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PORTLAND — Two men who started a chain of taxpayer-funded charter schools across Oregon — two of them in Lane County — have been accused of cheating the state out of $17 million.

More than 100 people showed up at the Eugene Public Library on Saturday with the goal of recording these timeless words: “Welcome to the Eugene Public Library. Place items here one at a time.

Follow along here for live results from Saturday’s local prep sports action. Boys Basketball nonleague Triangle Lake 80, Portland Waldorf 43: Chase Parker had 24 points and Chad Steinhauer had 23 points and 14 points for the Lakers (10-4) in their home win. Noah Jacobson had 12 points.

The bankruptcy trustee for Berjac, a Eugene financial firm going through a Chapter 11 reorganization, is on an aggressive seek-and-find mission to recover money and other assets that once belonged to the company.

Gun control. Changes to Oregon public employee pensions and criminal sentencing. A possible bid for a Lane County law enforcement tax. A slowly recovering economy.

CLEVELAND — The Browns have Chip Kelly’s interest. Now they need his signature. The team is expected to meet with Oregon’s innovative coach again today and hopes to complete a deal to make him Cleveland’s sixth coach since 1999.

Follow along tonight as The Register-Guard updates this space with all of the night’s local prep sports.

Local developer Dan Neal, who has completed several housing and mixed-use projects in the University of Oregon area, wants to build a five-story, U-shaped structure with 102 housing units and ground floor commercial space at the intersection of East 13th Avenue and Patterson Street.

CLEVELAND — A person familiar with the negotiations says the Cleveland Browns are close to a deal with Oregon’s Chip Kelly to become their next coach. The Browns interviewed Kelly on Friday and the Ducks coach was supposed to meet with Philadelphia.

Oregonians Credit Union said Friday it will close its Eugene branch on March 1. The Milwaukie-based credit union said that the decision was based on declining transaction volume, loan demand and new business.