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Hands-on healing

‘Art as therapy’ amplified in local businesses Art provides all people, regardless of ability or skill, with a creative space to clear their heads and decompress from their busy and…

22 Feb 2024

Hands-on healing

‘Art as therapy’ amplified in local businesses Art provides all people, regardless of ability or skill, with a creative space to clear their heads and decompress from their busy and…

22 Feb 2024

Creswell checking off moratorium to-do list

CRESWELL – The city council passed two resolutions this month to address receiving money from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program. The CWSRF…

22 Feb 2024

Creswell checking off moratorium to-do list

22 Feb 2024

Second labor charge lodged against hospital

SPRINGFIELD – Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has filed a second unfair labor practice charge against PeaceHealth through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as home care nurses continue to strike…

22 Feb 2024

Second labor charge lodged against hospital

22 Feb 2024

Here to Help: Springfield Rotary celebrates 77 years of service

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield Rotary members have honed in on community service for 77 years both locally and abroad. Rotary International is an organization which connects people to create change “across…

22 Feb 2024

Here to Help: Springfield Rotary celebrates 77 years of service

22 Feb 2024

7 years of dedication saved Creswell’s historic schoolhouse, Creswell First! takes it from here

It was one of the first stories I stepped into as a reporter for The Chronicle. About eight years ago, the Creswell City Council had a tough decision to make.…

22 Feb 2024

7 years of dedication saved Creswell’s historic schoolhouse, Creswell First! takes it from here

It was one of the first stories I stepped into as a reporter for The Chronicle. About eight years ago, the Creswell City Council had a tough decision to make.…

22 Feb 2024

Ice storm post-mortem: One month later

Coiner Park in Cottage Grove sustained damage to many of it’s old large trees.

Severe storm’s scars steadfast

Although January’s winter storm began its icy attack on Lane County just over a month ago, its presence lingers, and the destruction this natural disaster caused is still immeasurable.

Fallen trees and power outages connected Lane County residents through this frozen fiasco. But cities within the county handled the ice storm uniquely to the circumstances they were struck with.

There’s no surprise that the ice storm caused issues for each of the cities. Springfield grappled with its boil water notice; Cottage Grove has drastic vegetation loss; and Creswell’s wetland areas and reservoir have immeasurable damage. But it’s important to remember that comparing each city’s struggles cannot adequately answer the question “Which city suffered the most?” because each city suffered in unique ways.

Data is still incomplete, as damages have not been fully grasped yet, but spokespeople from each of the three cities did discuss how the Jan. 12 storm’s unprecedented impairments have been tackled thus far and what’s on the horizon for continued remedial action.

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