The Chronicle earned 13 awards in the 2025 Better Newspaper Contest – an executive editor Erin Tierney-Heggenstaller was honored in several categories including Best News Story and Best Online Breaking News Coverage.
The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association conducts the annual contest. The Chronicle has won more than 100 awards since 2019, when The Creswell Chronicle was purchased by Noel and Denise Nash. Tierney-Heggenstaller joined the ownership group in 2024.
The contest includes Oregon, Washington, and…
