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COTTAGE GROVE – Grovers will receive a nice boost in local history this month.  In February, the City of Cottage Grove received a Heritage Programs grant to partner with local media and historical organizations to showcase storytelling, photographs, and old-time tidbits that many are likely…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE), invites community members to participate in shaping the future of land management at Cottage Grove and Dorena reservoirs. Three in-person public meetings are being held in Springfield, Creswell, and Cottage Grove. Meeting participants can learn about…

As the weather gets warmer, and even as it doesn’t, people are turning on two wheels rather than four. Bicycling is embedded in the pathways of the southern Willamette Valley, but is it a safe two-tired activity? Newly released data shows that Oregon’s “Bicycle Friendly…

Springfield Police MONDAY, FEB. 24 (69 total calls) Top calls: Traffic stop (13), Theft (5), Driving while suspended (3) 1:12 am: Recovered stolen vehicle, 1920 Olympic St. 7:52 am: Burglary, 303 S. 5th St. 9:05 am: Abandoned vehicle, 1401 Market St. 9:22 am: Runaway(s) cleared,…

SPRINGFIELD —  Community members across scores of sectors on Feb. 20 gathered at the Wildish Theater during the annual Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony to celebrate the businesses, the business champions, and the people behind it all that “Inspire Excellence” locally.  The Chamber’s…

MONDAY, MARCH 3 TUESDAY, MARCH 4 MONDAY, MARCH 10 TUESDAY, MARCH 11 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 FRIDAY, MARCH 14 TUESDAY, MARCH 18 THURSDAY, MARCH 20 MONDAY, MARCH 24 SATURDAY, MARCH 29 Springfield City Hall: 225 5th St.; Creswell City Hall: 72 S. 2nd St.; Cottage Grove…

On Sunday, Feb. 23, at 8:28 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 99, near milepost 3, in Lane County. The preliminary investigation indicated a southbound Acura MDX, operated by Jaidene Raie Torgison, 18, of Creswell, struck a pedestrian,…