Briefs: Week of July 4

PHOTO PROVIDED / JON STINNETT Grove breaks ground for Bohemia Park improvements COTTAGE GROVE — A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 17 to usher in improvements at the north end of Cottage Grove’s Bohemia Park. The northern corner of the 14.8-acre park will soon feature a splash pad, a second pavilion, new restrooms, a swing set and other new amenities. The improvements will cost $1.65 million. The City solicited bids for the project, and officials were dismayed to find the bids significantly higher than the engineer’s original estimate, Jon Stinnett, city councilor said in a news release, and items such as a historically themed water tower with digital sign were shelved for future development. Fundraising is in the works to complete those improvements at a later date. From left: Tyson Woodard of the Woodard Family Foundation, Joann Gray of the Bohemia Foundation, mayor Candace Solesbee, Julie Leland of Branch Engineering, city councilor Chalice Savage, and Cody Boyd of Pacific Excavation.

PeaceHealth makes changes to urgent care clinic

SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth has announced updates to the University District urgent care clinic’s operating hours.

It will open at 8 a.m. and accept new walk-in patients until 8 p.m. The new hours go into effect June 28.

The change in the clinic’s hours is due to low patient visits during late-night hours.

The clinic has been open until 11 p.m. since relocating to University District from West 11th,…

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