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Auten GLENWOOD – The Lane Transit District (LTD) Board of Directors voted unanimously on Aug. 3 to enter negotiations with Jameson Auten, deputy chief operating officer with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, who was offered the District’s general manager position at the end of May,…

CRESWELL – Hobby Field in Creswell will receive $150,000 to install new runway approach path indicators and end identifier lights.  The grant comes after U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley last week announced that some Oregon airports will receive a combined $2.6 million from…

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 of the world’s elite violin…

LANE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/CRESLANE SECURITY STILLTwo suspects, believed to be two juvenile boys, broke into Creslane Elementary School on July 28. Police are looking for help identifying the suspects. Call 541-682-4150 opt 1. Reference Case #22-4136. CRESWELL – Two young suspects were captured on video…

ERIN TIERNEY-HEGGENSTALLER / THE CHRONICLE Pastor Liv Gibbons in her favorite dress on the steps of Ebbert Memorial United Methodist Church. SPRINGFIELD – On the corner of 6th and C streets in Springfield, stands Ebbert Memorial United Methodist Church, a quite large and peculiar brick…

BOBBY STEVENS / THE CHRONICLERae Matagora is all smiles as she works on her colorful “under the sea” creation. SPRINGFIELD – Next time you’re in downtown Springfield, take some time to glance down at the sidewalk. You might be surprised at what you see.  A…

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 their nine-stop tour by playing…

SPRINGFIELD – Close, but no cigar may as well have been the Drifters’ motto on Wednesday, July 27 when they hosted the first-place Corvallis Knights at Hamlin Field. The Drifters fell 9-6 on a scorching hot evening, but had chances to win slip through their…