Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD — If you have a record fire season, you need a record response team, and that’s the plan Oregon is moving forward with. Last week, Senator Ron Wyden and Rep. Val Hoyle gathered at a press conference in Springfield to provide updates around wildfire…
With the multiple fires in Lane County constituting a burn, reinforcements have come from all over the country. On Aug. 9, Senator Ron Wyden, Representative Val Hoyle, and members of the Department of Forestry held a press conference to address the raging fire season. According…
• On Aug. 12, Creswell City Council was in low attendance, with councilors Kent Clark, Nick Smith, and Mayor Dave Stram on excused absence. • The League of Oregon Cities (LOC) prepared a survey to determine the top five legislative priorities for the 2025 biennial…
SPRINGFIELD – Hamlin Sports Complex, home of the Drifters, is usually filled with hotdogs, sunscreen, and cheers from the stands. Instead, on an idle Tuesday afternoon, the stands were empty and the home field, which usually features West Coast League players, was bursting with energetic…
BILLINGS, Mont. – For one moment the Eugene Challengers had a peek at baseball’s Everest – the American Legion Baseball World Series. But in the next moment it had all the makings of an avalanche overwhelming their dreams. The Challengers fell 7-0 to the Billings…
COTTAGE GROVE – After witnessing the true power of their athletic potential at the 2022 World Track & Field Championships, Cottage Grove residents relished in the glory of watching their Botswana guests win gold in the 200 meters and silver in the men’s 4×400 during…
Legendary Chicago Cubs infielder Ernie Banks was known for saying, “Let’s play two!” because he loved baseball so much, he was ready to play a doubleheader every day. I used to write a monthly “50 first names only” column – essentially an “If you know,…
SPRINGFIELD – The projects in Nano were started well before I was involved in Rotary or any kind of humanitarian work. It all began with a sanitarian named Ron Baker sitting in his home in Roseburg, Ore., watching TV. A news report covering a refugee…
“After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.” —…