Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – For most people, a decision about a career usually comes well after high school. Sometimes even after college, or maybe later than that. Joshua Josue had the good fortune of knowing what he wanted to do when he…
COTTAGE GROVE – Main Street in Cottage Grove hasn’t been hopping like this for a long, long time. On Saturday, between 11 a.m. and noon, three new businesses – all within about 1½ blocks of each other – held their…
SPRINGFIELD – Legendary country artist Waylon Jennings said he was always haunted by his final conversation with Buddy Holly. The young musicians were in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959, amid a 24-day, 24-show winter tour – a…
PLEASANT HILL – Is there a reason why Gavin Inglish’s scoring average is down this season? Of course, there is. After averaging around 22 points per game in his sophomore and junior seasons, Pleasant Hill’s 6-foot-3 senior guard is averaging…
In honor of Parton’s 79th birthday on Jan. 19, in addition to this week’s feature on Oregon’s Imagination Library, music writer Ron Hartman shares some little-known facts about the philanthropist and artist … Dolly Parton was on tour with Porter…
SPRINGFIELD – Friday night’s 60-59 overtime loss to Sheldon was painful in a number of ways for the top-ranked Thurston Colts boys basketball team. For starters, they lost what seemed like an insurmountable 18-point lead. It was their second straight…
Salgado recalls good times with ‘Blues Brothers’ This year marks the 45th anniversary of “The Blues Brothers,” a movie in which longtime Eugene resident Curtis Salgado played a significant role behind the scenes. The 1972 Willamette High grad shared some…
EUGENE – The Creswell boys had a successful showing in last weekend’s Battle of I-5 Holiday Basketball Tournament behind Tyler Whitson’s hot hand before losing for the first time this season in the title game to host Marist Catholic, 52-41.…
CRESWELL – All-conference guard Tyler Whitson came into his senior basketball season knowing he needed to carry a heavy load, as he was the only player with significant playing time last season. But some of his young teammates – especially…
COTTAGE GROVE – For quite some time now, life has been one chaotic chapter after another for Betsy Hartzell. Now she gets to close the book on a very large part of her life. The longtime owner of Kalapuya Books…