Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – South Lane School District is getting a financial boost after being selected as one of Weyerhaeuser’s Giving Fund recipients. Grant money totaling $47,500 was awarded to 10 local organizations, including $6,425 to South Lane School District. Statewide,…
COTTAGE GROVE – Grovers get ready, the 17th annual Trashion Show at Opal Center is right around the corner. Local artists will turn trash into fashion and model their work at 513 E. Main Street. This year’s theme is “Trashformation,”…
COTTAGE GROVE—“I can see clearly now the rain is gone,” Johnny Nash sang from the DJ booth’s speakers near the stage last Saturday night, as white satin fabric and tiny lightbulbs hung below the ceiling in the Cottage Grove Armory. Kyle…
COTTAGE GROVE – Kyle Riege is busy preparing for the “Blooming Brighter Futures” Family Relief Nursery (FRN) Spring Gala next weekend in Cottage Grove. “It’s our biggest year yet,” Riege said as he prepared for the first FRN gala as…
Lane County’s roads started to look like rivers and, in some places, lakes when last weekend’s rainfall triggered an evacuation notice for some residents. According to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, beginning on February 24, ongoing storms have caused…
COTTAGE GROVE – Maya Burton brings years of theatre experience and love for community arts to Cottage Grove, as she takes on a new executive director position at the Opal Center at 513 E. Main St. “I find that writing…
SPRINGFIELD – It’s all fun and games on Main Street in Springfield with the arrival of Castle of Games in the Paramount Center. Kimberly Buckmaster, owner of Castle of Games, was joined on Feb. 28 by Springfield Chamber Area of…
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of The Chronicle’s four-part series featuring historical excerpts from the collections of local museums and historians as they prepare to launch “Historic Atlas of Springfield, Oregon,” a 200-page collection detailing the city’s historical…
As the weather gets warmer, and even as it doesn’t, people are turning on two wheels rather than four. Bicycling is embedded in the pathways of the southern Willamette Valley, but is it a safe two-tired activity? Newly released data…
SPRINGFIELD — To inspire peace in the community, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Springfield Rotary Club 364 unveiled an eight-foot peace pole at the Bob Keefer Center inscribed with words of peace in Springfield’s most prominent languages. The pole stands…