Area Calendar Through Feb. 12 ■ILLUMINATION exhibit through Feb. 12, at Springfield History Museum, 590 Main Street, Springfield, call Mindy Linder, 541.726.3677 or [email protected]. Thursday, Jan. 20 ■ Creswell Food Pantry, food distribution, Cobalt Activity Center, 364 Cobalt Ln., 9:30-noon. (Weekly)  ■ Creswell Planning Commission…

Mark Malefyt performs at the Brewstation on Saturday, Jan. 8. RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO COTTAGE GROVE – Life experiences. Mark Malefyt has enjoyed – and endured – his fair share of them. As a singer-songwriter, he loves being able to share many of those stories and…

One constant road trip for the D’Amore family For many musicians and performers, 2021 was a year about change, about making a statement, about moving forward … into a future that offers many reasons for hope and optimism, yet at the same time, many reasons…

Hanson CRESWELL – Once he became comfortable with being the “leading man” on the football field, junior quarterback Connor Hanson embraced the role and led Creswell to its best finish in a decade.  Now it’s basketball season, and Hanson is being asked to be “that…

Longtime Thurston residents Michelle Yturri and Daygen Payne, 5th grader at Springfield’s Ridgeview Elementary, comb through the gourd harvest at Herrick Farms on Millican Road on Tuesday, Oct. 26. Yturri and Payne picked up about half a dozen pumpkins to donate to Payne’s class. They…

Todd Snider will be inducted in the Oregon Music Hall of Fame on Saturday. It’s been a long, winding, exhilarating road for Todd Snider, who was finally afforded a much-needed break when Covid came around.  “I put out my first album in ’94 and I’ve…