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Eugene gas prices continue to rise as national average stays about four dollars
Gas prices in Eugene have risen 2.4 cents per gallon over the last week to a new average of $4.61, according to a survey of area gas stations conducted by GasBuddy. The national average saw a similar increase of 2.9 cents per gallon, and now stands at $4.05 per gallon.
The Register-Guard
Junction City parking update ends move-a-few-inches loophole
An update to Junction City's parking ordinance aims to eliminate a loophole city residents and visitors have been using for decades. It was already illegal to leave a vehicle parked on the city's streets for more than 72 hours at a time, but now vehicles will have to move at least two city blocks. During a recent Junction City Council meeting, the parking ordinance was updated for the first time since it was enacted in the 1980s, according to Junction City Police Chief Mark Waddell. The current ordinance, found in Chapter 10.05 of the Junction City Municipal Code , states a vehicle cannot be parked for more than 72 continuous hours on any city street. A Junction City Council agenda states residents regularly complain about people who use this loophole. The volume of complaints caused the police department to become concerned with how many people are storing vehicles on roads. Waddell says the city's streets became recreational vehicle storage for some locals who leave their boats, trailers, old cars, motorcycles, bicycles and even lawnmowers on Junction City's roadways. Some people lived out of RVs permanently, moving their vehicle a few inches each day to avoid citations, or would not pay
kezi.com
Delta Highway construction to widen road, add lanes in Eugene
A $25.5 million road enhancement project on Delta Highway from Goodpasture Island Road to Green Acres Road is set to begin in 2027.
Herald and News
Klamath Falls celebrates huge railroad milestone
A 195-mile segment of Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train offers one of the most scenic and steepest journeys in the United States, connecting Eugene with Klamath Falls through Oregon’s Cascade Range. The first passengers rode the challenging Cascade Line north out of Klamath Falls on Aug. 19, 1926. The...
hh-today.com
Locomotives still stranded after bridge collapse
Three locomotives and at least 10 railroad cars remain stranded in Benton County because the railroad bridge over the Marys River in Corvallis has not been rebuilt. The engines, two belonging to the Portland & Western Railroad and one to Albany & Eastern, are parked on property just south of Llewellyn Road west of Highway 99W. I went to look for them Sunday after somebody asked me about them. And sure enough, they were still there.
klcc.org
Amtrak service resumes between Portland and Seattle
After a more than two-week break, people in Eugene and Albany can once again board an Amtrak train headed for Seattle. Passenger train service resumed Wednesday north of Portland. Amtrak service between Portland and Seattle had been paused since Aug. 2 after a fire in a large warehouse near the...
gratefulweb.com
Furthur Bus Emerges After More Than 50 Years for Historic Exhibition Ahead of Multi-Phased Restoration
The original Furthur bus, the legendary psychedelic hand-painted 1939 International Harvester school bus that carried Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters across the country in 1964, is leaving its longtime home on the Kesey family farm in Pleasant Hill, Oregon, for the first time since 1969. The historic bus is traveling south on a flatbed to San Francisco, where it will make its first-ever public exhibition as the centerpiece of Forever Grateful, Golden Gate Park, presented by Haight Street Art Center from September 5 through October 25, 2026, at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park.
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Gas prices in Eugene rise as national average goes back over four dollars
Gas prices in Eugene have risen over the past week by 4.8 cents, for a new average of $4.59 per gallon, according to a survey of area gas stations by GasBuddy. Prices in Eugene are 25.6 cents higher than they were a month ago, and 75.2 cents higher than they were a year ago.
hh-today.com
Railroad signal box replaced and tested
On Thursday the bike took me to the Santiam Road railroad crossing in Albany just as a crew from Union Pacific wrapped up replacing the signal box that controls crossing gates and lights. The old box — the railroad guys called it a doghouse — was destroyed Saturday night when...
beachconnection.net
Pedestrian Projects Coming to Oregon Coast; I-5 Work This Week
(Lincoln City, Oregon) – A couple of new pedestrian features on the Oregon coast and improvements in Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently outlined some new projects coming up. They involved more safety at Lincoln Beach and Tillamook, while the next week sees traffic shifts on I-5. ODOT...
KXL
ODOT Continues Study on Massive Slide Which Wiped out Portion Highway in Coast Range
SILETZ, OR – ODOT engineers are still working to understand a massive landslide that closed Highway 229 in heavy rain last December. Even with no rain this summer, water is still pooling on top of the slide. ODOT’s Mindy McCartt says geologists have been examining the soil. “To...
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klcc.org
Cottage Grove transportation nonprofit closes
South Lane Wheels announced their closure in a press release posted to their facebook page on July 31, saying–after 44 years–it would be closing down all operations after Aug. 7 due to loss of funding. The organization, founded in 1982, provided door-to-door accessible transportation service around southern Lane...
hh-today.com
Preserve historic rails, Landmarks panel says
If Fifth Avenue east of Lyon Street is ever going to be repaved, what happens to the 114-year-old railroad track under the crumbling asphalt? The Albany Landmarks Commission would like the track preserved. The track was laid in 1912 just before the Oregon Electric Railway opened its Albany passenger depot....
KCBY
Crash closes southbound U.S. 101 in Reedsport; full closure possible, delays expected
REEDSPORT, Ore. — Drivers along the Oregon Coast are facing major delays Wednesday evening after a crash shut down part of U.S. 101 in Reedsport. The Oregon Department of Transportation said U.S. 101 is closed southbound in Reedsport due to a crash. ODOT warned the incident is causing long delays and is expected to become a full closure. The closure could last several hours.
hereisoregon.com
This Oregon city with the southernmost Amtrak station celebrates a huge railroad milestone
A 195-mile segment of Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train offers one of the most scenic and steepest journeys in the United States, connecting Eugene with Klamath Falls through Oregon’s Cascade Range. The first passengers rode the challenging Cascade Line north out of Klamath Falls on Aug. 19, 1926. The...