Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD—Springfield Public Library got a makeover and celebrated its reopening last Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the morning and a drop-in celebration in the evening. Children ran a scavenger hunt, looking for all the new changes, while their parents entered raffles for different prize…
SPRINGFIELD — Life is like the yellow brick road, as Alma Fumiko Hesus described. It is a paved path for some people, but there are holes and challenges for others. “As we go down that pathway, to me, we should all be laying more bricks…
CRESWELL – After hearing a friend talk about motorcycles during their military days, P.J. “Road Runner” Johnson was certainly curious what all the excitement was about. “I didn’t get my first bike until I got back from Afghanistan,” said Johnson, Chapter Commander of the Combat…
SPRINGFIELD — Who doesn’t love watching a playful cat? The way they wind up their hind legs and… POUNCE! At 13, Brett Boehme began making and selling cat toys for a school project, and hasn’t had the heart to stop. Not only does he make…
SPRINGFIELD — After Gov. Tina Kotek’s state of emergency declaration regarding homelessness in January 2023, Lane County received roughly $18.5 million to work toward three initiatives: preventing homelessness, rehousing unhoused citizens, and increasing the number of available shelter beds. Nonprofit Catholic Community Services (CCS) of…
SPRINGFIELD — When a patient in hospice care is lost, what happens to their pets? Ruth Helle, a medical social worker, and Thea Peck, a hospice nurse, were faced with that very question when they were left with the dog of a patient who passed…
COTTAGE GROVE – Ever since he died by suicide more than two years ago, Levi Foster left behind a loving family and a lifelong group of friends struggling to make sense of what happened. As a U.S. Marine, he had served nine months in Afghanistan,…
SPRINGFIELD – Although most people associate Girl Scouts with their annual cookie sales, they do much more than that. Giving back is a main virtue of the Girl Scouts, and Troop 20073 of Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington is exemplifying this by providing…
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield City Council on July 1 voted to split its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money between two different programs in the community: the Early Child Care Business Accelerator Program at Lane Community College (LCC) and the Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad Wellness Center…