Lane Transit District has planned for years to develop the former Santa Clara Elementary School site into a park-and-ride bus station. But last fall a pair of Eugene homeless advocates approached the agency with a proposal: Before construction starts, allow a few homeless individuals or families with vehicles to camp …

PORTLAND — Biologists in Oregon counted 124 wolves in their annual tally, an 11 percent increase over last year’s numbers, and hailed the results Thursday as evidence that wolves are regaining their foothold in the state after being wiped out by bounty hunters more than 70 years ago. Wolf advocates, …

A group of youths are scheduled to go to trial against the federal government this fall in Eugene, a magistrate judge announced Thursday. Over the objections of government attorneys, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin said a trial in the potential landmark climate case would begin Oct. 29. Attorneys in the …

NEWPORT — Windstorms last weekend may have blown a tropical bird more than 1,000 miles to the Oregon Coast, where it was found near Newport. The weakened brown booby is being cared for at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, which plans to take the bird to a rescue group in southern …

SPRINGFIELD — Springfield police interrupted a drug deal Tuesday night and recovered 13 pounds of methamphetamine. Richard Villa Gomez, 34, of Springfield, Gerardo Carlos, 32, of California, and Brandy Celeste Castle, 41, of California, were arrested by police while parked in a Jeep Commander in a parking lot of 58th …

SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man is facing a Measure 11 charge of first-degree rape after an incident at an apartment complex on Gateway Street. Ryan Thomas Hammans, 20, was arrested Wednesday morning after police officers responded to an initial report of a domestic dispute at 5:42 a.m. Hammans also faces …

Danielle Marie Beaty, who was accused of crashing her car into a utility pole last fall and severely injuring one of her two young children, was allegedly high on methamphetamine, according to a search warrant affidavit filed by Eugene police this week. Beaty, 27, of Monroe, has not yet been …

A 66-year-old Creswell man died Wednesday after his truck drove into the Coos River east of Coos Bay. According to Oregon State Police, Kenneth Glen Nailon was driving a 2004 Ford pickup truck on Highway 241 at 10:35 a.m., when the truck left the road for an unknown reason. Police …

SEATTLE — A Washington woman is warning others after her puppy nearly died after eating marijuana in a public park. KOMO-TV reports Hannah Puzas, of Seattle, on Monday took her French Bulldog, Jacques, to the Woodland off-leash area near Green Lake. Puzas says all of sudden the puppy became lethargic …

EVERETT, Wash. — The Snohomish County PUD has abandoned efforts to harness power from Sunset Falls on the South Fork of the Skykomish River. The Everett Daily Herald reports the three-member PUD commission made its decision this week. PUD spokesman Neil Neroutsos says the PUD wants to put an emphasis …

JUNCTION CITY — The tall trees at Washburne Wayside are long gone. Eugene-based Shiloh Forestry, the 38-acre property’s owner since last fall, harvested the trees earlier this year. Before the sale the land had been a state-owned rest stop with a thick stand of towering trees, mainly Douglas firs. The …

Things got a little wild at the Eugene City Council on Wednesday. City councilors gave sharper focus to a proposed ordinance that would prohibit residents from feeding such wildlife as deer, raccoons, wild turkeys and — for good measure — bears, coyotes and wolves. Violators could face daily fines. The …

SPRINGFIELD — An armed robber took the cash register at the Domino’s Pizza on Mohawk Boulevard early Wednesday, Springfield police said. Three store employees were preparing to close the shop at about 1 a.m. when a man walked in, pointed a gun at them and demanded cash, police said. He …

A 33-year-old man was arrested in the Park Blocks of downtown Eugene on Wednesday morning after allegedly firing several shots from what appeared to be a handgun. The gun was determined to be a “realistic-looking” pellet gun, according to Eugene police, and had been fired several times. Immanuel Menelik Williams …

SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man says he was stabbed in the abdomen early Wednesday morning by a stranger who asked to pet the man’s dog. The victim, 28, told police he was in his front lawn on South 38th Street with his dog at 2 a.m., when the stranger wearing …

A transient with ties to the Eugene-Springfield area has been arrested in Northern California on a warrant charging him with making telephonic threats to FBI offices around the United States. California Highway Patrol officers on Tuesday took Shawn Frederick Weatherhead into custody after a traffic stop near the Mendocino County …

Eugene police are looking for the driver of a light-colored pickup truck after a hit-and-run crash early Wednesday morning sent a 20-year-old moped rider to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The moped rider, a 20-year-old man, was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield around 3 a.m. …

CANNON BEACH — The Cannon Beach City Council has reversed its decision to block marijuana retailers from operating in mixed-use buildings. The Daily Astorian reports the council reconsidered out of fear that landlords with mixed-use properties would evict residential tenants to allow marijuana retailers to rent their commercial spaces for …

NORTH BEND — The North Bend School District in Coos County has closed all schools Wednesday after a threat was written on a bathroom wall at the middle school. According to North Bend Police Chief Robert Kappelman, the North Bend school resource officer was notified at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday afternoon …

WASHINGTON — Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election, his office announced Wednesday, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall. Ryan’s plans have been the source of much speculation and will set off a scramble among his lieutenants …