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Student Spotlight: Esther Manzano-Lopez
Tell me about your major and why you chose to study it. I’m majoring in psychology. I think the reason I chose it was due to different factors. I want to become a therapist, specifically a bilingual therapist. I know in the city of Albany, and just in Oregon in general, we need more bilingual therapists to understand those who are having troubles with mental health, specifically among immigrant families who come from a place where mental health is very much stigmatized. So I want to help my community, and I also just like helping people in general. I always knew that I never really wanted to become a nurse or a doctor, but rather help people emotionally.
Baseball Game Preview: Sheridan Leaves Home
Sheridan is 0-3 against Scio since April of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Sheridan Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the Scio Loggers at 4:30 p.m. Sheridan is is headed into Friday's matchup looking...
Former Sweet Home City Council member facing criminal charges
James Gobel is out on $100,000 bail after he was arrested on charges of rape, sexual abuse, strangulation, assault and interference with making a report. Former Sweet Home city councilor arrested on charges of rape and assault. Court records show the former councilor posted $100,000 bail and was released on...
State pulls water permit for proposed Foster Farms chicken farm in Linn County
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has pulled a water permit for a proposed Foster Farms chicken complex between Scio and Jefferson, putting on hold for at least six months the controversial confined animal feeding operation for some 3.5 million chickens a year. A farmer and environmental groups in Linn County filed a...
New field upgrades coming to Springfield schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Springfield Public Schools is officially getting rid of the grass fields at both Springfield and Thurston high schools, replacing them with brand new turf fields. "We know that whenever the rains come in the fall and football practice comes back onto the fields, these grass fields...
Blue River locals to celebrate rebuilding of key structures and homes this weekend
The McKenzie Corridor community of Blue River continues to rebuild, nearly four years after a wildfire leveled most of it. As traffic zipped by on Highway 126 earlier this week, construction crews operated hand tools and heavy machinery on several buildings. Thousands of charred and spindly trees covered the hillsides, a reminder of the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire which destroyed more than three-fourths of the downtown area, and burned more than 173,000 acres.
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