Flock Safety surveillance not comparable to smartphone data tracking | Letter to the editor

Springfield police investigating theft of Israeli ‘remembrance flags’ as possible bias crime

Thefts of Israeli flags at a Springfield church early Wednesday, Oct. 7, are being investigated by Springfield police.

Callee Ackland, Jill Cuadros in rematch for Springfield council seat, this time in front of voters

A tenant support specialist and a Eugene School District 4J employee are vying to complete the term of a councilor who resigned late last year. 

High school football: 1A Crow prepares for a playoff rematch

The Cougars made it all the way to last year's 1A championship game, upsetting powerful Elkton in the playoffs. This week, Crow hosts Elkton in the first meeting between the teams since last season.

State OKs transfer of McKenzie-Willamette hospital ownership to a nonprofit

The Oregon Health Authority approved, with conditions, a deal that would transfer ownership of McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield from a for-profit company to a nonprofit.

Standardized testing? Here's a literary rebuttal | Letter to the editor

There are many literary allusions that apply to the latest reports on state test scores in language arts and math.  For starters, there’s Chicken Little and “The sky is falling!” Every year we hear the same refrain that all is lost. After over 20 years of domination by standardized testing as the be-all and end-all […]