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

WONDER ALL AROUND US

American goldfinch ED ”JAKE” JACKSON Wanna test your endurance? Try running nonstop for a week. Can’t do it? A bird’s got you beat. It’s the human equivalent to the longest uninterrupted bird migration ever measured – 7,145 miles straight. No…

So Long, Farewell’

Creswell Christian School’s Class of 2018 will be the school’s final graduating class before the school closes its doors. From left, top: seniors Isaiah Greenough, Amber Macauley and Kirin Pannu, and eighth-grader Elisabeth Goins. Lower: kindergartners Ethan Cheney, Nicholas Pierron,…

Saginaw mill up in flames

The rubble of what was Whitsell Manufacturing at 32910 E. Saginaw Road after a vicious fire made its way through the mill on May 26. CHERYL RICHARD/ THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE This year’s Memorial Day weekend came with some extra sparks…

Caring for the skin you live in

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/ANDREW VON ENGEL With spring in full swing and summer right around the corner, many people are taking steps to improve their appearance. For high school students this may include preparing for prom, a formal event or graduation pictures.…

Celebrating 100 years of airmail

In front: Addison Pemberton’s 1929 Stearman 4D; rear: Jeff Hamilton’s Sterman 4E. PHOTOS PROVIDED/ OREGON AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY The inaugural flight of the United States Airmail service took place in the foggy wee hours of May 15, 1918 in an…

CRESWELL SHINES because of Maria Best

ERIN TIERNEY – THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE Editor’s note: Each month, The Chronicle and our friends at The Flower Basket & Gift Boutique will ask readers to choose someone in the community – young or old – that they feel makes…

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