Eugene considers homeless camp curfew — Lane County may implement an overnight curfew on a parking lot in downtown Eugene where homeless campers have recently set up tents. County commissioners are set Tuesday to discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban occupancy of the county-owned “butterfly lot” and surrounding property between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. A draft of the ordinance attached to commissioners’ Tuesday meeting agendas says the curfew also would affect neighboring county-owned property such as the Lane County Public Service Building. The county already has implemented a curfew on the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza outside the Public Service Building. But county documents say the new ordinance would apply to “the only piece of public property in the immediate downtown Eugene area that did not have a curfew prohibiting occupation from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.”

Chickens on the loose in Portland — The Oregon Humane Society rounded up dozens of chickens that were abandoned in Portland’s Pearl District over the weekend. Police got a call reporting the roosters Saturday and contacted Oregon State Police’s Fish and Wildlife Division for help. Cecil Reniche-Smith of the Oregon Humane Society’s Technical Animal Rescue Team said state authorities weren’t able to pick up the 43 roosters and hens, and Multnomah County Animal Services officials weren’t available Saturday night. The rescue team came up with a temporary solution to secure the chickens overnight. Members built an overnight pen using green construction fencing, cardboard and tarps. The county’s animal team picked up the chickens Sunday. Authorities have not said who abandoned the chickens or why.