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Nikki Hiltz celebrates after winning the women's 1500-meter final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Transgender, nonbinary 1,500 runner Nikki Hiltz shines on and off track, earns spot at Paris Games

By Pat Graham and Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates her win in the wins women's 100-meter run final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Richardson back on track 200, McLaughlin-Levrone in 400 hurdles as Olympic trials enter homestretch

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Gared Hansen removes psilocybin mushrooms from a growing container in his Uptown Fungus lab to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon’s novel psilocybin experiment takes off

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

Fans watch during the World Athletics Championships on July 22, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. The running mecca that embedded Nike into American culture was an easy choice to host the first track world championships on U.S. soil. It will take time to determine whether Eugene, Oregon lived up to expectations. They say sagging viewership totals and flat revenue across the broader Olympic world make it critical to bring the cornerstone sport of the games back to its glory days in the U.S. before they return to Los Angeles in 2028. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Track leaders look to reboot U.S. fans’ interest ahead of LA Games

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Michelle Carter sets to throw during the women's shot put at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Des Moines, Iowa, in this Sunday, July 28, 2019, file photo. Reigning Olympic shot put champion Michelle Carter won't compete at the U.S. track and field trials after having a benign tumor removed from her right ankle. The 35-year-old will cheer on her friends and fellow competitors. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) **FILE**

Carter won’t defend shot put title after benign tumor removed

By Pat Graham - Associated Press

2 Washington motorcycle officers hurt in Oregon crash

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Parents of students at Cascade Middle School wait to be reunited with their children in Eugene, Ore., Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. A suspect was shot Friday at an Oregon middle school but no students or teachers were hurt, police said. Students were locked in classrooms and no one was being allowed into the building during the lockdown, Eugene police Lt. Jennifer Bills told reporters at Cascade Middle School. The district said in the statement that students would be released at 3 p.m. through the school's side exits and should be picked up at nearby St. Mark's Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

The Latest: Police shoot, kill man outside Oregon school

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Eugene officials weigh possible changes to gas agreement

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Trees fall by the wayside after Oregon sells rest stop

By DYLAN DARLING - Associated Press

USATF places Lananna on leave during probe into 2021 worlds

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Oregon atheist seeks removal of Christmas banner

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In this Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 photo, Zimbabwean dissident Thomas Mapfumo, Zimbabwe's most famous musician, pauses while speaking at his apartment in Eugene, Ore. As Zimbabweans celebrated the ouster of dictator Robert Mugabe, they danced on the streets to previously banned protest songs by one of the country’s most famous musicians, Mapfumo, a man jailed by the country’s former white rulers and hounded by the black government that succeeded them. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

African music star in exile awaits real change for Zimbabwe

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Eugene creates plan to make streets safer

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Eugene, Oregon, hires interim police chief from Texas

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Mike Riley comes home to familiar stadium but new Ducks

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2017, photo, Drew Williams, a member of the Eugene Islamic Center, poses for a portrait outside the building in Eugene, Ore., as locksmith Jim King upgrades the locks on the front doors. Williams said members of the mosque have been rattled by an incident in which a man showed up and allegedly threatened to kill worshippers, but that the community has shown concern and support. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Anti-Shariah rallies planned across US worry Muslim leaders

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Climate hysteria pays big

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this April 11, 2013, file photo, Vin Lananna, president of TrackTown USA, speaks to reporters at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore. With an eye on sparking greater interest stateside in track and field, the TrackTown Summer Series is expanding this year. Last season the unique American team competition–the brainchild of Lananna–made its debut at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. This year the series will consist of three meets in late June and early July in Portland, Ore.; Stanford, Calif.; and a championship in New York. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)

TrackTown Summer Series expands to 3 cities

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

Bookkeeper accused of taking $250,000 from treatment center

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ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION RELEASE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017, AT 12:01 a.m. PT In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo, Jess Wood reads &quot;The Little Engine that Could,&quot; to her daughter, Wynn Wood, 2, at the Eugene Public Library in Eugene., Ore. A local program that mails free books to Eugene children is helping the toddler become passionate about reading. “When they get a book in the mail in an envelope with their name on it, it makes them excited about reading,” said Monica Wilton, executive director of the Eugene Public Library Foundation. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP)

Eugene library foundation mails free books to preschoolers

By LILLIAN SCHROCK - Associated Press