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Alicia Beymer, chief administrative officer at PeaceHealth Cottage Grove and PeaceHealth Sacred Heart, speaks Saturday with Cottage Grove Mayor Jeff Gowing and others in attendance noting the National Guard’s arrival and support. Covid hospitalizations reached record highs last week before receding slightly, but those numbers…

RON HARTMAN/PHOTO CHRONICLEConnor Hanson (13) throws for a 2-point conversion against Harrisburg on Friday night. CRESWELL — Connor Hanson has added a new wrinkle to his game: Instead of absorbing a bunch of licks as Creswell High School’s most prolific ball-carrier, he’s now dishing them…

Cameron Reiten has a love of all forms of telecommunication. As owner of local radio station KNND, the Mighty 1400, it makes sense that someone in his position would need an understanding of electronics to keep the station on the air. This knowledge was no…

CRESWELL – Retired educator and esteemed community member Gary Mounce, 71, of Creswell, Ore., passed away in his home on Aug. 10 as a result of congestive heart failure. He was born on July 21, 1950 in Lafayette, Ind. and was a Creswell resident for…

Dave Stram CRESWELL – The council has opened the mayor position to the public, and former Creswell mayor Dave Stram is heeding the call. He is one of three applicants so far vying for the position, which will be filled in October by a majority…

Wise Women Herbals CRESWELL – The global dietary supplements market was valued at around $140.3 billion in 2020 and is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6% from 2021-28.  So why should residents of Creswell care? Because a leader in…

DANA MERRYDAY First of a two-part series. Be Your Best started as a dream and has grown from a loose-knit collective into an almost formal organization about to embrace 501-c-3 status. It is another one of those “only in Cottage Grove”-type stories that involve people…

CRESWELL – A critical role during a particularly tumultuous time in Creswell, the application process for mayor will soon be open to the public. Two city councilors – Kevin Prociw and JoeRell Medina – also declared interest during the last seconds of Monday’s city council…

It was not an official opening, ribbon cutting, or dedication, but in the face of all the bad news connected to fires and the surge in COVID-19, last Thursday’s tour of the future site of the Community Health Clinic in Cottage Grove was just the…