Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
City Recorder: Cottage Grove special election scheduled July 30 COTTAGE GROVE – Chief petitioner Michael Borke has done what he was unable to last year: collect enough valid signatures to move forward with a special election in an attempt to recall three Cottage Grove City…
Students across middle, high schools helping construct sheds, cottages, planters, and more Although Constructing a Brighter Future has rebranded itself as Team Oregon Build, a new name doesn’t mean a new direction for the program. In fact, it will be doubling down on its mission…
CRESWELL – Marcie and her husband Garl lived in Vienna, Austria, for the last few years. But Garl’s mother, now 93, isn’t in great health, which led them to come back to the States, specifically South Carolina, to be close to her. The couple visited…
Elisabeth “Lisl” Waechter founded the Pearl Buck School for children with developmental disabilities in 1953 in Creswell. She did this because there was not yet special education offered in public schools. The school was named after Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning author Pearl S.…
SPRINGFIELD — “I need to do something I’m less comfortable with so I can learn more,” says artist Lillian Langford about her art. These are mature and wise words coming from someone who is a rising senior in high school. This passion for learning and…
Lane County auctioning off six properties Included in the auction are lots located in Springfield, Pleasant Hill, Fall Creek, Florence, and Triangle Lake. Lane County is conducting a sealed-bid auction of real property now until 11 a.m. Monday, July 22. Bids open at 11 a.m. on…
SPRINGFIELD – Deputy Luke Thomas and K9 Bruno, above, from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office won this year’s K9 Competition, and K9 Bruno was named the Top Dog. The duo won by earning the most points throughout last Saturday afternoon’s event at Hamlin Middle School.…
SPRINGFIELD – Many kids grow up with the desire to play sports. No matter what the sport is, the opportunity to compete is something no child should be denied. Recently, the Springfield Drifters partnered with Kidsports – a nonprofit that focuses on equal opportunities for…
PLEASANT HILL — This week is Amateur Radio Week in Oregon, and to celebrate, this weekend the Valley Radio Club of Oregon will hold a public on-air activity known as “Field Day.” The public is invited to this event from 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22…