Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The state’s 2024-2025 influenza season is the worst since Oregon Health Authority began tracking the virus 15 years ago, with people continuing to be hospitalized at a time of the year when statewide influenza activity traditionally begins winding down, health…
EUGENE – Emerald Ash Borer, or EAB for short, is an invasive wood-boring beetle that targets and kills ash trees (genus Fraxinus), including the native Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia). EAB was discovered in Washington County, Oregon, in 2022 and has since spread to…
SPRINGFIELD – Children’s literacy nonprofit SMART Reading and SELCO Community Credit Union are partnering to support SMART Reading programs by hosting their second annual community book drive in honor of National Reading Month. The goal is to collect new and gently-used…
On March 12, 2025, Lane County Circuit Court Judge Kamala H. Shugar found Donald Wayne Johnson guilty of kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, and assault in the fourth degree after a one-day bench trial.…
Due to Executive Order 14222, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE) has cancelled one previously scheduled public meeting for the Cottage Grove and Dorena Lakes Master Plan (MP). Key topics addressed in the MP include the management…
The Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program (ORTOP) recently announced the results of this year’s Oregon FIRST Tech Challenge Spark Invitational Tournament. Thirty-four teams, grades 7-12, were invited to compete in this year’s challenge, INTO THE DEEP, with robots that…
Oregon State Parks will host Spring Whale Watch Week along the Oregon Coast Saturday, March 22 through Sunday, March 30. Trained Oregon State Park volunteers and rangers will be stationed at 14 sites along the Oregon Coast to help visitors…
SPRINGFIELD — SELCO Community Credit Union is accepting applications through March 31 for its expanded SELCO Steps Up scholarship program, which will award nearly $80,000 in student support. The program offers 20 scholarships of $3,500 each to traditional, nontraditional, and…
EUGENE — On March 6, a semi-truckload of milk arrived at FOOD For Lane County and was distributed to the community. “Having a fresh supply of milk that can be distributed at all of our pantries is huge for us…
PLEASANT HILL – Emily Krauss, a Pleasant Hill High School student, is the state winner of the Voice of Democracy contest, which is held annually through the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Jody Reed, a science teacher at Creswell Middle School,…