The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)

Byline: The Register-Guard Faced with the loss of $40 million annually in federal payments, Lane County commissioners could have sat back and done nothing. They could have presided passively over devastating budget cuts and then waited meekly...

Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Oregon State's defense brought the Huskies down. Its free throws finished them off. And for just the third time in 16 Pac-10 Conference men's basketball games this season, the Beavers won....

Byline: The Register-Guard Dixieland jazz festival is this weekend in Seaside SEASIDE - Eleven bands in five venues might make it worth the drive to the North Coast this weekend for the 24th annual Oregon Dixieland Jubilee. The event features...

Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard If the WOW Hall were hosting a Sadie Hawkins dance, last week's songstresses in their late 20s, Erin McKeown and Eleni Mandell, might find this week's male performers, Josh Ritter and Todd Snider, fine...

Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard Washington State turns the ball over less than almost every team in the country, but the Cougars were blaming their latest loss on too many of those mistakes. The ninth-ranked Cougars turned the ball over...

Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard One of Oregon's enduring rock success stories, the Dandy Warhols, are returning to Eugene on Thursday for a show in support of a new album. Since forming in Portland 13 years ago, the Dandy Warhols...

Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard This might not quite do it by itself, but if Oregon ends up in the NCAA Tournament the Ducks are likely to look back at Thursday night as a big reason why they got there. Down 14 in the first half, trailing...

Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard It started small 25 years ago: 15 speakers and about 75 environmental lawyers, law students and activists packed into a few lecture rooms at the old University of Oregon law school building. Today it's an...

Byline: The Register-Guard Notes: Freshman Micaela Cocks started in place of Tamika Nurse at point guard for the Ducks. It was Cocks' first start of the season; Nurse started each of the 26 previous games. ... Kate Benz, Washington State's senior...

Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard It would be nice if the census kept track of how many people either moved to Eugene or stayed here because of the frequency of jam bands visiting our town's venues. Calling a group a jam band, however,...

Byline: The Register-Guard William Smith William Cody "Bill" Smith of Eugene died Feb. 19 of emphysema. He was 80. He was born April 5, 1926, in Harrisburg to Fae and Violet Brown Smith. He married Margaret Fox on Aug. 10, 1947, in Springfield....

Byline: BUZZWORTHY The Register-Guard Before we get too excited about the diversity in the Oscar acting nominations, let's remember the types of roles the five African-Americans, two Hispanics and one Asian-American had. The focus is very much international....

Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Lane County residents reacted fiercely Thursday to the commissioners' enactment of a countywide income tax a day earlier. Some heralded the move as bold leadership. Others said the tax should be put to the...

Byline: RETAIL By Joe Mosley The Register-Guard A landmark storefront on West 11th Avenue in Eugene is about to make the jump from nautical to tropical. Hawaiian Time, a growing restaurant venture owned by James and Kimberly McNie of Eugene,...

Byline: The Register-Guard Aly Bruns scored 15 points, and Ashley Smith and Danielle Bellando contributed 14 and 13, respectively, as Willamette defeated host North Eugene 56-46 on Thursday to clinch the Midwestern League girls basketball title....