Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EMMA ROUTLEY/FILE PHOTO Pallet warming shelters were opened in Cottage Grove for several nights this winter. SPRINGFIELD – Looking for a solution to slow the spread of the coronavirus among the unhoused, the City of Springfield is considering setting up…
The Creswell Chamber of Commerce office on Oregon Avenue has been closed since April 2020. CRESWELL – The Creswell Chamber of Commerce has nearly shriveled into nonexistence and will disband if several board vacancies cannot be filled by the end…
The annual Fourth of July parade moves down Oregon Avenue in 2019. The Creswell Chamber of Commerce organized and sponsored a pancake breakfast, the parade and a fireworks show on the holiday, events that drew people from throughout Oregon. CRESWELL…
CRESWELL – The City of Creswell is considering what it would take to stage a safe and affordable Fourth of July Celebration. The Creswell Chamber of Commerce traditionally organized the celebration – that is, until the pandemic shut down tourism…
Springfield mayor Sean VanGordon on Feb. 17 delivered his 2021 State of the City Address via video online. SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield City Council this week interviewed half its candidates for the vacant Ward 1 interim council seat. The vacancy…
The right decisions can be the hardest to make, especially with the backdrop of a global pandemic. When Lance and I were first engaged in December 2019, naive to the chaos that would soon be bestown upon us, we chose…
Inching toward progress, health officials this week are dishing out vaccine doses to the 75-and-over individuals, while school officials continue bringing students back, vaccinating their staff and working to avoid any potential liabilities. Each week, more and more people become…
SPRINGFIELD – Springfield City Council this week is refining ways to garner more community engagement around filling the vacant Ward 1 position, after councilor Sean VanGordon was appointed interim mayor at the Jan. 19 meeting. The council will appoint an…
Lane County Public Health aims to vaccinate 5,500 residents over the age of 80 by the end of this weekend. The county “leveraged some existing doses and came up with 5,500 doses that public health can get into the arms…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Springfield teachers and staff wait in the post-vaccine area on Saturday to ensure there were no side-effects after receiving their first dose. Area school districts are taking slightly different approaches based on their needs as Lane County…