Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Bob Beck/ Robert’s Ramblings On Sundays we have been reading from the Book of Exodus, and I have been impressed by how often Moses questions, or perhaps challenges, God. When we read the Book of Job we see this again. Job is faithful to God but his…
Lane Transit District (LTD) has begun using R99 renewable diesel fuel to replace the B5 ULSD it has traditionally used to fuel LTD’s fleet. R99 Renewable Diesel is commercially derived from a diverse array of fats and oil by-products and used in normal diesel engines.…
The case counts for COVID-19 are setting record highs in Lane County for weeks – a surge also seen across the state. The most recent surveillance summary from Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reports 41 people in Creswell tested positive for COVID-19 since March; 77 people…
Much progress is being made on the Territorial Highway Project at Stony Point the past few weeks. A traffic light has been installed and a concrete barrier has been erected so that one-way traffic can proceed in a single lane around the worst part of…
FRANK ARMENDARIZ/THE CHRONICLEWinter steelhead (note the jawline on this female) start showing up in most of Oregon’s coastal rivers around Thanksgiving. The silver (or chrome) lining of November is that winter steelhead will soon be in most rivers all along the Oregon coast. Steelheads actually…
This Veterans Day, for the first time since the holiday was conceived in November 1919, there will be no large ceremonies in big cities and small towns to properly express our gratitude and appreciation of the men and women who served in the U.S. military.…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLECRESWELL – Rev. Norm Few celebrates on Sunday during his 90th birthday party. If the City of Creswell were to nominate one person for sainthood, the whole town could just about agree that Norm Few should get the nod for that nomination. So…
Merryday I might have bitten off more than I can chew in attempting to tell the story of Mt. David in three parts but I am going to try to cover a lot of ground this week, even at the risk of oversimplifying a very…
BRADLEY COOK/FLASHBOX STUDIO CRESWELL – The weekend before Election Day, counter-protesters clashed as they took to the corners of First Street and Oregon Avenue. It was scheduled as a Black Lives Matter protest on Nov. 1, after the first attempt on Sept. 27 was postponed…