Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – Due to a $2.34 million budget deficit for the 2025-26 school year, Springfield Public Schools (SPS) will implement a massive staffing reduction effective Jan. 30, eliminating 36 positions, including 27 certified full-time equivalent employee layoffs. The news has…
SPRINGFIELD – Voters can expect to see Willamalane’s first-ever property tax increase on this year’s ballot in May. Willamalane Park and Recreation District was created by voters in 1944. Today, it maintains and operates recreation facilities, community centers, pools, parks,…
CRESWELL – The Creswell Area Historical Society received a $5,000 grant from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund to go toward the museum’s new roof.In late 2025, the building at 55 N. 5th St. underwent significant roof repairs. Museum volunteer Amy Sierzega…
Frost has been coating the southern Willamette Valley, with a record low of 18 degrees on Jan. 25. High temperatures have been hovering around the mid- to high-40s. Chronicle photographer Bob Williams captured the frozen fog at Mount Pisgah during…
DRAIN – The Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal two-vehicle traffic crash on Elkhead Road during the early morning hours of Jan. 14. An investigation indicated that Donald Lawrence Brown, 89, of Drain, was traveling westbound on Elkhead Road when…
On Jan. 16 at 9:30 p.m., Josua Ryan Diocson, 20, of Springfield was driving recklessly in the area of E. Hunter Road and Lindsay Lane, Veneta. Three passengers were in the vehicle, including a juvenile. Diocson was arrested for DUII…
COTTAGE GROVE – The victim in the shooting death from last week has been identified as Eusebio Pablo Pablo, 50, of Cottage Grove. The death is being investigated as a homicide. On Jan. 20 at about 5:30 a.m., officers with…
LANE COUNTY – The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week announced it has revised preliminary flood maps for Lane County and the Cities of Creswell, Cottage Grove, Eugene, and Springfield. The maps identify revised flood hazards along Amazon, Fall, and…
Many years ago, I walked home irritated with my spiritual director (my professional training is as a minister). Her sin? She had said that she thought I’d be a lot happier if I were a little less judgmental. I was…
The Oregon Department for Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has kicked off its annual trout stocking program. The hatchery tankers, filled with feisty rainbow trout, have hit the road, making the rounds like they do every year, initially to small- and…