HYPER-LOCAL NEWS for Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove, & Pleasant Hill, Oregon
SPRINGFIELD – Although it’s now the fourth month of 2024, mayor Sean VanGordon gave his 2023 State of the City Address last week at the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater. The event was originally set for Jan. 25 but was postponed so the City could focus on the ice storm’s[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD – If there’s one thing Alan Embree knows how to do, it’s win. Embree, in his first season at the helm of the Springfield Millers baseball team, has won at pretty much every level there is. The former left-handed pitcher won a state title at Prairie High School in[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD – Over a year of bargaining has not solved the wage dispute between PeaceHealth executives and the Sacred Heart home care nurses. Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced last week that the home care nurses have voted to authorize an open-ended strike against PeaceHealth to protest “PeaceHealth’s unlawful unfair labor[Read More…]
PLEASANT HILL – Anna Baltrusch, one of the most-decorated high school girls volleyball coaches in Oregon during her tenure at Creswell High School, said she was often beset with one question from boys. “Boys forever would ask me, ‘Why can’t we play volleyball? Why isn’t there a league for us?’”[Read More…]
Creswell to receive $1 million for wastewater treatment facility CRESWELL – Gov. Tina Kotek signed SB 1530 on April 17 which allocated money from the general fund to various cities and programs throughout the state. One line item was to allocate $1 million “to the City of Creswell for wastewater[Read More…]
THE MAIN EVENT: BASEBALL #10 LA PINE (10-7) AT #2 PLEASANT HILL (13-3)■ Game facts: Doubleheader on Friday, April 26 at 2 and 4:30 p.m.■ Leading off: The Billies face off with La Pine this week in a series between two of the top three teams in the Mountain Valley[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD — Last week, PeaceHealth Rides, a bike share program in Eugene, marked its sixth anniversary with a 100-bike expansion, while also expanding in downtown Springfield, making it easier to travel between Eugene and Springfield. The program now has around 450 bikes, and bike share service areas and hubs in[Read More…]
Man arrested for swinging sword, inhaling drugs at hot springs BLUE RIVER – At about 11 a.m. on April 20, area deputies and state police troopers were alerted to a report of a disorderly subject swinging a sword around and inhaling nitrous oxide at Terwilliger Hot Springs – also known[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, APRIL 15 (69 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (11), Abandoned vehicle (9), Theft (6) 1:28 am: DUII, 1210 Mohawk Blvd. 1:39 am: Dispute, 397 S. 70th St. 2:08 am: Suspicious subject(s), 1665 18th St. 2:10 am: Found contraband, 1460 G St. 7:00 am: Burglary, 3680[Read More…]
