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Author: Chronicle Staff Report
Egan Warming Center activated for winter
Egan Warming Centers, administered by St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP), have opened for the cold-weather season. Egan host sites can change through the cold season based on availability. There are three warming centers, including the Springfield site at the Springfield Memorial Building, 765 A St., open[Read More…]
Chronicle: 8 ONPA awards in advertising
The Chronicle added to its 2021 haul of statewide awards this past week when the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association held its AdCon event celebrating the best of print and online advertising – bringing the paper’s total to 22 awards for last year. The eight advertising-related awards – including five first-place[Read More…]
Unofficial: Solesbee takes slim lead for Grove mayor, other races closely contested
Editor’s Note: With more ballots still to be counted, these are the results as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Election Day. The votes tallied so far include ballots received through Monday, and ballots received during Election Day morning ballot box collection. This story will be updated as more ballots are[Read More…]
Residents fight fires together
Dear Editor, You had an article in your last paper about the need for a fire department up here in the Dorena-Disston area. As a matter of fact, we do have an unofficial fire department with three fire trucks and about 20 “fire trailers” that George Swain has helped folks[Read More…]
Man shoots arrows at people in mobile-home park
CRESWELL – Last week, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a disorderly person armed with a bow and arrows at a mobile home park south of Creswell. The call further stated that the man had put on an army helmet at one point. The Sheriff’s Office received[Read More…]
Creswell, Cottage Grove roads see construction
Creswell and Cottage Grove residents can expect to see construction on common stretches of highways. In Cottage Grove, construction is underway on Highway 99 on the northern end of Cottage Grove. The roughly $6.3 million “Urban Upgrade” project will cover a stretch of Highway 99 between Woodson Place and where[Read More…]
Cedar Creek Fire: 113,000 acres burn
A weekend of cooler weather and some widespread rainfall helped a still-growing army of nearly 2,600 firefighters on the 113,000-acre Cedar Creek Fire conduct burnout work and build fire lines, to reach their first containment figure in days, at 11%, Cedar Creek Fire officials said this week. Last week,[Read More…]
Letter to the editor
Addi’s Diner article brings back sweet memories Dear Editor: In your Sept. 8 issue you published an article on Addi’s Diner. It brought back some lovely memories. Thirty-one years ago, I escaped the traffic madness of Los Angeles and settled into a wonderful house on West D Street in Springfield[Read More…]
Police Logs
CRESWELL: SHERIFF’S OFFICEMONDAY, SEPT. 12 1:41 am: Suspicious conditions, E. Cloverdale Rd./Zinkier Ln. 7:28 am: Suspicious subject, 90 N. Mill St. 11:09 am: Runaway, 655 W. Oregon Ave. 11:11 am: Trespassing, 30 Almond Way 1:08 pm: Identity theft, 1000 Swale Ridge Lp. 1:10 pm: Subject down, 150 Melton Rd. 9:55[Read More…]
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