Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
In the famous words of Maya Angelou, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Truer words could not be spoken when it comes to my story. From the time I was a little girl, I’ve always cared for people. It…
ELKTON, Ore. – Native American-style flute music returns to the Elkton Community Education Center on July 14-16. Free concerts and family-friendly inspiration span three days featuring open mic performances for amateurs and professionals alike. Flutestock is unmatched for its mixing and matching of people, location,…
Thank you for the articles about Col. Dick Heyman, one of our last remaining heroes that participated in Operation Overlord, known to many as D-Day or the Normandy invasion, June 6, 1944. So many in our younger generation do not realize the importance to our…
When Diana Yochkova Smith performs, audiences see her passion and skill. Many see the name “Diana Smith” and dismiss the olive complexion; they assume she is a Caucasian American belly dancing. That is incorrect on multiple levels. Smith is an immigrant from Bulgaria who takes…
House Bills 3242 and 3243 are the wrong pieces of legislation at the wrong time. When too many Oregonians are struggling to afford housing, groceries, and medicine, legislators should not risk raising their insurance rates too. The bills would seriously disrupt our insurance market, undermining…
“Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of His praise be heard;He has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.“ — PSALM 66: 8-10 Over the past…
In 2019, my wife and I took retirement money to purchase 39 acres of F2 woodland in Vida. Kate was relishing a return to the PNW; I was both eagerly and anxiously anticipating our departure from my native California. To say we were unprepared to…
In May we observe National Treatment Court Month. Amidst an increasing rate of fatalities from opioid overdose and the urgent need for solutions, treatment courts emerge as a beacon of hope. These specialty courts — which seek to address the substance use that underlie and…
Noel Nash, publisher Among the reasons my wife and I purchased The Chronicle was a desire to invest in our communities, to uplift and edify through accurate storytelling and credible coverage. Perhaps no month more than this May has demonstrated that commitment. For instance: We…