Living Here

A regular Register-Guard column on the people, places and events that make Lane County, Oregon, a unique place to work and live

  • A mission of peace

    All three were born and raised in small-town America, in places with names such as…

  • Getting traction

    HARRISBURG — “Right here in beautiful, downtown Harrisburg.” That’s how Ray Jackman put it Saturday,…

  • Devoted to birds

    Louise Shimmel says it’s the year she became known as “the raptor person.” That was…

  • Staying in touch

    He was the bright-eyed fourth-grader with a penchant for Legos, a kid who was maybe…

  • Record breaker

    She stands perpendicular to “the machine,” her eyes intent on the target. She kicks her…

  • Comeback kid

    DEXTER – Cindy Curry remembers the day in 1989 when the toddler who used to…

  • Grasscar

    OAKRIDGE – Ladies and gentlemen, start your – lawn mowers? No, it wasn’t the Indianapolis…

  • A Civic engagement

    He could have taken her out to dinner and hidden the ring in her dessert…

  • Pre

    40 years after the Oregon track legend’s death, the mysteries concerning his fatal car crash linger

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