Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD — SELCO Community Credit Union is accepting applications through March 31 for its expanded SELCO Steps Up scholarship program, which will award nearly $80,000 in student support. The program offers 20 scholarships of $3,500 each to traditional, nontraditional, and vocational students, along with the…
PLEASANT HILL – Emily Krauss, a Pleasant Hill High School student, is the state winner of the Voice of Democracy contest, which is held annually through the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Jody Reed, a science teacher at Creswell Middle School, was also awarded the VFW…
According to data recently released by the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), the statewide graduation rate for the class of 2024 is 81.8%. The Class of 2024 started high school in distance learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and after their first year, only 73.6%…
SPRINGFIELD RESIDENTS Western Oregon University (WOU) in Monmouth ■ Kyle Babcock, Hannah Barr, Cassidy Burns, Tamerra Cervantes Carlos, Katie Chapman, Brooklyn Gilbert, Kylie Jones, Gavin Lindsay, Dawson Muggy, Mandy Reid, and Lilly Vogt. Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls ■ Peyton Andrus, Embedded Systems…
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…