Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
JANICE SEXTON/PHOTO Early reports last week stated that the Goodpasture Covered Bridge had been destroyed by the fires. In fact, it still stands thanks to citizen volunteers who protected it. It is sad to look at the news today. The…
Joey Blum I dedicate this piece to: Matt, Lily, Miles, Kyle, Isaac, Kate, Casey, Brett, Jake, and the many other firefighters I know working tirelessly and protecting us from the fires raging across Oregon. You have my admiration and gratitude.…
East Side Fire Tower also housed City Hall. The old City Hall was built in 1911. Fire is nothing new. It was here before us and it will be here long after we are gone. Taming fire let our ancestors survive…
CRESWELL – It appears a rally scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 27, at City Hall in support of Black Lives Matter has been at least postponed, if not canceled, according to social media posts and LCSO Sgt. Scott Denham. According to…
CRESWELL — After pushback from segments of the community, Creswell City Council on Tuesday nixed its discussion on an equity-and-inclusion resolution and committee in the Friendly City. With tensions high as a result of the ongoing pandemic, wildfires and an…
Oregon is on fire. My heart and my mind are so focused on the terrible fires that are taking so many homes, businesses – and, most probably, the lives of our neighbors in Lane County – that it’s difficult to…
ANDY NELSON/POOL PHOTOGRAPHER Firefighters faced an uphill battle while trying to contain the Holiday Farm Fire this past week. A week after its first spark in the evening of Sept. 7, the Holiday Farm fire has burned 166,573 acres, while…
Victor Ray Patton, 77, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away at home on Sept. 5, 2020. He was born on Jan. 20, 1943, in Houston, Texas, to parents Victor F. and Essie I. (Davis) Patton. Victor attended Dorena grade school, graduated…
It is with great sorrow, and much love that we mourn the passing of Marjorie Johnson of Springfield, Oregon, on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at the age of 70. She will be deeply missed by her husband of 51 years,…
Sara Jo Johnson, 76, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away on Sept. 9, 2020, due to non-smokers lung cancer that metastasized from a rare pleomorphic sarcoma. She was born in Shelton, Washington, on April 15, 1944, to James Floyd Smith…