Year 2024

PeaceHealth home care nurses OK new, 4-year contract

SPRINGFIELD – After 16 months of negotiations, the PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Home Care Services nurses voted May 13 to ratify a four-year contract agreement with PeaceHealth. Negotiations with PeaceHealth executives began February 2023 and centered around sufficient and equal pay. This new contract increases wages…

Talking trout, a slippery subject

As the most common fish species in Oregon, trout have historically thrived in the southern Willamette Valley and many other Oregon regions. Both cutthroat and rainbow trout are indigenous to Oregon and you will find native populations of both “cuts and bows” in every stream…

‘Game of Throws’ fundraiser slings proceeds to nonprofits, youth

Last week’s “Game of Throws” event, an annual fundraising cornhole tournament benefiting Eugene/Springfield-based nonprofit organizations that advance area youth, helped raise $51,000 for Eugene-area nonprofits. A $10,000 donation was also made directly to the Kidsports Scholarship Fund.  There were over 200 participants and consideration by…

LTE: Remembering Leroy Zimmerman

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness that I recognize another leading citizen of Cottage Grove’s passing,  Leroy Zimmerman, editor and publisher of The Cottage Grove Sentinel in past years. He passed away in Bend, his new home, on  April 10.   The reasons are…

HSSZ Capsules: Week of May 16

THE MAIN EVENT: TRACK & FIELD OSAA STATE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS■ Meet facts:  Class 3A championships,  Thursday-Friday, May 16-17 … Classes 4A and 5A championships, Friday-Saturday, May 17-18.■ What to know: University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. … Tickets: Adults $18, Students $9.■ What2Know: The Cottage…

Data Center: Public Safety – Week of May 16

POLICE BRIEFS Row River Road closes soon COTTAGE GROVE — Row River Road, located at the east end of Cottage Grove will be closed beginning Monday, May 20.  Work is being done to replace the failing culvert under the road, which serves to reduce the risk…