Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Brad Unger entered financial services as a teller 21 years ago, working his way up to banker and later mortgage lender. He now serves as branch manager at the new OnPoint Springfield Branch located in the Fred Meyer. SPRINGFIELD –…
Chili is a favorite meal when the air chills and the last of Autumn foliage is raked away. So too is fresh baked cake or pie. But mixing the ingredients of the two in the same pan just won’t cut…
Whitson CRESWELL – Tyler Hollingsworth says he thinks his Creswell girls basketball team compares quite favorably with the team he took to state in 2017-18, his first season as head coach at the school. “If we keep improving, we can…
Hanson CRESWELL – Once he became comfortable with being the “leading man” on the football field, junior quarterback Connor Hanson embraced the role and led Creswell to its best finish in a decade. Now it’s basketball season, and Hanson is…
Dec. 2 through Dec. 5 ■ Christmas at the Western Oregon Expo, 2000 N. Douglas St., Cottage Grove. Live music, vendors, lights, warm fires, Santa and a live nativity scene. Begins at 4 p.m. daily. Free admission. Bring non-perishable foods…
Statewide economic recovery plan effort Business Oregon leaders will emphasize assisting those most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as they start the effort to create a statewide economic recovery plan. The initiative will analyze the areas of Oregon’s economy that…
Lowell “Faith” Smith, 89, of Cottage Grove passed away Nov. 18, 2021. Faith was born Feb. 15, 1932 in Downey, Calif. to parents Fred and Maude (Nicholes) Pearce. Faith worked as a legal secretary and as a hospital staff coordinator.…
Charles “Charlie” Arnold Ledbetter, 76, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, surrounded by family in Creswell. Charlie’s fight with melanoma began in 2004, with the cancer returning in 2020, which he fought with characteristic bravery, dignity and stoicism until…
Rosalie Irene Macauley went to be with God and Jesus on Feb. 28, 2021. She was in White City, Ore. with the sun shining on Mt. McLoughlin when she passed to her Heavenly Home. A favorite view out her window…
It wasn’t that long ago when local, regional, and global supply chains were boringly predictable. A local business would place an order and whether that was to a supplier down the street, in another state, or across the ocean, trucks,…