Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EUGENE – As a team leader, Carter Bengtson believes one of his most important jobs is lifting up his fellow Cottage Grove runners, giving them all of the encouragement and gentle nudges they need to succeed. On Thursday, during the…
SPRINGFIELD – Curtis Salgado has accumulated a dozen Blues Music Awards. He’s won for Album of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, among his other honors. He has no hit records, though. …
PLEASANT HILL – Go bonkers, Billies backers! The 2024 Class 3A Volleyball State Championship began this week, and Pleasant Hill – by virtue of winning the District 4 title Saturday – solidified its hold on the No. 1 seed at…
Editor’s note: Check back for more photos shortly! WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sure, Richard Heyman is 100 years old. But when it comes to recalling old war stories, he can tell them with the best of ’em. That was clearly evident…
COTTAGE GROVE – Don’t get spooked if you’re a local 4A cross country runner, because the postseason begins on Oct. 31, and Cottage Grove senior Carter Bengtson is putting his game face on. Competing on his home course Saturday in…
CRESWELL — The inaugural Romeo’s Fall Festival on Saturday accomplished its mission of putting everybody in a good moooooood — even if Romeo wasn’t there. “Only disappointing thing that people have brought up is that Romeo is not here –…
COTTAGE GROVE – Creswell and Cottage Grove hadn’t played football together in nearly 20 years. So it was no big surprise when both teams came out swinging, delivering early haymakers Friday night. Creswell landed the first big punch – a…
SPRINGFIELD – Brian Kelly’s career has always been somewhat of a balancing act. While he’d like to focus on being more of a full-time musician, he’s a graphic design artist – something he incorporates into his music – and he…
CRESWELL – Sure, flying around the world in 2024 in a single-engine airplane is an incredible feat – but obviously it’s much easier now than it was 100 years ago, when it was first accomplished. Still, Bob Bates and Barry…
SPRINGFIELD – The 5th annual Springfield Block Party had something for its visitors – and something for the Homer folks, too. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the Homer Simpson mural at 5th Avenue and Main Street. To celebrate…