Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Medina at a July city council meeting. ERIN TIERNEY/THE CHRONICLE CRESWELL – Creswell City Councilor JoeRell Medina has resigned, calling Oregon “a totalitarian state” in a Sept. 18 letter to his council colleagues. “My family has decided that we can no…
Alicia Beymer, chief administrative officer at PeaceHealth Cottage Grove and PeaceHealth Sacred Heart, speaks Saturday with Cottage Grove Mayor Jeff Gowing and others in attendance noting the National Guard’s arrival and support. Covid hospitalizations reached record highs last week before…
CRESWELL – Retired educator and esteemed community member Gary Mounce, 71, of Creswell, Ore., passed away in his home on Aug. 10 as a result of congestive heart failure. He was born on July 21, 1950 in Lafayette, Ind. and…
Dave Stram CRESWELL – The council has opened the mayor position to the public, and former Creswell mayor Dave Stram is heeding the call. He is one of three applicants so far vying for the position, which will be filled…
CRESWELL – A critical role during a particularly tumultuous time in Creswell, the application process for mayor will soon be open to the public. Two city councilors – Kevin Prociw and JoeRell Medina – also declared interest during the last…
The scene in front of the Creswell City Hall during Julie Bivens’ court case. Public image/Facebook CRESWELL – Julie Bivens’ court date didn’t happen quite as planned. Actually, it didn’t happen at all. Bivens, a Creswell resident, was fined $2,550…
Chronicle file photo BY THE NUMBERS: Creswell: 73 cases in past two weeks; 496 all-time Cottage Grove: 155 in past two weeks; 769 all-time Pleasant Hill: 17 in past two weeks; 129 all-time Springfield (all zip codes): 684 in past…
CRESWELL – Amy Knudsen resigned on Friday, Aug. 13, the second mayor in less than a year to do so amid heightened community tensions. Knudsen was elected in November 2020, after winning 55% of the vote against Kevin Prociw, the…
CRESWELL – Blowback from the Fourth of July is now affecting the City’s proposed gas tax. A 3-cent gas tax eyed for the November ballot was rejected on Monday in a 5-2 vote, after councilors adduced “community unrest” and “mistrust” of…
Martinez-Cruz CRESWELL – An adult woman was found safe in Creswell, after being kidnapped by a Eugene resident on July 18. That Sunday, a missing person was reported at 1:58 a.m. in downtown Eugene, near West Broadway and Olive streets.…