Rachael McDonald

What's better than a summer afternoon spent reading? This is the time of year we read for fun. And local libraries have a lot to offer this summer.

The 57th Annual Oregon Bach Festival gets underway Saturday, June 27, and continues through Sunday, July 12. This year's festival theme is “Creation and Invention.”

AAA projects a record 877,000 Oregonians will travel for the Fourth of July. Officials warn of heavy traffic and construction delays on major routes like Interstate 84.

A popular restaurant in Newport that adopted a 20% service charge during the pandemic has returned to voluntary tipping.

The City of Eugene has started phase two of safety and paving improvements on East Broadway. The project will widen sidewalks, add traditional traffic lights, and minimize business disruptions.

The Roseburg Public Library is one of 16 in the nation chosen for the Smithsonian Associates rural project.

A University of Oregon literary magazine that first published in 1957 and went out of print in 2011 was relaunched in June as a digital publication.

Crews arrived from other states and countries to help with firefighting in Oregon this week.

The South Willamette Valley has avoided most air quality impacts of wildfire smoke this summer. But that's expected to change this week.

Oregon transportation officials are urging drivers to pay attention, slow down, and give space in work zones on state freeways and highways. That's after a tragic crash earlier this week.