Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, demonstrates love and respect for deceased family members. It’s a celebration that unfolds over two days in an explosion of color, laughter and joy, and last weekend, Springfield celebrated in style.…
SPRINGFIELD – Young people are on the rise in the funeral industry, and staff at Major Family Funeral Home on A Street is a prime example. With death being a part of their daily lives, owners Todd and Joy Slack…
COTTAGE GROVE – The time of harvest and preparing for winter have long been celebrated almost universally among cultures; after planting, tending and bringing in the crops, it is a time to celebrate. Add that to the shortening of daylight,…
CRESWELL – The well-known stretch of Oregon Avenue that runs over the railroad tracks between Front and Mill streets is often congested on most days, leading to an uneven symphony of honking horns and screeching tires. Strap in folks, and…
Last weekend, about 70 supporters of the Cottage Grove Carousel attended a storytelling fundraising event and were entertained by actor, storyteller and oral interpreter Rickie Birran. He told stories of Halloween, including the history and story of Sleepy Hollow and…
Showcasing ”The Power of One” on the closing number of the Creswell Middle School Choir’s fall concert on Oct. 22 were soloists Allie Marshall, Rylee Cline, Grace Polloreno, Aubreelyn McComas, Regan Gwaltney, Hanny Nathan (pictured, at top), Leaghanna Sharp, Alyssa…
Today, the day has finally arrived for Jim to have the epidural injection that will, hopefully, relieve him of the sciatica pain that he has been experiencing since he fell and broke his pelvis in April. It has become so…
I am stoked! This is my favorite time of the year – well, at least until spring. The leaves are turning to their kaleidoscope of fall colors, the air is crisp, apples are everywhere, the air smells of woodsmoke, and…
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife officials safely released a male juvenile bobcat into the wild last week. Based on its teeth, the bobcat was at least six months old; it was released on BLM land in Lane County. ODFW’s…
About every condition that works against angling is at the top of this week’s fishing report. No way to flower this up, folks, but a series of fall storms that began to reach the Lane County coast early last week…