A robber who shot and killed a man during a home invasion robbery in January 2012 will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Tumors in his brain cause Alex Echols to lose control and lapse into uncontrollable rages. His severe autism makes it impossible for him to explain why he is mad - and the 11-year-old takes the anger out on himself. A tincture made from marijuana seems to help.

The line between legal medical marijuana providers and illegal operations has been blurry every since the passing of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act of 1998, and online advertising of the drug is adding to the problem.

A narcotics task force searched a medical marijuana club in Eugene and four other addresses in Lane and Douglas counties last Thursday, arresting two men on various marijuana charges.

ESPN singled out Oregon and Eugene due to it's location and political climate. "Nowhere is Oregon's laissez-faire approach to marijuana more apparent than Eugene, the state's counterculture and cannabis capital," the article reads.

Lane County Sheriff's Office released information Friday about a raid on two South Eugene residences illegally manufacturing marijuana.

The lights go on at dusk - and the fires need to go out. Those are among the immediate changes at the Occupy Eugene camp..

Advocates for legalizing marijuana or treating it as a medicine say the program is a glaring contradiction in the nation's 40-year war on drugs: maintaining the federal ban on pot while at the same time supplying it.

After transferring to Oregon last season after her coach retired from Loyola Marymount, Alaina Bergsma has been the face of the Duck volleyball team. Soon enough she may be the face of the state.