Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
PHOTO PROVIDED Susan Williams, left, enjoying time at camp dressed up as a clown. Volunteers were instrumental in helping her enjoy social activites. In the past I have written about many local events that require volunteer help, if not totally operated…
The Bulldogs were conference champs in 2019-2020, and won the consolation game to finish third at the state tournament. Brielle Brick, far left with her CHS letter jacket, finished fourth at the girls state wrestling tournament earlier this year. Brielle…
Mikkelsen Leaders representing a majority of local small- and medium-sized businesses across the region recently sent a co-signed plea for support to Gov. Kate Brown and elected representatives on behalf of their constituent businesses. Vonnie Mikkelsen, president and CEO of…
Blum “It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees, they’re putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace, Oh I wish I had a river, I could skate away on.” – River, Joni Mitchell We received our…
Lane County Sheriff Cliff Harrold said his office was awarded a three-year Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-based Program (COSSAP) grant to fund the Lane County Jail Substance Abuse and Transition Program. The program provides substance-abuse counseling, Medication Assisted Treatment…
PeaceHealth Behavioral Health Services will soon be partnering with researchers at the University of Oregon to help develop targeted treatments for high-risk adolescents and young adults with schizophrenia. Part of a $52 million grant from the National Institutes of Health…
Visitors to Cottage Grove, Wis., are greeted by a floral display and signs. Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on “other” Cottage Groves across the country. The name of our town has taken a meandering path…
More than 20 programs from Lane and Douglas counties schools received grants, which award as much as $1,000 to K-12 educators in communities across the state SELCO Community Credit Union, through its annual SPARK! Creative Learning Grants program, has awarded…
Letters to Santa are a childhood tradition. Hand-written replies are rare, so four British siblings were charmed to get 20 years’ worth, which still offer holiday cheer and magic worldwide. Father Christmas first wrote 3-year-old John Tolkien in 1920 and…
Chris Pietsch/PHOTO WE CAN DO IT: Registered nurse Carol Eickmeyer is pumped up after receiving the first vaccination for the coronavirus at Sacred Heart RiverBend Hospital in Springfield on Monday, Dec. 21. SPRINGFIELD — Medical officials called Monday a “historic…