Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
CRESWELL – This basketball season just isn’t going to be the same without the “Gonzaga Grandma.” Barbara Few, who would have turned 93 next month, died on Friday, Nov. 14 after a three- or four-week illness, according to her husband,…
PLEASANT HILL – Building a successful volleyball program is never easy. You have to install a system and build a culture. Every great program has to establish a sense of continuity that brings good players into the mix every year. …
Carter Bengtson wasn’t born to run, it was just something he chose to pursue. And when Carter Bengtson puts his mind to something … well, let’s just say you don’t want to be part of the opposition. After dominating the…
COTTAGE GROVE – Skip Jones didn’t take the traditional route to rock’n’roll stardom. His journey started in 1969 when he decided to leave the Bay Area and move to Eugene. On his bicycle. “I moved here on my bicycle in…
SPRINGFIELD – Candy Apple Bleu sure has ripened well with age. Everyone wanted an extra slice of the Eugene-area band Thursday evening as the 2025 Summer Concert Series, hosted by the Willamette Park and Recreation District, ended in grand style,…
SPRINGFIELD – A powerful, yet peaceful, easy feeling hovered over Island Park. Very clearly, something was in the air at Flutestock 2025 last weekend. Call it what you will, maybe it was just the soothing vibrations of the music. Or…
COTTAGE GROVE – It looks like Alex Prior is everything he was cracked up to be. As the Eugene Symphony performed “The Liberty Bell” on Monday night at Bohemia Park, Cottage Grove Mayor Candace Solesbee took the conductor’s stage, while…
SPRINGFIELD – Styx and Stones … well, maybe not a lot of Stones, but The KOZ! brought their hard-rocking A-game Wednesday in front of a large Island Park crowd as part of the 2025 Willamette Park and Recreation Summer Concert…
“Is Eugene ready for genius? I can’t wait to find out.” Those are the words of Eugene Symphony board member Mathew Shapiro, talking recently about Alex Prior, who takes over as conductor in the fall for Francesco Lecce-Chong. But first…
SPRINGFIELD – Connectarine isn’t a fruit, but they’re a tasty treat, something you’d like to be gnawing on while cruising down the road on a summer afternoon. The six-piece band from the Eugene area opened up the 2025 Willamalane Summer…