Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
■ TO OUR READERS: This guest column begins an initiative by The Chronicle to shine a spotlight on key policy issues affecting life in our communities. We’ll utilize subject-matter experts to help readers better understand the complexities and options around key policy decisions. What do…
I write to you as an owner of Hearing Associates, a small private audiology practice in Eugene, and an individual with complete deafness in my left ear and incredibly profound hearing loss in my right ear since birth. I want to draw your attention to…
Lumberjills. The first time I heard the term, I thought it was just a cutesy, possibly sexist, take on lumberjacks. In researching, I have learned so much more. The term was first used in the 1910s but became popularized in the 1940s as young women…
Imagine being unhoused during a recent Lane County heat wave, a freezing weather event, or when wildfires created some of the unhealthiest conditions on planet Earth in 2020. The climate crisis will have a disproportionate impact on our most vulnerable community members: the unhoused. This…
SPRINGFIELD – The Chronicle, the only locally owned hyper-local newspaper focused entirely on Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, and Pleasant Hill, continues to expand its distribution footprint across the southern Willamette Valley. Albertsons and Safeway grocery stores – all nine locations from Eugene to Cottage Grove…
It’s likely a safe bet you have some old electronics lying around the house. Think laptops, cell phones, cords, cables, monitors, keyboards, speakers, tablets, game consoles, remotes, or AV equipment. Maybe even VCRs! You get the point. We all have unwanted, unused, or broken electronics. …
The stigma around addiction often obscures a vital truth: recovery is possible, and treatment works. Each year, millions of Americans are affected by substance use disorders, disrupting lives, families, and communities. This January, we observe the first-ever Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, a time to…
New Year’s resolutions – a wide-open and sometimes controversial topic. Speaking only for myself, what a setup. I can quickly come up with a dozen ways to improve myself and my lifestyle, but what are the chances I’ll stop eating pasta or buying earrings, even…
Domestic and wild animals have been a massive part of my life. Born in a logging camp in Minnesota, neighbors such as bears, deer, moose, coyotes, and bobcats were a fact, not a fear or foe. Then, we moved to North Dakota, where my sister…