Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
During the month of August, our attention turns toward family time and those final summer outings – but getting ready for school is also a familiar August ritual. Purchasing the long list of supplies can be a daunting task, and…
How much does your child’s backpack weigh before they head off to school in the morning? Do you know? It’s okay if you don’t, but it is important information to learn. A backpack weighing more than 15% of your child’s…
In the Summer of 2015 I started attending monthly Be Your Best (BYB) meetings after an invitation from a member of Sustainable Cottage Grove. I was impressed by how efficient, informative and productive meetings were, and how invested each attendee…
Cottage Grove Armory gets a spruce-up. Photos Provided/Kenneth Roberts Prepare to do a double-take if you haven’t been by the Cottage Grove Armory lately. The 88-year-old structure is looking pretty spruce with cracks repaired and gleaming new paint job. Inside,…
A group of individuals who declined to be identified by name came to support the Springfield-Eugene Pride while representing Looking Glass Community Services, which aims to solve challenges related to educational deficits, behavioral health issues, drug addiction and homelessness. Statistics…
An early-1900s vintage picture postcard shows five different methods of mining gold: quartz stamping, hydraulic, dredging (with an old-school bucket-line dredge), use of a doodlebug, and panning. Postcard Provided In the years that followed the American Civil War, the American…
Creswell Library Director Su Liudahl and Youth Librarian Nick Caum. Gini Davis Recent scholarships and honors have Creswell Library Director Su Liudahl and Youth Librarian Nick Caum eager to develop fresh ideas to better serve their community. Liudahl received a…
Sam and Pam Lunas (and James Dean) at the Creswell High School Class of 1959 reunion. Kay Higdon Approximately one-third of the Creswell High School Class of 1959 were able to come together for their 60th reunion in late July.…
Validation. That was my key takeaway from the Willamette Writers Conference in Portland the first weekend of this month. I’ve only recently gotten back into creative writing, after stepping away for several years to pursue my career in journalism, and…
It is past time that a solution should be found for the needless killings in schools and public places. The fact that there are so many weapons available for mass destruction – and the ability to easily acquire them by…