Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
RON HARTMAN / CHRONICLE PHOTO- Greg Nestler performs at the PublicHouse in Springfield on Friday evening. SPRINGFIELD – Greg Nestler is playing this Friday at the Bohemia Mining Days Festival in Cottage Grove. On July 28, Nestler and his band…
Penny Glass does her comedy routine at the Covered Bridge. COTTAGE GROVE – When David Ledbetter used to watch Mitch Hedberg and Ron White tell jokes on TV, he knew he had found his dream job. “The first time I…
Peter Bellerby/NW Sports PicsGrady Thurman, who attended elementary and middle school in Creswell, finished his high school career in Eugene. EUGENE – Although he’s finished only one year of college, Grady Thurman says the game of soccer has already taken him…
COTTAGE GROVE – Back to normal? Or perhaps a bit better than back to normal. That’s the way life is nowadays from the viewpoint of local musicians. “There’s so much more gratitude, actually, so much more excitement,” Sequel keyboard player Geena…
The Creswell High School jazz band performs this past Tuesday in its spring concert. Cardenas CRESWELL – Gonzalo Cardenas no longer looks at his trombone as a “big slidey thing.” “On the first day of band we had to choose…
On a cold, windy and rainy day, the 2022 Rainy Day Blues Festival was moved from Island Park in Springfield to Mac’s in Eugene, and the festival was a smash hit. Only days before the event, there was talk of…
Tracy Kribs, Willamalane Special Events and Operations Program Manager volunteered with the relay race, giving racers final instructions before leaving the start/finish line.A student launches a Styrofoam rocket during the Run/Jump/Throw event on Thursday at Les Schwab Sports Park in…
Photo provided – Underground Legends ‘Indubious’ will be performing at Earthdance. You could say that Veneta will have 75 years worth of reasons to sing and dance and celebrate with the 25th anniversary of Earthdance and the 50th anniversary of…
FILE PHOTO – Jimmy Haggard, president of the Rainy Day Blues Society, unexpectedly passed away last week. With the sudden unexpected passing of the Blues Society president last week, the guess here is that everyone will be singing the blues…
GLENWOOD – Josh Adams sees Valley Contax as an American success story. “I like to talk about our country and the opportunities we have in America,” Adams said Saturday during a Grand Opening celebration of the custom contact lens company.…