Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers girls basketball team struggled with an unwavering Silverton defense and fell to the Foxes 41-38 at the Miller Pavilion on Thursday while top returner Ryan Kelley sustained a possible season-ending injury. The recent history between the Foxes and the Millers…
CRESWELL – All-conference guard Tyler Whitson came into his senior basketball season knowing he needed to carry a heavy load, as he was the only player with significant playing time last season. But some of his young teammates – especially Mason Schartz – are stepping…
THURSDAY, DEC. 19 ■ BIPOC Blueprint 2024 from Connect Lane County, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Spark at Booth-Kelly, 303 S. 5th St. Suite 150. Topics include mental health, how to thrive in spaces where you’re the minority, how to live an active and healthy life, and how…
COTTAGE GROVE – For quite some time now, life has been one chaotic chapter after another for Betsy Hartzell. Now she gets to close the book on a very large part of her life. The longtime owner of Kalapuya Books is retiring. Her last day…
Check back later for photos! CRESWELL — A fleet of pastel-hued Volkswagens enveloped in Christmas lights; the Grinch humorously wagging his finger at parade attendees; Santa and Mrs. Claus waving jubilantly down Oregon Ave. and 7th through 1st St.: the 21st annual Creswell Winter Lights…
SPRINGFIELD — Laurie McNichols has stepped into a new role as the state director of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a nonprofit that promotes children’s reading proficiency nationwide. McNichols, previously an area director with Oregon literacy nonprofit SMART Reading, brings 14 years of experience promoting early…
SPRINGFIELD – On Sept. 1, Wildish Theater welcomed a new theater director. Upon meeting the new director, Camron Purdum, it is obvious why he got the job. Despite being only 27-years-old, Purdum brings the passion, enthusiasm, and energy of youth into his new position. “He is…
Domestic and wild animals have been a massive part of my life. Born in a logging camp in Minnesota, neighbors such as bears, deer, moose, coyotes, and bobcats were a fact, not a fear or foe. Then, we moved to North Dakota, where my sister…
I want to state from the outset that this is not my original idea and that I’ve heard several people mention it before. But if this column can serve as even the tiniest platform for the idea – I feel obligated to say my peace.…