Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently announced the expansion of its effort to create confident and competent readers and writers with the release of Oregon’s Adolescent Literacy Framework. The framework follows the implementation of the Early Literacy Success Initiative by providing guidance and best…
It’s likely a safe bet you have some old electronics lying around the house. Think laptops, cell phones, cords, cables, monitors, keyboards, speakers, tablets, game consoles, remotes, or AV equipment. Maybe even VCRs! You get the point. We all have unwanted, unused, or broken electronics. …
CRESWELL – The Creswell Middle School Students and Citizens of the Month are, from left: MIles Graf, Deklann Owen, Mason Cain, Silas Ornes, Olivia Latona, Allana Halsey, Tiger Smathers, Brenton Bartlett, Kellen Bolanos, Emery Kreiling, Kaelyn Brown, Samantha Shellhart, Hannah Sly, Jhoseny Canales, Caidence Johnson,…
SPRINGFIELD — Laurie McNichols has stepped into a new role as the state director of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a nonprofit that promotes children’s reading proficiency nationwide. McNichols, previously an area director with Oregon literacy nonprofit SMART Reading, brings 14 years of experience promoting early…
SPRINGFIELD – Despite the gallons of annual rain in Lane County, it is considered a desert — a childcare desert. According to research conducted in 2022 by Oregon’s Early Learning Division, almost every county is regarded as a childcare desert for children ages 0-2. Lane…
SPRINGFIELD — Our local Rosies remember a groundbreaking time for women in the workforce. During WWII, over six million women were building planes, welding machines, assembling ships, and doing any job that had previously been held by a man. Although those women were ready to…
SPRINGFIELD – Centennial Elementary School celebrated its 60th birthday on Nov. 8 with a bingo night for students and families. The elementary school has been around since 1964 and has spent years connecting its community with the school. Diane Peterson, Centennial PTO volunteer and mom…
Creslane Elementary School Mustangs of the Month Above: Lilly, Esella, Jeremiah, Addilynn. Maverick, Calvin, Asher, Joy, Noah, Addi, Owyn, Julie, Elena, Alexander, Connor, Austen, Angel, La Tsisa, Olivia, and Londyn. Creswell Middle School Students & Citizens of the Month Notebook Connected Lane County has upcoming…
SPRINGFIELD- Not far from the bustling hub of urban neighborhoods in Eugene and Springfield is a thriving agricultural area. The outskirts of Lane County are scattered with family farms working to feed their community. But besides farm stores and farmers markets, these farms do not…