Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
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…
Dr. Damon Armitage, Camas Swale Medical Clinic doctor and lieutenant colonel has been deployed since the start of April to assist in the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing’s medical group. PHOTO PROVIDED With the stay-at-home measures proving effective in…
Wearing protective gear, Creswell Food Pantry manager Susan Blachnik helps loads boxes into cars during the Pantry’s “new normal” of drive-thru pick-up service and increasing need. MARTHA MCREYNOLDS JR./PHOTO After weeks of being in quarantine, and with COVID-19 recorded infections…
Volunteers help the Creswell Food Pantry at the Cobalt Center, 364 Cobalt Lane, help serve a steady, long line of cars each Thursday. “Drive-up distribution” is a common site during the pandemic. Denise Wendt/Food for Lane County In its mission…