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CORVALLIS — Officials in Corvallis say the rupture of a 12-inch-diameter water main sent water pouring through a neighborhood and into the basements of several homeowners.

Johan Mehlum, one of the founders of Siuslaw Bank, has stepped down as CEO, a position he has held for 49 years. Bank President Lonnie Iholts, a longtime Siuslaw employee, replaces Mehlum, who will remain chairman of the board.

Valley River Center will soon have two new eateries. Texas Roadhouse and BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery are both building restaurants in the parking lot at the front of the mall, shopping center managers said Friday. It will be the first restaurant for Texas Roadhouse in this area.

Two people were injured Friday in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 99 at Awbrey Lane near the Eugene Airport, according to Oregon State Police. Garrett Zeek, 19, of Junction City, was cited for failure to yield right of way in the 11:15 a.m. crash.

FLORENCE — Siuslaw Financial Group, the parent company of Siuslaw Bank, Friday reported a fourth quarter profit of $957,000, more than triple the $240,000 profit recorded for the same period in 2011.

A federal grand jury has indicted an Albany man on sex trafficking charges, alleging that he forced a minor to cross state lines to work as a prostitute. Steven Anthony Kidd, 20, was named in a U.S. District Court indictment handed up Wednesday.

Call it the two-part plan to raise $7.5 million a year from Eugene residents to fund city government.

Under a law aimed at cleaning up properties that have become havens for criminals, Eugene officials in a rare move are asking a court to order a man to vacate the house he owns and leave it empty for a year.

A former county attorney on Friday said he lost his job because he was asking questions his bosses didn’t like and sought investigations of what he felt were questionable actions by the county.

PORTLAND — The woman who spent four hours wedged between the walls of two buildings in downtown Portland will not be charged with a crime. Portland police Sgt.