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The Chronicle seeks to serve Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove and Pleasant Hill communities with hyper-local news and information.

Stay healthy during shorter, cooler days

As shorter days, cooler weather and less access to healthy summer foods are upon us, we experience a decline in our immune system; hence, “cold and flu season.” There are several affordable ways to keep your immune system boosted throughout…

Ronald Scott Chase

Ronald Scott Chase Ronald Scott Chase, 59, passed away on Sept. 4, 2019. He was born in Cottage Grove, Oregon to Theodore and Lavonne (Kethcart) Chase on Sept. 4, 1960 and was raised by his mom and dad, Donald R.…

Letter to the Editor

To the Editor: Allegiance. I do not question the overriding importance of the Pledge of Allegiance as a statement of patriotism: We Americans depend on each other for our overall security in a dangerous world. But do we also pledge…

Oregon’s 1940s hipsters:

COTTAGE GROVE — What started as a small Civilian Public Service (CPS) camp in 1945’s Waldport, Oregon, emerged into what became the Beat Movement of the early 1960s. These conscientious objectors from World War II became some of the key…

Aqua Lions ride again

Connie Huston is at work on the Aqua Lions mural at the Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center in Cottage Grove. DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – As the Cottage Grove community waits breathlessly for the Oct. 1 reopening of the…

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