Downtown Springfield has seen significant revitalization in the 19 years since voters established a downtown urban renewal district. One way the Springfield Economic Development Agency does to do that ...

Everyone is susceptible to the allure of junk food, but the writer tries to teach her son about the virtue of ingredients.

As we debate the best way to support our ongoing needs as a state, and which approach is best, I’m left wondering about the funds we were promised from legal marijuana sales? When recreational sales ...

Nancy Nell Rountree. Photo courtesy of Stehn Family Funeral Homes, Inc. Nancy Nell Rountree, 85, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Milwaukie, Oregon. She is a former resident of Eugene, Oregon. Stehn ...

Francis Ann McGuire, 103, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. Services will be held at 1 p.m., Sept. 12, 2026, at Smith-Lund Chapel in Cottage Grove. Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel ...

James Roy Scoggins. Photo courtesy of Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel & Crematorium James Roy Scoggins, 91, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. He will be interred at Eastwood ...

Carolyn “Sue” Selstad. Photo courtesy of Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel & Crematorium Carolyn “Sue” Selstad, 95, of Creswell, Oregon, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, of age-related causes. Smith Lund ...

Herbert “Herbie” Dean Cordin. Photo courtesy of Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel & Crematorium Herbert “Herbie” Dean Cordin, 69, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Oregon.

Brian Dwyer. Photo courtesy of Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service Brian Dwyer, 80, of Dexter, Oregon, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at home in Pleasant Hill, Oregon. Andreason’s Cremation & Burial ...

Gareth Jacobson, 74, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service is handling the arrangements.

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