Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – Melissa Ruth and the Likely Stories perform a lively version of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” on Saturday night at the Brewstation on Sixth Street in Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE – Imagine all the questions…
2019 FILE PHOTO – The 2022 season gets underway this weekend at Cottage Grove Speedway. COTTAGE GROVE – Diehard racing fans don’t need any gimmicks or promotions to show up at their local track. But let’s focus on everyone else…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – Josh Bendix (green jacket) and Drew Drake (brown vest) goof around between rounds of Saturday night’s UFC main event featuring Springfield’s Colby Covington. EUGENE – The world got to see the many sides of Springfield’s Colby…
The Creswell girls – playing at the state level for the first time – got tripped up under the bright lights, losing 39-32 to 16th-seeded Oregon Episcopal in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A high school basketball tournament at Marshfield…
BRAD COOK/ THE CHRONICLE – The band’s lead singer, Darby Gould, grinds out one of Janis Joplin’s hits during an opening-night performance at the Hippie Museum in front more than 100 people. SPRINGFIELD – Big Brother and the Holding Company…
CRESWELL – The Finnish are coming, the Finnish are coming! Hey, that’s news that’s worth shouting from the streets. Finland’s track team plans to stay in Creswell throughout the 2022 World Athletics Championships from July 15-24 in Eugene. Dr. Lonn…
ALESHA CULP / PHOTO CHS girls varsity basketball team. Emme Whitson scored 24 points, including a steal for a layup that tied the game with 11 seconds left in regulation, as Creswell rallied to defeat host Douglas in the first…
Tyler Hollingsworth had been hoping his Creswell girls would be battle-tested if they were lucky enough to reach the state tournament. The coach got his wish … on both counts. Thanks to Saturday’s 30-28 nail-biter of a victory over visiting…
Sometimes the Creswell players and coaches must be wondering if the forces of the universe are conspiring against them. The Bulldogs — who finished their season with an 11-11 record – found so many unlucky ways to lose games this…
RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – The Windy Ridge Band, a Cottage Grove group that formed in 1966, has played shows every year for 56 consecutive years. COTTAGE GROVE – The music has never stopped. Through marriages, new jobs, kids being born, divorces,…