I’ll be honest, the first time I heard the term “Death Doula” it immediately conjured up an image in my mind of some Marvel Comics villain. But I guess anytime you include the word death into a title or phrase it gets our minds moving down a pathway of emotions,[Read More…]
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Oregon Metal Roofing perseveres, sees opportunities in trying times
For many people, when they see a crisis, they only see the negative. There are a few people who can see beyond the immediate problem and instead envision opportunity. That is true for Shane Navarro, owner of Oregon Metal Roofing and Gutters LLC of Cottage Grove. “I started working in[Read More…]
Beyond pay and benefits; Experts: How to keep, attract employees in tight labor market
The timeless game of picking a petal off of a flower and chanting, “she loves me, she loves me not,” has been replaced in many circles by instead reciting, “recession, recession not.” Experts and regular folks agree that we are no closer to predicting if and when we will head[Read More…]
A ‘spark’ of inspiration
Hands-on opps for youth coming to Booth-Kelly SPRINGFIELD — “Sparks” will soon be flying at the Booth-Kelly Center in Springfield — ones that will intersect community, education, and business for the county’s young and underserved population. This spring, Connected Lane County, an organization which creates educational and occupational opportunities for[Read More…]
Shearer leading the way
SPRINGFIELD — Chief Andrew Shearer actually wanted to become a firefighter in his youth. “I joke with some of my longtime friends in law enforcement that when I was a kid, I really wanted to be a firefighter,” Shearer said in a July interview with The Chronicle. “But then I[Read More…]
New market owners to add to downtown vitality
SPRINGFIELD — When Amy Robinson and her partner Josh Dellinger purchased the Main Street Market a few months back, they weren’t entirely sure what they were getting into. “Just a few years ago, we were living in Montana and I was working in public land conservation, and we had a[Read More…]
Wyden: Low-cost housing not a bridge too far
SPRINGFIELD – While Eugene recently hosted Democratic Party luminaries Senators Bernie Sanders and Jeff Merkley and retiring Representative Peter DeFazio, Springfield also enjoyed an audience with a political heavyweight as Senator Ron Wyden made an appearance at Hayden Bridge Landing to tout affordable housing solutions. Wyden is an affordable housing[Read More…]
Rural Internet inches closer
While still moving at dial-up speed, a recent announcement from Lane Council of Governments offers a hopeful sign that the promise of broadband internet for rural parts of Lane County is getting closer. LCOG—which describes itself as a one-stop destination for services to local governments and agencies in the Lane[Read More…]
Riding out the economic yo-yo in Lane
When I was young, my older brother could always outdo me in those activities kids did in the days before the internet. He could juggle, he could hacky sack, and most impressive of all he could do amazing tricks with a yo-yo. It wasn’t just that he had great yo-yoing[Read More…]
Cottage Grove tourism hinges on history, heart
COTTAGE GROVE – You came for the celebration, now stay for the town. That just may be the most appropriate slogan for last week’s Bohemia Mining Days as well as the unofficial motto of one of Lane County’s best-kept secrets: Cottage Grove. For while thousands of people streamed into the[Read More…]