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Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.5% in February and 4.4% in January, after rising gradually over the past year from 4.1% in February 2024. Oregon’s 4.5% unemployment rate was the highest since August 2021, when the rate was 4.7%, and slightly higher than during the three…

Lane Transit District (LTD) has welcomed 13 new bus operators to the team. They graduated on March 28. “LTD is such a special place to work, truly a world-renowned transit agency,” said Mike Hursh, LTD’s Chief Operations Officer. “Every single day of your service as…

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Utility Board’s longtime general manager, Jeff Nelson, announced March 28 that he will retire on June 30, 2026, after nearly 30 years serving the community-owned water and electric utility. Nelson began his career at SUB in 1996 as resource planning manager and…

CRESWELL – New businesses have been sprouting up lately in Creswell, but perhaps none are as important as the one under construction near the golf course.  Sometime this summer, the city will welcome Volante of Creswell, its first senior living facility.  “There’s been a huge…

SPRINGFIELD—As first responders, a team from the City of Springfield’s Operations Division of Development and Public Works is responding to the call for help in Burns, Oregon. Six maintenance technicians, along with two pickup trucks and two dump trucks, have been sent to assist with…

On March 25 at about 1:30 p.m., the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received information a vehicle stolen from a business in Portland was in the area of London Road. The suspect had also burglarized the business. The company that owned the vehicle, a Scion xB…

COTTAGE GROVE – Natasha Chitow’s office is in what she affectionately calls “the city’s living room.”  The Cottage Grove Library at 700 E. Gibbs Ave. provides resources, social connections, and support for people of all ages and backgrounds beyond the bookshelves. Among its roles, it…

SPRINGFIELD – Congresswoman Val Hoyle is on an outreach blitz, hosting virtual and in-person town halls to hear constituents’ concerns about social, political, and economic anxieties surrounding democracy and governance and its local impacts. Hoyle, who represents Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, most recently held a…

COTTAGE GROVE – There’s no sugarcoating it: Sometimes the Main Street Revitalization project can be a real pain in the ear. It isn’t too pleasant on the other senses, either.  The sense of community pride, though, is still standing strong … for the most part.…