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Dispute leads to man being shot

PLEASANT HILL — Deputies responded to a report of a dispute involving a firearm in the Pleasant Hill area on Wheeler Road. Both the Lane County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police went to the scene, where they discovered a deceased man. The initial…

Fearless’ broths and soups

September marks five years since the Eugene Natural Grocers store openedWow, has it been an amazing few years? One category that has exploded in popularity in our store (and everywhere) is collagen. When we opened in 2014, there were a couple of options – mostly…

Paving the way for safer roads

SPRINGFIELD – City leaders are partnering with county and state traffic officials to address reports that consistently show that parts of Main Street are considered ”one of the most unsafe city streets in Oregon.” The specific area of focus is Main Street between 20th and…

UNPLUGGED

Ordinary Elephant’s Pete Damore and Crystal Hariu-Damore. PHOTO PROVIDED/Kim Still COTTAGE GROVE – An intimate crowd at the Cottage Events Venue was treated to an evening anything but ordinary last Thursday. Looking like they just walked out of a Dorothea Lange photograph, a husband/wife duo…

Do it yourselfers to ‘fly-in’ to Jim Wright Field

COTTAGE GROVE – The first recorded airplane landing in Cottage Grove occurred on June 14, 1919, in a field off South 6th Street. The party included four planes, Oregon Governor Olcott et al., and one pilot who excited the several thousand spectators by performing some…

Speedway playing host To ISCS championship

Cottage Grove – Cottage Grove Speedway returns for a three-night event beginning Friday, Aug. 30, Saturday the 31 and Sunday Sept. 1. It will be the championship weekend for the Interstate Sprint Car Series. Kage Karts kick the weekend off for their final race 2019…

Real-time stats this fall from CHS football

About six years ago, two men at ESPN had a vision to serve high school sports fans in much the same way the company was delivering the most comprehensive sports data to college and pro sports fans. Ultimately, ESPN decided to go in another direction,…

Boy, 13, guilty of murder

A Creswell preteen pleaded guilty last week to murdering a 92-year-old woman on Creswood Drive earlier this year. The boy killed Erma (Sapp) Burnell, of Creswell, in her home on Jan. 7. His name was mentioned in court, but The Chronicle generally does not publish…

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