EUGENE – The Cottage Grove boys and Thurston girls both took home third-place finishes in the team competition at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Track and Field State Championships last weekend. For the Cottage Grove boys, the podium finish was the team’s first in 46 years, and it comes[Read More…]
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Any way you slice it: Bread Club a staple in Cottage Grove’s culture
COTTAGE GROVE – Every Thursday evening there is a steady stream of visitors heading in to Kalapuya Books on Main Street in Cottage Grove. Communities are on the rise again after Covid and so is this town’s very own Bread Club. For many of its visitors, this popular weekly event[Read More…]
Art talk about the Cottage Grove Art Walk
COTTAGE GROVE — With the sun finally shining but the summer heat not fully bearing down on us, it is the most inviting time of year to go to the Cottage Grove Art Walk on the last Friday of the month. All one needs to do is look for the[Read More…]
Murphy pacing contending Lions
COTTAGE GROVE – Brennan Murphy, a standout performer on Cottage Grove’s boys track and field team, completed a record-breaking day at the Wally Clochetti Invitational at CGHS on Saturday, becoming only the second athlete in school history to run the 400-meter dash in less than 50 seconds. His final time[Read More…]
Cottage Grove’s Brennen Murphy wins Athlete of the Week
PHOTOS: Cottage Grove, Creswell compete at Wally Ciochetti Invitational
Cottage Grove and Creswell’s Track and Field teams competed at the Wally Ciochetti Invitational at CGHS yesterday. See some of the photos from the meet below. All photos by Pierre Weil / The Chronicle.
Grove Council OKs city manager’s performance
COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove City Council met in executive session Monday night to “review and discuss the performance of the City Manager and to review a confidential legal memorandum from the City Attorney to the City Council.” The executive session was called by Mayor Candace Solesbee after The[Read More…]
Lions softball coach sees bright future as young players emerge
COTTAGE GROVE – Coach Adam Dimock, in his second season leading the Cottage Grove Lions’ softball program, has seen his share of ups and down this season. The Lions are 8-10, ranked 17th in Class 4A, and have a victory over ninth-ranked Marshfield earlier this season. “We’ve got a young[Read More…]
Cottage Grove’s Emily Pacheco wins Athlete of the Week
School board threats halt in-person meeting
COTTAGE GROVE — “Out of an abundance of caution,” on Monday, the South Lane School District decided to move its school board meeting from an in-person gathering to zoom. Earlier this week, district staff received a report of a “threat specifically targeting the upcoming South Lane School District school board[Read More…]