Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Despite nearly a week without power, the recent ice storm made me realize how fortunate my family was. • Our friends took us in because we didn’t have a non-electric heat source. • I have a very supportive employer who allowed me to telework and…
The last time I caught up on all of the people I meet and interact with was well before the ice storm. In fact, it might have been before Taylor and Travis started dating. I’ve been joining a few members of the Twin Rivers Rotary…
Benjamin Nash has been named The Chronicle’s distribution manager, overseeing all aspects of the company’s home delivery, subscription, and single-copy sales of the weekly newspaper. He’ll also lead multiple circulation and subscription initiatives to continue growing the paper’s readership. Nash, 32, has been an automotive…
Dear Editor, On Monday morning of this recent storm with temperatures in our home in the 40s and no cell phone service to call for any help, my wife and I, both in our 70s, tried to figure a way out of this ice storm…
Dear Editor, The recent ice storm brought devastation to many sections of the South Willamette Valley. Pictures of Coiner Park in Cottage Grove bring back nostalgia of a bandstand/gazebo built by the Lions Club in the late 1980s, and a two-and-a-half foot Douglas fir tree…
Taking the NextStep in your reuse journey A few months back, I was in the market for a new flatscreen TV. After all, there’s nothing better than snuggling up and watching a favorite movie on a dreary winter day. I wanted a state-of-the-art system that…
The local media landscape continues to change, the result of a roaring sea of challenges that continue to rock everyone from the biggest dailies to the smallest weekly papers. While we all face similar challenges, it would be a mistake to lump them all together. …
I’ve been fortunate enough to speak at a few public venues recently, and a consistent question comes up each time: “How can we know what is credible, trustworthy reporting?” It’s harder than ever to draw that distinction. Large corporations that own daily newspapers for the…
A dog named Owney: A nod to beloved animal mascots Dear readers, thank you for supporting The Chronicle and for following the Nostalgia Corner. I am pleased to be writing again after some time away. Today’s column will be the story of a little dog…