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Oregon State Police troopers made 39 DUII arrests statewide between Dec. 31 and 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, including 4 arrests out of the Springfield command office.

Coming soon to west Eugene — a new city councilor. The City Council at noon Monday is expected to appoint either Greg Evans or Tony Brandt as interim councilor to the Ward 6 seat. The appointee will replace Pat Farr, who was elected to the Lane County Board of Commissioners.

In Track Town USA, where jogging made its American debut 50 years ago, it was the quintessential Eugene way to begin the new year. Running, of course.

The owners of the RiverRidge Golf Complex just outside the north edge of Eugene want the property to be annexed into the city, a move that is necessary before it could be developed with housing.

WASHINGTON — Hours past a self-imposed deadline for action, the Senate passed legislation early New Year’s Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. The predawn vote was 89-8.

A 60-year-old woman was killed as she stood near the driveway of her rural home near Cottage Grove Monday afternoon when a motorist’s car unexpectedly left the road, struck the victim, drove through a ditch and a neighbor’s front yard and then disappeared. Ramona J.

On Dec. 15, when Danielle Smith and her three kids moved into an apartment on Oak Patch Road in west Eugene, they were ecstatic. The overjoyed girls, ages 9 and 11, even cried a little bit.

Carlos Emory and Tony Woods had 13 points each for Oregon, which will take a perfect home record into the new year following a 56-43 win against Nevada on Monday night.

The Lane and Douglas county sheriff’s offices are seeking the public’s help in locating a 27-year-old Oakland man who may have last been seen Dec. 12 in the Row River Road area on the north side of Dorena Lake and who was believed to be headed to the Eugene area.

With the clock ticking down Monday, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio said that if an agreement wasn’t reached on New Year’s Eve to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, Congress could still act on New Year’s Day to reinstate tax relief for Americans and to limit proposed spending cuts.