Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The Oregon Health Authority has launched a new website to share updates on opioid settlement funds. The Oregon Opioid Settlement Funds site has background on multi-state litigation against the pharmaceutical industry involving Oregon. It also has links to national settlement agreement sites, and describes how…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Last weekend, Melinda Preciado, Miss Wheelchair Oregon and Springfield resident, represented Oregon in the Miss Wheelchair America competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “It’s hard to put into the word the experience, it’s just so many emotions and all positive,” she said.…
Contrary to what you may still hear or read on mainstream media, saturated fat rich tropical oils such as coconut and palm are healthy fat choices. It is best to buy these oils with organic and rainforest alliance certification. Tropical oils are good options for…
Our normally quiet, little Lorane has become “busy” Lorane, Ore., with lots of events planned within a two-week period. The weekend of Aug. 13-14 didn’t let us down as one of the busiest weekends of the year for the community. Jim and I were able…
Heritage foundation receives grant for old schoolhouse CRESWELL – The Creswell Heritage Foundation will receive a $27,873 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust to support upgrading the electrical, plumbing and mechanical systems and building an ADA-compliant restroom in Creswell’s old schoolhouse. “This grant assures us…
CRESWELL – Since the news broke that Foster Farms is applying for a water quality permit renewal, concerned residents and the Creswell City Council are preparing for the Aug. 29 public hearing with the Department of Environmental Quality. Mayor Dave Stram has compiled these comments…
Rae Mategora painting a storm drain. SPRINGFIELD – The August Springfield Second Friday Art Walk was a cornucopia of artists, murals and music. In addition to the usual galleries and displays, there were bonus stops and special features. The Springfield Mural at 307 Main St.…
COTTAGE GROVE – For a small backwater, Cottage Grove sure seems to have produced some outsized personalities. One that still holds water is longtime swimming coach Bud Taylor. Some of his former swimmers, realizing that they too were getting up in years and having attended…
Antonio Huerta shows his lasso skills to onlookers as he corrals a rogue desk chair out front of Springfield City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 10. SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Public Library has been holding Springfield Welcomes the World! events every Wednesday this summer at the…