Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – When Charlie Faherty bought a goat five years ago, it wasn’t exactly his idea. Still, he’s glad he went through with it. “I bought him because my girlfriend at the time said she wanted a goat, so I bought her a baby…
For Trekkies, Trekkers, and fans of science fiction, some primo entertainment is about to unfold. Each summer for the last 11 years, Trek Theater has put on a Star Trek episode in the park. This year, “The Arsenal of Freedom” will be performed at 6…
BEND – “Son, get out of the business.” My first break in the newspaper industry was 1983, typing in sports statistics and weather data for The Miami News, an afternoon paper in my hometown. The newsroom was on the sixth of six floors, surrounded on…
SPRINGFIELD – For the first time since implementing the Vertical Housing Tax Zone on Oct. 12, 2004, the City received and unanimously approved an application for a Vertical Housing Tax Credit. Masaka Properties, along with Campfire Collaborative Architecture & Design and Ryan Thomas Construction, is…
SPRINGFIELD — People are taught all kinds of safety rules when they’re young: rules like looking both ways before crossing the road, wearing a life jacket around water, and not sticking things in electrical outlets. Last week, 58 pupils graduated from Safety Town, a two-week…
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield City Council on July 1 voted to split its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money between two different programs in the community: the Early Child Care Business Accelerator Program at Lane Community College (LCC) and the Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad Wellness Center…
CRESWELL – The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) will present Creswell High School athletic director Brandon Standridge with the Quality Program Recognition award during a ceremony Dec. 15 in Austin, Texas. The NIAAA’s initiation of its Quality Program Assessment identified Creswell High School’s athletic…
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Bushnell University broke ground last week on a Player Development Center for the Beacons golf program, as part of a new partnership between the University and Pine Ridge Golf Club. Pine Ridge will be the home for one of the nation’s premier…
A Cottage Grove woman was sentenced to federal prison July 16 for threatening violence against her coworkers on Facebook. Elizabeth Ballestros West, 56, was sentenced to six months and three weeks in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. According to court documents, in late…