SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect (SAfER) hosted the annual Huerta/Chávez Celebration April 11 at Hamlin Middle School. Springfield students and teachers from elementary school through high school attended the event to celebrate Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chávez and raise awareness for social justice. Presenters spoke in[Read More…]
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Colts softball team ‘found the mix’
SPRINGFIELD – On March 26, the Thurston Colts softball team lost two games at the North Medford Spring Break Tournament and fell to 2-6 on the season. Since that day, the Colts have won six straight, allowing only 14 runs and winning those six games by a combined run margin[Read More…]
SUB earns reliability award
SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Utility Board has received national recognition for “achieving exceptional electric reliability” in 2023, according to a news release from the utility. The recognition comes from the American Public Power Association (APPA), a trade group that represents more than 2,000 not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities. APPA helps electric utilities[Read More…]
Thurston’s Bailey Tovey wins Athlete of the Week
FLAG BEARERS: Creswell dominates girls flag football debut against Sheldon, Thurston
CRESWELL – Creswell High School held its inaugural girls flag football games last Wednesday as the Bulldogs hosted Thurston and Sheldon in a night of games. Not even the quintessential Oregon spring downpour could dampen the spirits of the athletes, with Creswell going 2-0 and Thurston ending 1-1 in the[Read More…]
Springfield City Council updates: SEDA to buy bank building; also, Vino & Vango to get the boot
SPRINGFIELD – The City’s economic development agency this week gained a new property and also lost a longtime tenant. The Springfield Economic Development Agency this week approved steps forward to purchase the now-vacant U.S. Bank at 437 Main St. The city manager will negotiate and enter into an option agreement[Read More…]
Travel Lane installs 40 hearing loops
SPRINGFIELD – Don’t be one of those people who get left out of the loop. Thanks to a relatively new technology, Travel Lane County will soon receive a national award for installing 40 hearing loops throughout the county, with many more still to come. Andy Vobora, Vice President of Stakeholder[Read More…]
Valley poses unique issues for allergy sufferers
As spring has taken over and pollen counts are increasing, allergy season is quickly approaching. It’s estimated that more than 50 million Americans struggle with seasonal and environmental allergies, and Dr. Kraig W. Jacobson, a Eugene-based allergist with Oregon Allergy Associates (OAA), said experts have noticed the pollen season begins[Read More…]
Police Roundup: Week of April 11
Creswell man convicted of attempted murder CRESWELL – A Lane County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to Creswell responded to a dispute on the evening of April 25, 2022 in the 700-block of North Mill Street, and upon arrival found a male subject “covered in a tarp with a cord tied tightly around[Read More…]
Hop to it: Willamalane celebrates 70 years of eggs hunts
SPRINGFIELD — Spring the Squirrel, pictured above with Miss Eugene Pro Rodeo Taylinn Dimmitt, helped host Willamalane’s MEGGA Hunt on March 30. A Springfield tradition that dates back to 1954, this event brought in a total of 2,390 attendees. It’s no small task to put on an event of this[Read More…]
