Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Have you noticed recently that the stadium lights have been turned on at Creswell High School? Starting this week, the CHS stadium lights will be shining Monday and Friday evenings to mark the beginning and end of each school week between now and the end…
As folks try to adjust to a new normal the goal posts keep moving. While it is frustrating not to have life as usual, there are things more important than being able to do exactly as you please. Such as life itself and those of the…
I will say, in my 10 years doing this kind of work, I have never experienced the intense focus on solutions and the extraordinary level of cooperation and collaboration among members of the community, businesses, nonprofits, public agencies, elected officials, neighbors – it’s remarkable. I…
From left, Brandon Standridge, Uncle Alvie and Cody Standridge in front of iconic Yankee Stadium. I have been fortunate that athletics have been an integral part of my life since elementary school. From playing sports in high school and college, to coaching and now as an…
Live long enough, and you come to understand that the world occasionally shifts its axis. In those moments, routines and necessities change: time stops. The coronavirus pandemic has increased the speed and frequency with which we ride the roller coaster of living. Optimism and pessimism rise…
LORANE — Week four of lockdown is proving to be much improved thanks to our beautiful blue skies and warmer temperatures. As I go out each day in shirt sleeves, and wield the shovel in my flower beds, it’s hard to imagine that we are…
WASHINGTON—Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) announced Tuesday that he has secured more than $25 million in grants for southwest Oregon airports in the CARES Act. Creswell’s Hobby Field received $30,000, and Cottage Grove State Airport ($20,000) and Eugene’s Majlon Sweet Field ($22+ million) also received grants.…
From left, top: program coordinator Josh Beiderman, executive director Laura Rariden, and Sophie and Grace Bilyeu; middle: Ava Foote, Jaylee Tripp and John Kieper; lower: Kiannah Bailey, Khloe and Kaylin Seeley, and Erik Branam. LAURA RARIDEN/PHOTO CRESWELL — Show and Tell, Creative Writing, Lego Club,…