Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Above: The author, right, with the Captain and Fishing Master, on the Ebisu Maru. Below: Quantifying fear. In November of 1982, I was in the Bering Sea, working as a biologist/observer for the National Marine Fisheries Service and assigned to…
Tara Blount on right That one weekend, March 13-14, our vibrant and busy home became quiet, with employees referring to it as “feeling like a ghost town.” Realizing quickly that this was going to last for quite some time, we all…
During this time of social distancing, families with kids are spending more time inside their homes or apartments together. Over the past month, I have received questions from parents wondering if I have suggestions to help kids stay busy and…
Following the Oregon School Activities Association’s cancellation decision Wednesday, Creswell High School officials are turning their attention from planning for shortened seasons and events to instead honoring and supporting students dealing with the end of school. Brandon Standridge, Creswell’s assistant…
COTTAGE GROVE — Browse through the discography of The Jack Maybe Project and one thing quickly becomes obvious: This band has a lot of songs about monsters, and these particular monsters are animated caricatures who play musical instruments. “A lot…
School counselor in the Springfield area was arrested on April 3 and charged with 10 counts of Encouraging Child Sex Abuse. Craig B. Steinberg, 55, of Springfield, worked with multiple children through his past employment, and the Springfield Police department…
CRESWELL – Raina Napper, president of the Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Board, told members in a Thursday, April 2, email that its office was closed, effective immediately, and that administrator Don Amberg had been laid off. The Chamber’s board has…
SLAYTER – Roger Eugene Slayter, 79, of Springfield, died March 20, 2020. TERRY – Nina Rene Terry, 78, of Cottage Grove, died March 26, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. ALFORD – Rita Irene Alford, 88, of…
Richard Stephen Howard passed away March 27, 2020. He was born to Stephen L. Howard and Alice Mildred Rissue in Cottage Grove on Sept. 11, 1934. He attended school in Cottage Grove through the 11th grade, when he decided going…