Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
We have been enjoying a sunnier than usual fall, and I notice more people are outside, enjoying the warmer breezes and the colors, therefore including more movement and exercise in their daily routines. This is also a time of year…
With the holidays here, families may become aware of many things that have not have gotten attention throughout the course of the year. Or, if they had it was easy to push them aside due to our, ”oh so busy…
A WILD ELK RIVER FALL CHINOOK IS OUTFITTED WITH A RADIO TAG. Photo provided/Austin Huff Elk River anglers are reminded to release unharmed any radio-tagged fall chinook salmon caught. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting a research project…
ODFW’S NEW ELECTRONIC LICENSING SYSTEM MOBILE LOGIN PAGE LAUNCHING DEC. 1, 2018 FOR THE SALE OF 2019 LICENSES Photo provided/ODFW Get ready for the launch of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s new modernized licensing system on Dec. 1-hang onto…
There’s no doubt this City knows how to put on a show for Christmas. This year marks 15 years of Creswell’s Tree Lighting Celebration, though it has evolved significantly since its Dec. 18, 2003 debut. The tree lighting celebration was…
I know that my last column was heavy-duty, but I wanted to share my brother’s experiences with you. Jim and I went to see him again yesterday (last Wednesday), and Jimmy is in a hospice care center. Although he was…
OPAL WHITELEY Photo provided Opal Whiteley looms large in Cottage Grove – namely about 18 feet tall – smiling down from the newly restored mural in the Opal Whiteley Park on Main Street. She is one of the area’s most…
This past week I received word that a friend passed away. This friend, Jack Leisure, became my friend in 1935 when we were both 11-years-old. Our friendship lasted all these years from belonging to the same Boy Scout Troop, DeMolays,…
A local transient was hit with an axe in the arm, after accidentally entering the wrong house on Harvey Road last Friday.Around 3:42 a.m. on Nov. 23, Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a man attempting to enter…
Photo provided The familiar Queen Anne Victorian house at the confluence of Silk Creek and the Coast Fork of the Willamette River is a museum maintained by the Prospectors and Gold Diggers Club, to showcase early medical practices. It is…