HYPER-LOCAL NEWS for Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove, & Pleasant Hill, Oregon
WEEKLY PREVIEWS BASEBALL #21 CHURCHILL (6-13)■ Leading off: Churchill has a week off from Midwestern League games and faces Class 6A No. 17 Willamette in its final non-league game of the season. The Lancers attempt to stop a six-game skid, and will need a stellar game from lead-off hitter Tyler Mikel[Read More…]
Bond approval would put 5-year, $20 million plan into action for 6 streets SPRINGFIELD – With election day quickly approaching, it’s time for Springfield voters to consider their position on the City’s proposed bond measure to fund street repairs. Bond Measure 20-351 proposes a five-year, $20 million general obligation bond[Read More…]
The Lane County primary election on May 21 will allow those who are registered to vote by April 30 to address federal, state, county, and city offices as well as a handful of measures. House Districts: District 7 has republican Cory Burket and democrats John Lively, current representative, and Ryan[Read More…]
COTTAGE GROVE – It seems journalists are getting younger and younger nowadays. The Harrison Hotline, a newspaper created by fifth graders, re-emerged at Harrison Elementary School (HES) last month. School staff are unsure of how long it’s been since the original newspaper was created and distributed at HES, but there[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD – Although it’s now the fourth month of 2024, mayor Sean VanGordon gave his 2023 State of the City Address last week at the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater. The event was originally set for Jan. 25 but was postponed so the City could focus on the ice storm’s[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD – If there’s one thing Alan Embree knows how to do, it’s win. Embree, in his first season at the helm of the Springfield Millers baseball team, has won at pretty much every level there is. The former left-handed pitcher won a state title at Prairie High School in[Read More…]
SPRINGFIELD – Over a year of bargaining has not solved the wage dispute between PeaceHealth executives and the Sacred Heart home care nurses. Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) announced last week that the home care nurses have voted to authorize an open-ended strike against PeaceHealth to protest “PeaceHealth’s unlawful unfair labor[Read More…]
PLEASANT HILL – Anna Baltrusch, one of the most-decorated high school girls volleyball coaches in Oregon during her tenure at Creswell High School, said she was often beset with one question from boys. “Boys forever would ask me, ‘Why can’t we play volleyball? Why isn’t there a league for us?’”[Read More…]
