Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE — After a brief reopening followed by a quick closure late last year, The Hot Spot Café reopened quietly less than two weeks ago — this time with a new baker and business model. Owners Len and Deb Blackstone revived this historic café…
SPRINGFIELD – Stories have been written before about Ethan Holub. Someday, his life story might be a best-selling book. Heck, they might even make a movie out of it. For right now, though, we’re going to flip through some of the more fascinating chapters. Like,…
COTTAGE GROVE — Mining. Movies. Murals: The mother lode of Grove’s “Golden Years” will be on full display at the 64th annual Bohemia Mining Days festival, set to kick off on Thursday, July 13. BMD, held July 13-15, takes hold of Cottage Grove’s historic past,…
SPRINGFIELD — The City of Springfield is planning to give its sidewalks some facelifts. The City of Springfield was awarded $1.34 million from Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) via its Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds in May 2022. However, due to some…
Lane Transit District Board approves budget Lane Transit District’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the District’s annual budget for 2023-24 during its June 21 meeting. LTD’s new fiscal year began July 1. The LTD FY24 Annual Budget is comprised of six funds: • General Fund ($91,838,382)…
SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY JUNE 26 (115 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (40), Dispute (11), Warrant service (6) 1:05 am: Criminal trespass, 3000 Gateway St. 1:06 am: Disorderly subject, 528 S. 51st Pl. 1:26 am: Warrant service, 3752 International Ct. 3:36 am: Trash bin…
SPRINGFIELD — Whether you’re a child or a child-at-heart, Springfield is the place to “party with a purpose” — especially if you like disco music and pony rides. Light of Liberty, Springfield Utility Board’s Fourth of July celebration, is set to light up the Fourth…
CRESWELL — If you’ve been to Creswell on any random day, you know of its small, hometown vibes. If you’ve been to Creswell on the Fourth of July, however, you know that the City’s population swells into that of a big city — if only for…
COTTAGE GROVE – Noah Wemple was only 15 when he lost his father, Edd, who died of a sudden aneurysm at age 37. Since that time, Father’s Day has been immensely important to him, because in those 15 short years, Edd helped Noah make a…