SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth home care nurses will strike from Feb. 1-14 in response to failed bargaining negotiations with PeaceHealth executives for sufficient pay. Negotiations began Feb. 14, 2023. The strike will not affect operations at PeaceHealth hospitals and clinics in Lane County and it will still be able to provide[Read More…]
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Volunteers, warming center caught in quandary
SPRINGFIELD – St. Vincent de Paul’s Egan Warming Center at the Memorial Building at 765 A St. had self-proclaimed “rogue” volunteers who chose to keep the center open past its usual closing time of 8 a.m. on Jan. 16. John Helmer, who has been volunteering with Egan for about eight[Read More…]
Business owners cope, adjust, look ahead
Today marks the 13th day of combating the ice storm’s repurcussions. Over the last two weeks, Lane County communities have struggled, and local businesses were not any different. Some found ways to manage through the destruction, though. Main Street Sweets owner Carrie Boehm hasn’t been able to quantify the total[Read More…]
Thurston’s Kristal Zamora wins Athlete of the Week
Dangerous ice storm scars cities with damage, causing major disruptions
No community was spared from the intense grips of a relentless ice storm. Blasts of arctic gusts up to 20 miles per hour and an accumulation of up to 4-6 inches of ice brought cities in the Southern Willamette Valley to its knees, prompting power outages that affected thousands and[Read More…]
Cascade Biscuit Kitchen dishes out ‘blue-collar brunch’ on Springfield’s Main Street
SPRINGFIELD – The key to Steve Shinn’s most recent success in the restaurant industry may have simply been marrying into a Southern family. The native Oregonian said that “as an Italian who married a Southerner, we pretty much go from baked ziti to fried pork chops and cream corn on[Read More…]
Repeat feat? Millers facing early challenges
SPRINGFIELD – There are quite a few reasons why being back-to-back champs – in any sport, at any level – is such a tall task. The Springfield Millers girls basketball team is finding out what challenges they’ll have to face in their repeat attempt as the short-handed Millers went 0-2[Read More…]
Negotiations continue between ONA, PeaceHealth
SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth executives continue to deny home care nurses equal pay with their colleagues who work at the RiverBend hospital and with nurses at similar home health agencies, according to Oregon Nurses Association (ONA). Although ONA stated that four hours were spent on Jan. 5 to try and reach[Read More…]
PeaceHealth nurses choose not to strike, yet
Home care and hospice nurses are waiting until after the negotiation meeting with PeaceHealth this week to decide if striking is their best option. SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth is under scrutiny again regarding allegations of unfair wages and difficulty retaining staff within its home care and hospice sectors. Although the strikes[Read More…]
Springfield mayor reflects on 2023
SPRINGFIELD — Rewinding the year and looking ahead to the new one, the talk of infrastructure improvements puts a glisten in mayor Sean VanGordon’s eyes. “The City’s done quite a bit of work around infrastructure this year,” he said. “When you think about modernizing, improving, and maintaining, just taking care[Read More…]
