FILE PHOTO The Firehole River in Yellowstone is known for its tremendous fishing and gorgeous scenery. Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a three-part series on visits to small-town Montana.  In the last writing, your mind’s eye saw a historical vision of the…

PHOTO PROVIDED The wood-frame church on the corner of 7th St and Adams Ave was built in 1892. As the first white settlers put down roots in the late 1840s in what is now Cottage Grove, they were scattered about with no semblance of a…

“My dog knows it! He’s just being stubborn.” Do you find yourself saying this when your dog doesn’t follow your cue? We are guilty of thinking or saying this statement. I did it out of embarrassment in training class before I became a trainer.  What…

FRANK ARMENDARIZ/THE CHRONICLE Tami Armendariz and good friend Phil Strader with a wild Umpqua River steelhead that was caught near Elkton. A “hen,” her body thick with eggs, this beauty was released unharmed to continue her journey home. If you haven’t caught a winter steelhead…

Editor’s note: Springfield Mayor Sean VanGordon delivered his 2021 State of the City Address via online video – a first in Springfield’s history. Watch the full address at youtu.be The last year was significant not only for the local response to the pandemic and wildfires,…

If you’re a rural resident of Lane County, there might be a bicycle in your future. Becky Taylor grew up riding her bicycle everywhere as a child in Lane County north of Coburg. “My best friend lived just across the county line and we rode…

SPRINGFIELD – In a Feb. 11 article in The Chronicle, in an interview with the president for the local chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a comment was published that was not verified about the Springfield Police Department.  Ibrahim Coulibaly…

EMMA ROUTLEY/FILE PHOTO Pallet warming shelters were opened in Cottage Grove for several nights this winter. SPRINGFIELD – Looking for a solution to slow the spread of the coronavirus among the unhoused, the City of Springfield is considering setting up pallet shelters. Lane County is…

The Creswell Chamber of Commerce office on Oregon Avenue has been closed since April 2020. CRESWELL – The Creswell Chamber of Commerce has nearly shriveled into nonexistence and will disband if several board vacancies cannot be filled by the end of March, said chamber president…