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River Road lane closures start Monday in Eugene
EUGENE, Ore. - The City of Eugene is wrapping up a street construction project on River Road with rolling lane closures for striping work from Irving/Hunsaker to Beltline. According to the City of Eugene, the closures will run from Monday, Nov. 2, through potentially Thursday, Nov. 5. The striping material requires a minimum temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, so crews must complete the work during daylight hours.
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Eugene will require home sellers to list energy efficiency scores
The city of Eugene will require people selling their homes to include in real estate listings an assessment of the property’s energy performance. A home energy score is a tool developed by the U.S. Department of Energy. It assesses a dwelling’s physical and mechanical features — like the foundation, insulation, windows, and heating and cooling systems — to gauge its expected energy use on a scale of 1 to 10.
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Young climate advocates rally in downtown Eugene
Young people and climate advocates gathered in downtown Eugene on Halloween for a rally and march, urging voters to support Measure 20-388, the Eugene Clean Energy Fund. Organizers say the measure could help fund local climate investments while giving young people a voice in decisions that will shape their future.
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Community events coming in November 2026
Join us for the Bethel Safety Town Hall and Skill Up on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11. In these difficult times, we are skilling up our capacity to care for each other with tools for crisis, intervention boundaries, and scene safety. Join us in envisioning and practicing safety and resilience.
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New nonprofit pushes to remove dangerous Eugene dam on Willamette
The millrace diversion dam upstream from the I-5 bridge is a problem that's plagued recreationists and first-responders in Eugene and Springfield for decades. The defunct structure, which stretches across the Willamette River, was privately built in the 1850s to divert water into a millrace that powered sawmills and flour mills. Over years of economic growth and changing needs, industry in the area faded and the millrace was used recreationally up until the 1980s. Now, the area serves no real purpose. Several people have drowned or nearly drowned in the Willamette River over the decades because of the dam, also known as a low head dam, which is designed to have water flow continuously over the top of it from bank to bank. The falling water creates a strong, circulated current that can trap objects and people underwater. In 2025, the City of Eugene set aside $50,000 for a feasibility study in partnership with Dowl Engineering to determine what should be done with the dam. On Oct. 28, city officials announced the study investigated three alternatives for removal or modification to the concrete dam and the associated rock weir — one alternative was abandoned because it did not meet the city's