Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
FRANK ARMENDARIZ/PHOTOPhill Strader of Glide is about to release a wild steelhead from the Umpqua River that I caught last February. The presence of an adipose fin required that this steelhead buck be released. A couple of Pacific storms came onshore last weekend, bringing strong…
CRESWELL – The Creswell Heritage Foundation completed several projects in 2020 related to the Old Schoolhouse, and project leaders expressed thanks for community members who made it possible despite shortfalls caused by COVID-19. Julie Whalen of Willamette Window Restoration restored the four windows on the…
SALEM, Ore. — A decapitated black bear joins a growing list of animals from a frenzy of poaching in Lane County in recent weeks. The crimes appear to be random and opportunistic, and officials are looking for leads in multiple cases. Oregon State Police Senior…
Monica Venice, left, and Susan Marie Williams meet to renew acquaintances at the Opal Theatre Presentation of Creative Chaos earlier this year. My wife, Mary Jean, and I, were blessed with the birth of a fine healthy son. Three years later, we were blessed…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE The Cornbread Cafe in historic downtown Springfield on Main Street closed during the pandemic. A different restaurant is moving into the space, which is under renovation, the building’s owner said. Crumpled-up masks lay strewn on sidewalks as fall foliage collects in rain…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Dick Heyman cuts the ribbon to celebrate the new EAA memorial garden. CRESWELL – The overcast and rainy weather Oregonians are so often doomed to this time of year held off on Veterans Day at the Hobby Field Airport. The traditional Veterans…
Nguyen Cottage Grove artist Uyen-Thi “T” Nguyen wasn’t the sort of person to stay in one place for very long – that is, before she landed in Cottage Grove. She and her family decided to move here to enroll her kids in Blue Mountain School.…
Impact Your Health Eugene officials announced that its services are available for Creswell residents in need of free dental extractions. The service will be available at the Lane Events Center on Saturday, Nov. 14 by appointment only; no walk-ins. The organization has provided more than $1…
The proposed plan is to create a village with the shelters on city property behind the post office, where the limb dump has been held.DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Major Thomas Egan was a sensitive and conflicted man. Bright, highly educated, and proud, he refused to ask…