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Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
As last resort, Chronicle files complaint with Ethics Commission On March 14, now a full month ago, The Chronicle was unlawfully booted from the Creswell School Board executive session — a blatant violation of Public Meetings Law. The Chronicle raised the red flag on government…
INFOGINX IMAGE In many ways, the most pressing issues of society today – increasing income disparity, chronic health problems and climate change – are the result of the dramatic gains in higher productivity we’ve achieved with technology and science. The internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering,…
It’s heartening to see, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, growing skepticism about how Facebook handles data and data privacy. But we should take this opportunity to ask the bigger, harder questions, too – questions about discrimination and division, and whether we want…
A couple years ago, local builders and contractors donated their time, equipment, labor and materials to rebuild a couple of houses for free through the Hope Restored program. They did a wonderful job on the homes, inside and out, including a ramp for a disabled…
The threat of paper tariffs has been a deep concern for our company and the entire newspaper industry since last fall, when one lone paper supplier, North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC), sought protection from Canadian paper imports by filing a petition with the U.S. Department…
Every State in our Union has laws to protect the citizens and we have a unique one that pertains to open meetings by governing bodies. This law pertains to rules and regulations that must be followed and concern city councils, school boards, fire districts, etc.…
The ”short” session the legislature holds each even-numbered year is always intense and fast-paced and the 2018 short session was no exception. It was the fourth short session we’ve convened since the voters passed the annual sessions constitutional amendment in 2010, and it was perhaps…
In last week’s edition, The Chronicle reported that at the monthly Creswell School Board (CSB) meeting on Wednesday, March 14, this reporter was unjustly kicked out of an executive session — a violation of Publics Meetings Law. To catch up, read that story here: …
With the recent lawsuit filed Feb. 14 against Creswell School District regarding staff and the sexual assault of a developmentally disabled child in the elementary bathroom, the safety threat of our children clearly comes, not from from the outside, but from within. How can this…