Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
With a “grow your own” mentality, Lane County Sheriff’s Office last week launched a new mentorship program for 18- to 21-years-olds to cultivate passionate deputies from the roots up. “That’s the philosophy — to grow our own from the inside,”…
Updated version of Dr. Sharol Tilgner’s expanded third addition of ”Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth.” Whenever possible I am excited to share with you my favorite resources that empower us to help ourselves as we work towards…
SPRINGFIELD – January has been a busy month for the Springfield School District. Along with doing the legwork to apply for the Student Success Act funding, the district is also working to keep major changes from happening to the Preschool…
Mike Eyster SPRINGFIELD – Mike Eyster is running for Springfield mayor this year, he announced on Tuesday. ”I’m running for mayor because I care deeply about Springfield,” he said. ”As a champion for our city and its residents, I will…
Watching the 400-meter race, I always imagine where I would be when the winner crosses the finish line. At my fastest (years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth), I would have been lucky to get to 150 meters as the…
Barbara Norregaard of Lorane is a steelheader and a STEP volunteer; several times a week, she feeds steelhead smolts that are raised at a STEP hatchery on Letz Creek. Frank Armendariz/The Chronicle The series of Pacific storms that began to…
Image/Vectorstock Chinese tradition suggests it is lucky to wear red underwear two weeks before and after the lunar new year. Jan. 25 marks the Chinese Year of the Rat. Tradition advises us to be kind and say only nice things…
The Skippyjon Jones series of children’s book has created controversy in the literary community because of its racist stereotypes of Hispanics Image provided CRESWELL – I am a Creswell community member as well as an educator and a young white…
Donald Lamar Elveback – Aug. 13, 1929 – Dec. 30, 2019 Donald Lamar Elvebak of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away Dec. 30, 2019 of natural causes at the age of 90. He was born on a farm in Winnebago County,…
Christina Moore -June 6, 1946 – Jan. 6, 2020 Christina Moore, 73, of Westfir, Oregon, passed away on Jan. 6, 2020. She was born on June 6, 1946 in San Pedro, California, to parents Walter Vernon and Agnes Walker (Bane)…