Beginning next week, two popular Willamette National Forest recreation sites on Highway 58 will be closed temporarily for improvements.

Hardesty Mountain Trailhead and McCredie Hot Springs parking area will be adding interpretive...

LOWELL, Ore. - Police tried to stop the 1991 Dodge Dynasty that Timothy James Caldwell was driving early Thursday night for expired tags at 42nd Street and Highway 126.
He pulled over, let a passenger out - and took off at high...

Highway 58 will be closed to all traffic around the clock starting Monday, June 4, 2012, as crews excavate and rebuild the floor of the Salt Creek Tunnel, seal and repair tunnel liner, and replace three eastside viaducts.
The closure is...

Cleaning up after a fuel truck that crashed Monday morning will require flaggers to control traffic on Oregon Highway 58 around-the-clock for the next several days, transit officials said.

Four miles west of Oakridge, flaggers will let...

From a press release

Towering heavy equipment and forestry professionals from across the world return to the Lane Events Center in Eugene, Feb. 23 through 25, for the 74th Oregon Logging Conference.
 
The OLC has a deserved...

From YCC and the USDAFS

Are you a young man or woman who was born between August 10, 1994 and June 18, 1997? Are you interested in summer employment with the Forest Service? The Middle Fork and McKenzie River Ranger Districts of the...

Christmas tree permits will soon be available at all Willamette National Forest District offices, the Bureau of Land Management Springfield Interagency office and the Cottage Grove Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest.

Permits...

The next mountain bike movie night to benefit trails in Lane County is Saturday, Nov. 19, with a showing of "Women of Dirt."

"Women Of Dirt" is a unique look into the world of Downhill Racing, Dirt Jumping and Freeriding. This film...

Transit officials are working with the Oakridge and crescent Lake communities to plan closures necessary to repair and reconstruct the Salt Creek Tunnel and viaducts on Highway 58 in 2012 and 2013.

In a report filed Thursday, Oregon...

From Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Trail advocates have a chance to recognize the accomplishments of fellow non-motorized trail builders and stewards by submitting nominations for the annual Doug Newman Recreation Trails Achievement...

Mountain Bike Movie Night on Saturday, Feb. 5, features "KLUNKERZ: A film about mountain bikes" as a benefit for the Greater Oakridge Area Trail Stewards (GOATS) and the Disciples of Dirt (DOD) trail maintenance funds. Both nonprofit organizations...

LOWELL, Ore. - Lane County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly shooting that happened on Monday night. The Sheriff's Office says it happened just after 8 p.m. Monday on East 6th Street. LCSO says Shawn Lorenzo Gamble, age 36, was shot several...