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Public feedback needed for Cougar Dam assessment

Photo provided/USACE The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting comments on a draft environmental assessment for downstream fish passage at Cougar Dam. The report will evaluate alternatives for the Corps’ proposed enhancement of downstream fish passage at Cougar Dam. The Corps also will be…

LCSO recognized for Every 15 Minutes program participation

CRESWELL LANE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTIES PARTICIPATE IN THE EVERY 15 MINUTES PROGRAM AT CRESWELL HIGH ONE YEAR AGO. MARCH 14, 2018. Chronicle archives/Christopher Palanuk Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) was recognized on March 5 as the 2018 Oregon Group Advocate of the Year by…

Funding sought for community-use commercial kitchen

RENDERED IMAGE OF THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL COMMUMITY-USE KITCHEN AT THE COBALT ACTIVITY CENTER. Image provided Community Food for Creswell (CFC) is in the midst of a fundraising projet to install a community-use commercial kitchen in the Cobalt Activity Center. The is a project aimed to…

Lifted – Elevating the Old Schoolhouse

THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE WAS LIFTED LAST WEEK AS PART OF CRESWELL HERITAGE FOUNDATION’S EFFORTS IN REPLACING THE FOUNDATION AND THE FRONT PORCH OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDING. CALVIN L. LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, LLC AND HIS CREW ROLLED THROUGH AND SLOPPED THROUGH THE MUD ON MARCH 7 TO…

Friendly City gives back during snowstorm

SANIPAC DRIVER JOSH STANLEY, 24, OF CRESWELL, IS THE ”BUN MANAGER” AT CRESWELL COURT, HELPING FEED THOSE WITHOUT POWER AFTER THE FEBRURY 2019 SNOWSTORM. ERIN TIERNEY/THE CRESWELL CHRONICLE Creswell’s motto of being ”The Friendly City” was reaffirmed during last week’s snow storm, as evidenced by…

Homeless students in our schools

As the state of Oregon faces a crisis of homelessness and a lack of affordable housing, ripple effects are cast into education, as students and their families in Creswell are dealing with its ramifications. According to data from Oregon’s homelessness count, there were 70 students…

Educate yourself before using organic pesticides

Reaching for a pesticide – even an organic one – should be a thoughtful act: Nothing used to kill pests is risk-free.  The first question to ask is if pesticides are really needed at all is by practicing Integrated Pest Management or IPM, said Kaci…