explored, as is the possibility of creating 17-and-below dance
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St. Vincent de Paul adds 10 HOPE homes to its Cottage Grove mobile home park, each costing less than $100,000
When Eugene-based nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County bought Saginaw Mobile Home Park in 2017, it was in pretty rough shape, according to executive director Bethany Cartledge. “A bunch of potholes in the road, really hard to drive,” she said. “You have to really watch where you're...
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Oregon's third Raising Cane's is set to open on Oct 13 in Springfield
Raising Cane’s will open its first Lane County location in Springfield on October 13 at Harlow Road and Gateway Street, with a ribbon cutting at 8:20 a.m. and doors opening at 10 a.m.; the company says it is hiring 175 crew members, plans future expansion near the University of Oregon, and will support the community through local partnerships and giveaways.
lookouteugene-springfield.com
With expiration on horizon for Eugene’s safety payroll tax, city starts talking about renewal
Eugene city leaders are laying the groundwork to decide the future of the Community Safety Payroll Tax, a dedicated revenue source powering dozens of positions across police, fire, court and shelter operations that is nearing expiration. Since 2021, the Community Safety Payroll Tax has taxed local employers, employees and self-employed...
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Truman Boot Company – Quality American Heritage Crafted Boots Made Right Here in Eugene
Truman Boot Company got its start in rural Pennsylvania in 2014, and now they have landed back home in the Pacific Northwest and are crafting their amazing boots right here in NW Eugene. Vince and Stacy Romano have moved Truman Boot Company back to the Pacific Northwest and to their...
Statesman Journal
How a small fly fishing store became a Willamette Valley staple
For the past 24 years, mornings have looked pretty similar for Mitch Smith. Drive to downtown Albany. Unlock the front door. Click on the neon "open" sign. Ship custom orders. Stock the shelves. Tie flies. Two Rivers Fly Shop, first opened in 2002, looks pretty similar as well. "I've got customers now that are in their 30s that started coming in here when they were 10 years old," Smith said. "I feel honored that they keep coming back. It makes me think that I've done something right." The store is something of an anomaly in an environment where local outdoor outfitters are often trampled by mass production and local outdoor shops struggle to stay open. At least five Willamette Valley outdoor retail stores have closed or downsized in the past few years as shopping moves online and operating costs skyrocket. Smith has stayed in business by catering to customers' desire for premium gear, custom fly orders, and fishing wisdom. 'You don't get junk when you come into Two Rivers Fly Shop' Smith has worked in outdoor retail for much of his life. He didn't always plan to open a fly shop, but knew that working for a corporate outfitter was
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Dustin O’Con — 30 Under 40 2026
Twenty years in one industry is an accomplishment at any age. Dustin O’Con reached that mark before turning 40. O’Con joined his family’s business, Cedar Works Spa & Sauna in Eugene, Oregon, after high school in 2005. Over the two decades since, he has worked across sales, repair and management, spending approximately 14 years as the company’s head technician.
The Register-Guard
Ex-employee sues Springfield business over data breach affecting 2,667
A former employee of Springfield-based Hamilton Construction Co. filed a class-action lawsuit Sept. 23 over a data breach exposing personally identifiable information and impacting 2,667 Oregonians . Plaintiff Scott Jenkins, a Veneta resident and former employee at Hamilton, received notice of a data breach from the construction company on Nov. 12, 2025. The letter said his name and Social Security number were compromised in the breach, according to the complaint filed in Lane County Circuit Court. The complaint said the data breach occurred around June 19, 2025, but Hamilton waited about 146 days, until mid-November, to notify victims. Oregon law requires businesses to notify victims within 45 days of discovering a security breach. According to the complaint, Hamilton reported the breach to the Oregon Department of Justice on Dec. 15, 2025 — 179 days after the breach occurred. Jenkins alleges Hamilton failed to monitor its networks that housed private information and failed to properly encrypt that data, placing plaintiffs at risk of harm for having their private information compromised. Jenkins asks the court to certify the case as class action, instruct Hamilton to purchase or provide funds for lifetime credit monitoring and identity theft insurance to victims and appropriate monetary
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City, developers close deal on 1059 Willamette
The team will soon start demolition of the former LCC building, with construction slated to begin this winter. from Lindsay Selser, Eugene Planning and Development, and staff reports. The city of Eugene is excited to announce that 133 new apartments are moving forward at 1059 Willamette Street, transforming the long‑empty...
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Goodwill to reopen renovated Cottage Grove store, donation center and Job Connections Oct.
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. — Goodwill Industries of Lane and South Coast Counties will celebrate the grand reopening of its newly renovated retail store, donation center, and Job Connections offices at 1205 N. Pacific Highway in Cottage Grove on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The celebration will begin with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by the store opening to customers at 8 a.m. Community members and shoppers are invited to attend the grand reopening and explore the updated retail space.
lookouteugene-springfield.com
Emerald Broadband community spotlights: Eugene businesses thrive with local fiber
At Emerald Broadband, we love celebrating the local businesses and organizations that make Eugene such an awesome place to live and work. As a locally owned fiber internet company, we believe every local decision matters. When businesses, nonprofits, schools, and community organizations choose Emerald Broadband, they’re getting the best internet available while also helping to keep more jobs, investment, and opportunity here at home.
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Eugene Clean Energy Fund: Ballot Initiative
Eugene voters will decide this November whether to establish the Eugene Clean Energy Fund, a proposed program intended to provide long-term funding for local climate action, energy efficiency, renewable energy, green infrastructure, and clean-energy workforce development. The measure would impose a 2% license fee on the Eugene gross profits of...