South Lane County Fire & Rescue Chief John Wooten was placed on leave last week. COTTAGE GROVE – It’ll be another week before the South Lane Fire County Fire & Rescue board reconvenes to discuss the investigation of fire Chief…

Oregon State Police say a drunk driving accident sent two people to the Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend on Monday, May 26 on Highway 58 near mile marker 3, slowing traffic for several hours, from as far away as the…

CRESWELL — Minor acts of vandalism at Holt Park – in apparent retaliation for the City’s public health and safety measures due to the pandemic, already has cost around $700 in time and material, said Public Works Director Cliff Bellew. …

Waitress Brooklyn Siebers safely delivers an order between Terry Fitzpatrick and Larry Ockers at Along Came Trudy in Springfield on Monday morning. The restaurant opened as part of the state’s Phase I. MIKE NORTDTVEDT/LIFESLICE PHOTOGRAPHY After months of lights out…

CRESWELL — Money has freed up for small businesses affected by COVID-19 in city limits, thanks to an unfilled position in the City’s planning department.  Creswell City Council on Monday authorized $30,000 from the Planning & Economic Development budget to be…

PHOTOS BY MIKE NORDTVEDT/LIFESLICE PHOTOGRAPHY Living in a pandemic, people have been in dire need of a fun diversion, something they could enjoy out in their neighborhoods.  Creswell Cars and Coffee Club, a group of classic car enthusiasts who meet…

Shannon Whitehead said she’s eager to open her salon business. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Phase 1 was approved by Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday. Reopening Creswell will look like “our community…

Dan’s Plants, on Davisson Road off Highway 99 in Creswell, is seeing its busiest days in the three decades it has been serving customers in the southern Willamette Valley. Cascade Home Center in Creswell was deemed an essential business from…

COVID-19 case information this week is being released by zip codes, and public health officials say that the data could help identify virus hot spots forming and allow more regionalized lockdown measures to take place.  “With the restrictions projected to…

Erin Tierney, executive editor This past year I’ve logged a considerable amount of hours actively listening to Noel as he sits to the right of me – be it from across the newsroom or on the move to meetings, interviews…