Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
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…
One bike at a time, citizen innovation helping shelter Creswell’s unhoused CRESWELL – Change doesn’t always come from a top-down solution. In fact, bottom-up solutions make noticeable differences in our communities. Creswell residents Bill Kent and Ed Gunderson have taken…
SPRINGFIELD – Earlier this week, the City moved along with its plan to implement a property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing to incentivize development of more diverse housing and address Springfield’s lack of housing choice. Council has been considering developing…
What started as an informal way for plant-lovers to gather and learn from each other has steadily grown over the past four decades into a group with about 400 members who share the same passion: gardening. The Willamette Valley Hardy…
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect (SAfER) hosted the annual Huerta/Chávez Celebration April 11 at Hamlin Middle School. Springfield students and teachers from elementary school through high school attended the event to celebrate Dolores Huerta and Cesar…
SPRINGFIELD – The City’s economic development agency this week gained a new property and also lost a longtime tenant. The Springfield Economic Development Agency this week approved steps forward to purchase the now-vacant U.S. Bank at 437 Main St. The…
As spring has taken over and pollen counts are increasing, allergy season is quickly approaching. It’s estimated that more than 50 million Americans struggle with seasonal and environmental allergies, and Dr. Kraig W. Jacobson, a Eugene-based allergist with Oregon Allergy…
SPRINGFIELD – The Mill Street Reconstruction Project, an endeavor to address the street’s cracked and bumpy asphalt from South A. St. to Centennial Blvd., is on pace to be completed by next spring. Lisa Hingley lives on Mill St. in…
City Council Rep. Conrad’s Report House district 12 representative Charlie Conrad spoke at the April 8 council meeting about his experiences in the most recent legislative session, providing insight into many measures and one monetary request which he has been…
Panel questions Sauerwein’s hiring ‘behind closed doors’ SALEM — The state’s Ethics Commission is investigating the Cottage Grove City Council for violating Public Meeting Law when hiring its new city manager in December 2023. Cottage Grove resident Johanna Zee lodged…