Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield City Council is continuing the conversation around a .1% payroll tax as one component of a broader effort to address the City’s long-term General Fund imbalance. Finance director Nathan Bell at the April 20 meeting noted…
COTTAGE GROVE – City officials in Cottage Grove invited community members to a town hall meeting last week to discuss options for balancing the budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The library is facing a proposed 56% budget cut, and…
CRESWELL – The Creswell City Council unanimously abandoned the concept of a family-oriented “Everyone Village” model for addressing homelessness during their April 27 meeting, pivoting the conversation toward locally controlled, charity-based approaches. City staff had been exploring a “family-oriented village”…
From dune lakes in the west to the mountain lakes and rivers to the east, Lane County is an angler’s paradise. The Willamette and McKenzie Rivers run right through the Eugene and Springfield metro area, making them standout locations for…
Dear Editor, The Springfield Library staff have been patiently waiting for the final decision relative to the next 2026-2027 budget cut of $500,000. Hope now is that the City Council could still mitigate this drastic cut in services and materials,…
SPRINGFIELD – After 47 years of service to the Springfield community, Brian Conlon is retiring as the Development and Public Works Department’s operations division director. Conlon joined the City in May 1979 as an operations and maintenance field worker and…
“He (Saul) came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. David and his men were far back in the cave. The men said, “This is the day the Lord…
SPRINGFIELD – After a nationwide search, Springfield Utility Board’s elected Board of Directors voted to select Vanessa Barbarisi as the utility’s next CEO/general manager. Barbarisi comes to SUB from PG&E in Oakland, California, and will succeed longtime general manager Jeff…
Dear Editor, As the owner of Cottage Grove Garbage Service for over 50 years, I’ve seen administrators and commissioners come and go. I’ve seen policy shifts that worked and many that didn’t. But what I am witnessing right now from…
LANE COUNTY – The American Lung Association (ALA) recently gave Lane County an “F” for air quality in its annual State of the Air report. While Lane County’s air quality has steadily improved over the last 20 years when it…