Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy. Google and Facebook…
ODF Invasive Species Specialist WyattWilliams points to a tiny D-shaped exit hole made by an emerald ash borer as it emerged from an ash tree in Forest Grove. The long-anticipated arrival in Oregon this summer of the destructive emerald ash…
In 1913, Bohrnstedt was accused of dishonest land dealings and his focus moved on to his new Waldo Hills Orchard project, effectively marking the end of the “boom” in Creswell. The orchard industry in the form of large, privately-owned orchards…
H2Oh! Ever wonder where they got the ‘spring’ in ‘Springfield’? The Springfield History Museum’s Springfield H2Oh! Exhibit is open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Springfield was founded on water. Learn exactly what Springfield’s water systems…
On July 3, 2022, our beloved husband, father, and grandfather was called home to Heaven after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Springfield, Ore. to George and Kathryn Cole and was the middle brother to Ed…
Steven L. “Steve” Mercer passed away June 27, 2022 at his home in Dexter, Ore. He was born May 19, 1956 to Stanley and Shirley Mercer in Marlborough, Mass. On Oct. 20, 1979 he married Nancy Holley in Simi Valley,…
Wallace R. Anderson, Sr. was born Nov. 2, 1938, at Sacred Heart in Eugene and passed away at Riverbend on July 3, 2022, at 83. He grew up in Springfi eld and graduated from Springfi eld High School in 1956.…
Ted Farris unexpectedly passed away early Monday, June 20, 2022, at 12:40 a.m.; Ted grew up and went to school in the San Diego area. After his education, he spent most of his time in Hawaii during his Air Force…
Nancy Cushman (Harrington) Draper of Eugene and Springfield passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 30, 2022 at the age of 94.She was born in Santa Monica, California to Rufus and Marilla Ryder Harrington. She married Eugene Draper on…
JoAnn Cook passed away of natural causes on June 30, 2022. She was born Joan Plaisted in Roseburg, Ore. on May 7, 1933 to John and Agnes Marie Plaisted. She was the youngest of eight children and had three sisters,…