Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
BRADLEY COOK/FLASHBOX STUDIO CRESWELL – The weekend before Election Day, counter-protesters clashed as they took to the corners of First Street and Oregon Avenue. It was scheduled as a Black Lives Matter protest on Nov. 1, after the first attempt…
Amy Knudsen wins Creswell mayor Amy Knudsen is Creswell’s new mayor, and will be joined by three new councilors: Shelly Clark, Jeri Hutchinson and JoeRell Medina. Kevin Prociw, a city councilor who competed with Knudsen in the mayoral race, will…
CRESWELL — The winner of the Creswell mayor race next month will step up as appointed mayor through the end of the year, city council decided Monday night. With three months left on his term, former mayor Richard Zettervall resigned Sept.…
That smell. A kind of smelly smell. A smelly smell that smells … smelly. Residents have been bothered by a lingering stank emanating from the City-owned Wastewater Treatment Facility. But with rain in the forecast, the smell will likely be…
ERIN TIERNEY/FILE PHOTO Mayor Richard Zettervall left office three months early due to community reaction to an equity-and-inclusion discussion. CRESWELL – Only three months before his term was to expire, Creswell Mayor Richard Zettervall resigned Sept. 30, citing adversarial responses…
Creswell mayor Richard Zettervall resigned on Sept. 30 after explosive talks around equity forced him from office. CRESWELL — Creswell mayor Richard Zettervall resigned effective immediately on Wednesday, Sept. 30, citing negativity and backlash from the community over the equity…
CRESWELL — Creswell city councilors said that when it tabled the subject of an equity resolution and committee at September’s meeting, it did not realize that it effectively killed the conversation regarding equity as a whole. “Council tabled the conversation…
CRESWELL — After pushback from segments of the community, Creswell City Council on Tuesday nixed its discussion on an equity-and-inclusion resolution and committee in the Friendly City. With tensions high as a result of the ongoing pandemic, wildfires and an…
Read the full story in Thursday’s edition. CRESWELL — After aggressive pushback from the community, Creswell City Council tonight nixed its discussion on an equity and inclusion resolution and committee, in hopes that a future mayor and council may pick…
Smoke from the McKenzie River fires devastates the valley on Sept. 8. BOB WILLIAMS/FOR THE CHRONICLE Thousands of Oregonians have been evacuated due to wildfires, and those who fled to safety are in shock from the loss of their homesteads,…