Category Opinion & Editorial

Residents fight fires together

Dear Editor, You had an article in your last paper about the need for a fire department up here in the Dorena-Disston area. As a matter of fact, we do have an unofficial fire department with three fire trucks and about 20 “fire trailers” that…

Letter to the editor

Addi’s Diner article brings back sweet memories Dear Editor: In your Sept. 8 issue you published an article on Addi’s Diner. It brought back some lovely memories. Thirty-one years ago, I escaped the traffic madness of Los Angeles and settled into a wonderful house on…

Extra! Extra! Print is dead; long live print

Perhaps you heard the news last week. The country’s largest newspaper chain, Washington, D.C.-based Gannett and owner of The Register-Guard in Eugene, laid off 3% of its U.S. workforce – or roughly 400 employees. The company also announced that it would not fill another 400…

Local cemeteries hold deep history

For the last few months I have been engulfed in working on a historical display that will be erected at the J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge.  One side tells of the days when River Road was essentially downtown Cottage Grove and is titled “Slabtown”.  I…