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Creswell, Cottage Grove roads see construction

Creswell and Cottage Grove residents can expect to see construction on common stretches of highways. In Cottage Grove, construction is underway on Highway 99 on the northern end of Cottage Grove. The roughly $6.3 million “Urban Upgrade” project will cover a stretch of Highway 99…

Cedar Creek Fire: 113,000 acres burn

A weekend of cooler weather and some widespread rainfall helped a still-growing army of nearly 2,600 firefighters on the 113,000-acre Cedar Creek Fire conduct burnout work and build fire lines, to reach their first containment figure in days, at 11%, Cedar Creek Fire officials said…

FREEDOM TO READ

“Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”  —  Stephen Chbosky Author of the frequently challenged “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” This is National Banned Book Week.…

Police Logs

CRESWELL: SHERIFF’S OFFICEMONDAY, SEPT. 12 1:41 am: Suspicious conditions, E. Cloverdale Rd./Zinkier Ln.  7:28 am: Suspicious subject, 90 N. Mill St.  11:09 am: Runaway, 655 W. Oregon Ave.  11:11 am: Trespassing, 30 Almond Way 1:08 pm: Identity theft, 1000 Swale Ridge Lp.  1:10 pm: Subject…

GreyMatter full of color at Block Party

SPRINGFIELD – Friday’s Block Party truly had something for everyone. With games for kids and adults, food and drinks, eight music stages and 30 local businesses involved, it made for a fun and peaceful atmosphere – despite the falling ash in the air from Oregon…

Myriad talent rollicks, rocks The Block Party Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — Not even the smoke could stop the community from filling the streets in Downtown on Friday night for The Springfield BLOCK Party.  Local vendors, organizations and new business owners brought their unique stories, causes and products to put on display on Friday, Sept.…

Bohemia Food Hub spreading its wings in Cottage Grove

COTTAGE GROVE – Ever wonder what’s going on inside that iconic butterfly building? Turns out there is even more than meets the eye.  Sitting across the street from Bohemia Park, the butterfly building is home to Bohemia Food Hub, a 3,500-square-foot commercial kitchen with a…

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