Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
It’s a crisis in our community which, on paper, has a very easy solution, yet in practice might be the hardest challenge we have – creating enough affordable housing to meet our needs. Indeed, a perfect storm of factors have…
The famous line, “If you build it, they will come” is taking on a new and significant meaning in Oregon with regard to critical infrastructure. For when it comes to expanding broadband into the more rural areas of the state,…
Recently, I was in a conversation with several young adults about their favorite outdoor spots in Oregon. They were new to the area, and new to outdoor recreation. It was a passing-the-time kind of discussion, with no real focus, and…
I’ll be honest, the first time I heard the term “Death Doula” it immediately conjured up an image in my mind of some Marvel Comics villain. But I guess anytime you include the word death into a title or phrase…
For many people, when they see a crisis, they only see the negative. There are a few people who can see beyond the immediate problem and instead envision opportunity. That is true for Shane Navarro, owner of Oregon Metal Roofing…
The timeless game of picking a petal off of a flower and chanting, “she loves me, she loves me not,” has been replaced in many circles by instead reciting, “recession, recession not.” Experts and regular folks agree that we are…
Hands-on opps for youth coming to Booth-Kelly SPRINGFIELD — “Sparks” will soon be flying at the Booth-Kelly Center in Springfield — ones that will intersect community, education, and business for the county’s young and underserved population. This spring, Connected Lane…
SPRINGFIELD — Chief Andrew Shearer actually wanted to become a firefighter in his youth. “I joke with some of my longtime friends in law enforcement that when I was a kid, I really wanted to be a firefighter,” Shearer said…
SPRINGFIELD — When Amy Robinson and her partner Josh Dellinger purchased the Main Street Market a few months back, they weren’t entirely sure what they were getting into. “Just a few years ago, we were living in Montana and I…
SPRINGFIELD – While Eugene recently hosted Democratic Party luminaries Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley and retiring Representative Peter DeFazio, Springfield also enjoyed an audience with a political heavyweight as Senator Ron Wyden made an appearance at Hayden Bridge Landing…