Museum Curator Maddie McGraw stands next to a 1939 drift boat made by Wood ”Woodie” Knoble Hindman, which was shared by the McKenzie River Discovery Center with the museum for the exhibit. Aliya Hall/The Chronicle SPRINGFIELD – When it comes to local rivers, Springfield Museum…

Participants join in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Springfield. Jen Blue/The Chronicle SPRINGFIELD – In his ”Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. said, ”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable web of mutuality,…

Photo courtesy/Lifeslice Photography Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce staff, from left: Max Molzahn, Paige Sharpe, Judy Clark, Elora Kelsh, Vonnie Mikkelsen, Dani Thompson, Natasha Boska, and Phil Morton.

Fifth-generation Oregonian author William Sullivan is best known for his hiking guides and ”Listening for Coyote,” a journal about his 1000-mile hike across Oregon. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD – Vikings have gained a reputation in present-day views of history for pillaging villages in England, but Oregon…

Oblique view of Grinnell Glacier taken from the summit of Mount Gould, Glacier National Park. The relative sensitivity of glaciers to climate change is illustrated by the dramatic recession of Grinnell Glacier while surrounding vegetation patterns remain stable. Source: T.J. Hileman, courtesy of Glacier National…