Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
PLEASANT HILL – Watching Pleasant Hill play basketball so far this season has been like a trip to the carnival. The first three games have been a real roller-coaster ride. The Billies, playing one of the toughest schedules in the…
COTTAGE GROVE – Saturday’s Kickoff to Christmas in Cottage Grove had something for everyone. The all-day event started with Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Station. There was a Holiday Bazaar, Open House, and the ever-popular South Valley Winter Market.…
CRESWELL – It’s probably fair to say that Luke Jackson is heavily invested. As he begins his first year running the boys basketball program at Pleasant Hill High School, he’s not only heavily invested in making his students better basketball…
SPRINGFIELD – Curtis Salgado recalled one of the first times he hung out with John Belushi – and he quickly put to rest any rumors about the late comedian’s wild-and-crazy guy persona that many fans saw and grew to love…
CG boys finish 4th at state; Cardwell earns Top-10 status EUGENE – Carter Bengtson has had difficulty kicking the head cold and stomach flu that’s been nagging him for the past month or so. But the Cottage Grove senior had…
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…