Oregon Health Authority released its biennial Oregon Healthcare Workforce Needs Assessment report recently, which shows that the racial/ethnic diversity of the healthcare workforce does not match the diversity of the Oregon population. OHA also released its Healthcare Provider Incentive Program (HCPIP), which showed how Oregon’s…

Dear Bernard: My husband has been a “good guy” being a supportive and hard-working partner throughout our 10-year marriage. However, since the pandemic he has really been irritating me. He still struggles with the idea of wearing a mask and maintaining social distance. While normally…

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE These structures are known as “yurts” in the West. The word comes from the Russian “yurta,” which in turn comes from the Turkic word “jurt.” COTTAGE GROVE – Alan Bair never intended to start a company or a movement.  Then one day, he…

PHOTO PROVIDED Creswell’s local Girl Scouts Troop 20247 volunteered at the Creswell Food Pantry last week, placing labels on repackaged baking chip bags and adding them to boxes. Chew on this: Girl Scouts cookies have arrived in Lane County.  It should be only a week…

Back in the day, a man they called Rooster was proud to be BMOC (Blues Man on Campus) in the Eugene-Springfield area.  Gavin “Rooster” Fox, who founded the KLCC Blues Power radio show in the late 1970s, earned a name for himself by hosting jams…

Springfield mayor Sean VanGordon on Feb. 17 delivered his 2021 State of the City Address via video online. SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield City Council this week interviewed half its candidates for the vacant Ward 1 interim council seat. The vacancy comes after councilor Sean VanGordon…

Inching toward progress, health officials this week are dishing out vaccine doses to the 75-and-over individuals, while school officials continue bringing students back, vaccinating their staff and working to avoid any potential liabilities.  Each week, more and more people become eligible for the vaccine, with…

ARCHIVE PHOTO A common scene for people of a certain generation, “light lunch counters” at diners were a popular destination. My first memory of a soda fountain light lunch counter is from 1939. We lived a few blocks from downtown Marysville, Wash., and my folks…

PHOTO PROVIDED Workers on Social Security disability have more job opportunities than ever before. As Americans celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it’s worth acknowledging the increased support options available to people with disabilities who want to work.   Since 1999,…