Springfield's founders dug the millrace here by hand 156 years ago, and for decades it flowed freely, with deep, clear water and salmon. Families took picnics to the waterway.

The city celebrates its 140th anniversary on Feb. 25, marking more than a century of growth and transformation. Springfield sits on Kalapuya land, where Indigenous peoples lived for at least ...

springfield — in 1852, city founder Elias Briggs dug by hand a channel connecting existing sloughs that created a 3.5-mile millrace to power saw and flour mills.

Behavioral stabilization, economic development infrastructure and air conditioning equipment are among the priorities ...

The normally quiet residential streets of west Springfield were abuzz with track and field fans for the Oregon 22 men's marathon.

Springfield’s Historic Cannon Ball House, located at 126 Morris Ave., will again be part of Union County’s Four Centuries in a weekend on Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Oct 21, from ...