Editor’s Note: The video used in this article has been edited for length. The full 25-minute video can be found here. COTTAGE GROVE – A school board candidate forum in Cottage Grove this week turned physical in response to a woman’s chant denouncing anti-transgender rhetoric. The forum was hosted by[Read More…]
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Collared wolf seen in Mosby Creek area
COTTAGE GROVE – Collared wolf OR125 has recently been seen near Mosby Creek. OR125 is a wolf originally from the Indigo Pack, which is a resident pack in Douglas County. This wolf was collared last June 2022. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife does not relocate or move wolves.[Read More…]
Bohemia Mining Days in dire straits: event $35K short of goal
COTTAGE GROVE — The summer-fun July festival in Cottage Grove, Bohemia Mining Days — a weekend full of prospectin’, rootin’ and tootin’ — continues to struggle with the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, and organizers say “final fundraising and logistical factors” may ultimately derail the event. In a letter[Read More…]
Out of the Dark: Magnolia Gardens rebuilding trust after period of elder abuse, neglect
COTTAGE GROVE – The first conversation was far from easy, but it was inevitable – Sue can accept that. The time had come for her to move into an assisted-living home. Her husband had taken his life the year before, and the daily upkeep of bathing, picking up her prescriptions[Read More…]
Grove city manager up for evaluation
COTTAGE GROVE – The city manager of Cottage Grove will be evaluated after the mayor requested an executive session to review “the employment-related performance” of the chief executive officer of the city. This isn’t the annual evaluation for city manager Richard Meyers, where the council reviews his overall performance. Mayor[Read More…]
Grove clinic gets funding
COTTAGE GROVE — Last week, rural healthcare advocates celebrated a big win in Cottage Grove — reaching their funding goals for the Federally Qualified South Lane Health Center. The project has been in the works for 16 years and marks a diverse collaboration of federal, state, county and local government[Read More…]
Cottage Grove’s Brennen Murphy wins Athlete of the Week
Cottage Grove, ex-officer settle
City to pay $100K after complaint of workplace, gender harassment COTTAGE GROVE — The City of Cottage Grove will pay $100,000 to a former Cottage Grove Police officer after she alleged being subjected to a “hostile work environment and disparate treatment based on sex” in the workplace for over a[Read More…]
‘Extremely unacceptable behavior’ led to Cottage Grove PD resignations
Chief, Captain engaged in racist language, sexual harassment, other acts in the workplace COTTAGE GROVE – Five months after the sudden resignations of former Cottage Grove Police Chief Scott Shepherd and Captain Conrad Gagner, The Chronicle has obtained documents that detail the circumstances around their departure, including: The documents were[Read More…]
Row River reforestation efforts taking root
COTTAGE GROVE – Sections of the Row River are getting a facelift thanks to a contract between the City of Cottage Grove, The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council (CFWWC) and The Freshwater Trust (TFT). The project was unanimously approved by the Cottage Grove City Council at last week’s meeting. TFT[Read More…]