Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – It was 1963 and the Beach Boys had just released their first big hit, Surfin’ USA. Dick Dale is largely credited with creating surf music, which was especially popular from 1958-64, just before the Beatles came to…
COTTAGE GROVE – Jeremiah Heacock spent 21 years as an assistant coach at state powerhouse Thurston High School, playing in four state title games and winning two. So when he took over this year as head coach at Pleasant Hill,…
COTTAGE GROVE – “The Three Amigos of Pleasant Hill” was a smash hit back in the day. Perhaps this is premature to say, but “The Three Amigos of Pleasant Hill, The Sequel” already seems to be in the embryonic stages. …
COTTAGE GROVE – Two guitars, a banjo, six harmonicas and an elaborate drum set-up. Sounds like an interesting band, huh? Actually, it’s one guy – M.G. Bailey, from Chicago – and he was at the Axe & Fiddle on Sunday…
The view overlooking the side-by-side stages Saturday for the 50th Anniversary Cougar Mountain Farm Tayberry Jam just north of Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE – A sense of community. A joyful celebration. Lots of laughs. Plenty of tasty food. A feeling…
CHRONICLE PHOTO David Burham, Springfield resident, gestures as he explains how he crafts instruments out of his home workshop in Springfield. SPRINGFIELD – When David Burham first decided to become a luthier, he wanted to pick the brains of all…
RON HARTMAN / THE CHRONICLE I Draw Slow performs at the Axe & Fiddle in Cottage Grove on Sunday, July 31. The band is from Dublin, Ireland. COTTAGE GROVE – I Draw Slow, a folk band from Dublin, Ireland, ended…
SPRINGFIELD – Everyone was having a good time Wednesday at Springfield’s Island Park. It was the highlight event of the Concert in the Park series, featuring Candy Apple Bleu. It almost ended up being a sellout crowd after a long…
SPRINGFIELD – Scott Southworth says his annual trip back to Springfield always feels kind of like a high school reunion because he gets to see so many old friends. Well, this year will be extra special. Because of Covid, he…
Beau Eastlund shows some emotion during Greg Nestler’s performance. Jimmy Sanders mans the keyboard for Nestler’s band. Nestler plays a riff on his electric guitar. Daddy Rabbit performs. Lisa Varga of Eugene dances with her 8-year old niece Yvette Varga…