Category Community

County recycling program underway

Lane County Waste Management began a six-month pilot project that seeks to improve the quantity and quality of recycling at apartments, condominiums and multi-tenant properties.  Some of the 2,000 households in the pilot may be wondering: “Who is that peeking into garbage and recycling containers?”…

Counseling center offering support for students, parents

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted students’ mental well-being in numerous ways. Prolonged school closure and online learning pose some challenges for students such as loss of in-person connection, zoom fatigue, and lack of access to stable internet connection. Further, these transitions have presented parents with…

SPS board looks to improve equity in schools

SPRINGFIELD – The Oregon School Boards Association held a staff training session for Springfield district board members and staff discussing how to best improve the equity challenges students and families face in the district. The meeting was led by Vincent Adams, OSBA board development specialist,…

Mutated virus rears ugly head in state

The UK mutation A more contagious mutation of the coronavirus that rapidly swept through the United Kingdom has made its way to Oregon – one case each in Yamhill and Multnomah counties – but none in Lane County, public health officials stated.  Keeping the more-contagious…

‘Free Rein’ to shop local

EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Owner Melanie Stuhlmiller at her boutique on East Main St. in Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE – Melanie Stuhlmiller wasn’t about to spend her life working 9-to-5s. Despite the familiar pandemic-related challenges, she pushed through to make her small-town women’s boutique, Free Rein…

Cycling through the Grove

DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Shop owner Chris Compton advises a customer at Rainy Peak Bicycles in Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove has a history of reinventing itself.   For a while, gold mining dominated the local economy. After the glimmer of gold faded, the Grove became a…

Coping tips for dealing with Covid

This week Dear Bernard’s guest columnist and licensed psychologist Jon Davies offers tips on persevering your well-being through the next six months of the pandemic.  Have you been feeling frustrated, irritable, anxious, lonely, depressed or even hopeless? Are you worried about your health or that…

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