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Thurston’s Grady Saunders wins Athlete of the Week
State’s first standalone inpatient rehab unit to break ground in Springfield
Hospital will also house region’s first brain injury unit SPRINGFIELD – The State’s first inpatient rehabilitation hospital will be coming to Springfield in 2026. This is not the first time hospitals have had rehabilitation units, but this will be the first standalone hospital in Oregon solely dedicated to inpatient rehabilitation.[Read More…]
Data: Creswell population can support bigger grocery store
CRESWELL – City government can occasionally be contentious and chaotic. This week’s work session was definitely that at times. City planner Curtis Thomas presented data gathered by Marketek’s Mary Bosch on the topic of: Can Creswell handle a large grocery store? If so, how large? Ultimately, the data showed that[Read More…]
COTTAGE GROVE’S ‘FIRST LADY OF DIRT’
Glass made racing history, then paid ultimate price COTTAGE GROVE – An incredible success story? Yes, the saga of Cheryl Glass – the first Black woman to win a sprint car race – was epic, exhilarating, amazing, awe-inspiring … all those things and more. But it all came at such[Read More…]
Billies softball returns plenty of firepower to defend MVC
PLEASANT HILL – The Pleasant Hill Billies softball team is off to a fast start this season after opening Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) play with a 10-0, six-inning mercy rule win over Harrisburg last Tuesday. The win was a major one despite how early in the season it is for[Read More…]
Spring Coloring Contest Winners
March Class Acts
Roundup: Area planning commissions work out land use matters
When it comes to city government, there is always something happening behind the scenes. Last week, Springfield, Creswell, and Cottage Grove’s planning commissions met to discuss land use matters. The area’s local planning commissions are seven-member volunteer bodies which discuss topics to then make recommendations to councils. They are appointed[Read More…]
SETTING THE FOUNDATION: Creswell’s Feist feeling at home in rebuild mode
CRESWELL – In 2016 Kevin Feist was winning his third state championship at the helm of the Burns baseball program. In 2016, Creswell baseball went 10-14 and missed the playoffs for the seventh straight time. Eight years later, the two find themselves on the same diamond, with Feist now in[Read More…]
