Weekly Clips for October 3

Welcome to The Chronicle Newsletter

Hyper-local highlights delivered to your inbox each week.

The Chronicle Foundation provides a tax-deductible way for you to support your community newspaper. No matter the amount, you can make a one-time payment or set up a monthly, recurring gift.

This week’s top highlights…

The recipe for success: Cottage Grove Community Cook-off

COTTAGE GROVE — There are few places where you can find locally sourced meat, $5 plates of food, non-profits, and a celebrity chef. But if you were walking Washington Street…

3 Oct 2024

The recipe for success: Cottage Grove Community Cook-off

COTTAGE GROVE — There are few places where you can find locally sourced meat, $5 plates of food, non-profits, and a celebrity chef. But if you were walking Washington Street…

3 Oct 2024

United Way’s ‘Days of Caring’ a perpetual inspiration for volunteers

SPRINGFIELD — Life is like the yellow brick road, as Alma Fumiko Hesus described. It is a paved path for some people, but there are holes and challenges for others.…

3 Oct 2024

United Way’s ‘Days of Caring’ a perpetual inspiration for volunteers

SPRINGFIELD — Life is like the yellow brick road, as Alma Fumiko Hesus described. It is a paved path for some people, but there are holes and challenges for others.…

3 Oct 2024

Free download: Chronicle Fall Coloring Contest – Deadline Oct. 17, 2024

2024 Chronicle Fall Coloring Contest Instructions and Coloring Page Download Questions? Email [email protected] or call 541-515-6233.

3 Oct 2024

Free download: Chronicle Fall Coloring Contest – Deadline Oct. 17, 2024

2024 Chronicle Fall Coloring Contest Instructions and Coloring Page Download Questions? Email [email protected] or call 541-515-6233.

3 Oct 2024

Cottage Grove City Councilor relocates to Eugene; candidate steps into role early

COTTAGE GROVE – Poised amidst the wood-paneled, brightly lit backdrop of City Hall, Jon Stinnett, Ward 2 City Councilor, announced his resignation on Sept. 23. Stinnett’s exit from the post,…

3 Oct 2024

Cottage Grove City Councilor relocates to Eugene; candidate steps into role early

COTTAGE GROVE – Poised amidst the wood-paneled, brightly lit backdrop of City Hall, Jon Stinnett, Ward 2 City Councilor, announced his resignation on Sept. 23. Stinnett’s exit from the post,…

3 Oct 2024

Advice from award-winning teacher Kathryn Holst

CRESWELL —To Kathryn Holst’s surprise, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, she was awarded $1,000 and named one of Oregon’s Regional Teachers of the Year. Although Holst’s peers were not as surprised…

3 Oct 2024

Advice from award-winning teacher Kathryn Holst

CRESWELL —To Kathryn Holst’s surprise, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, she was awarded $1,000 and named one of Oregon’s Regional Teachers of the Year. Although Holst’s peers were not as surprised…

3 Oct 2024

CTE – Education at Work, Part 4: The student experience

Scott Lierman, Keenen Johnson and other members of Chambers Construction’s carpenter apprenticeship program work on building new homes for the Springfield community. TATUM STUART / CHRONICLE PHOTO

Editors note: As students and teachers return to school, The Chronicle takes a deeper look at Career and Technical Education in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Pleasant Hill, and Creswell. This is part 4 of 4 of the series. Check this out if you missed part 1, part 2, or part 3. A companion piece for this week’s edition is also posted here. This series was made possible in part by donations to The Chronicle Foundation and the Fund for Oregon Rural Journalism (FORJ).

A recent Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation study found that Gen-Z students are generally less interested in their public education — especially if they are not pursuing a college degree.

That study showed that, between 2023 and 2024, the percent of students that agreed that they had learned something interesting at school in the last seven days decreased by 10%.

There is also a significant difference between students’ responses when they are interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree versus when they are not.

Read it here

Let’s keep in touch…

Our newsroom can’t be everywhere, and we rely on you to help keep us in the loop about what’s happening. What are journalists missing in our communities? We want to hear from you. Click The Chronicle logo below to fill out an entry form.