Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD—Springfield Public Library got a makeover and celebrated its reopening last Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the morning and a drop-in celebration in the evening. Children ran a scavenger hunt, looking for all the new changes, while their parents…
CRESWELL — The world’s tallest steer was announced on May 22 this year as Romeo, a 6-4 ½ Holstein, and now he has a festival in his name. Romeo joined the Welcome Home Animal Sanctuary in Creswell six years ago…
CRESWELL — For some students, breakfast and lunch at school are the only meals they have during the week. This year, Creswell School District (CSD) will be providing these meals to students at no cost to increase accessibility to nutritious…
COTTAGE GROVE — At Coiner Park, near the peace tree, lies a cage, very like that of a gym locker. With a two foot-by two foot base, it stretches eight feet tall. In the bottom, a four-foot-tall rack displays almost…
SPRINGFIELD — Who doesn’t love watching a playful cat? The way they wind up their hind legs and… POUNCE! At 13, Brett Boehme began making and selling cat toys for a school project, and hasn’t had the heart to stop.…
SPRINGFIELD — After Gov. Tina Kotek’s state of emergency declaration regarding homelessness in January 2023, Lane County received roughly $18.5 million to work toward three initiatives: preventing homelessness, rehousing unhoused citizens, and increasing the number of available shelter beds. Nonprofit…
SPRINGFIELD — When a patient in hospice care is lost, what happens to their pets? Ruth Helle, a medical social worker, and Thea Peck, a hospice nurse, were faced with that very question when they were left with the dog…
COTTAGE GROVE — Fairy tales and folklore hold a special place in society. They teach the importance of right and wrong, the line between trust and naivety, self-confidence, and personal growth. On Wednesday Sept. 4, Friends of Cottage Grove Library…
SPRINGFIELD — PeaceHealth RiverBend this month added the latest in robotic technology to its surgical services, and as the name suggests, he is a smartie. The da Vinci surgical robot has been assisting surgeons with laparoscopic or “keyhole” operations since…
Last year to pluck flowers, eye art at Cottage Grove farm COTTAGE GROVE — An abstract artist is living on a happy hill in Cottage Grove, and she is inviting others to come and smell the flowers at her homestead.…