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Easter in the Southern Willamette Valley
In Springfield…. In Creswell…. In Cottage Grove…. Download your photos! For more photos of Easter in Springfield view the gallery here. For more photos of Easter in Creswell view the gallery here. For more photos of Easter in Cottage Grove view the gallery here.

Spring coloring contest winners
With over 80 entries this coloring contest season, Chronicle judges had their work cut out for them. Judges Rachael Landi, Erin Tierney-Heggenstaller, Murphy the office parrotlet, and Noel and Denise Nash looked for overall completeness of coloring pages, creativity of backgrounds, overall use of color…
Caralyn Shelton, America’s first woman governor, had crazy early life
If you ask most Oregonians who the first woman governor in state history was, they’ll have an immediate answer … but they’ll be wrong. Conventional wisdom holds that the first woman to take the gubernatorial purple in the Beaver State was Barbara Roberts, who was…
March Class Acts
Police logs: week of April 6
CRESWELL SHERIFF’S OFFICE MONDAY, MARCH 27 7:59 am: Criminal mischief, 298 E. Oregon Ave. 10:01 am: Dead subject, 298 E. Oregon Ave. 2:11 pm: Suspicious vehicle, Bobby Jones Ave./Dale Kuni Rd. 2:39 pm: Suicidal subject, F St. Front St. 4:32 pm: Robbery, 100 Blue Jay…

Millers turn page, sweep tournament
SPRINGFIELD – It was a slow start to the season for the Springfield Millers in head coach Jim Fryback’s return. The Millers lost their first two games by a combined score of 25-4. They turned it around last week though, hosting a tournament and going…

Thurston’s Maddox Molony wins Athlete of the Week
Molony, the reigning Class 5A Player of the Year, has helped lead Thurston to a 5-3 record to start the season. Molony is committed to play at the University of Oregon next season, and will look to end his high school career on a high…

Here to help: March ’23
Feeling good to give back COTTAGE GROVE — Earlier this month, the Cottage Grove Community Foundation awarded local non-profits with funds to support their goals of bettering the community. The awardees are as follows: Family Relief Nursery: Diapers for needy families, $1,319 American Legion Calvin…
