Weekly Clips for April 16

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By Ashlin Sanderson

COTTAGE GROVE – Incomplete financial audits and accounting inaccuracies have led the City of Cottage Grove to address budget challenges for the next fiscal year. In January of this year,…

By Erin Tierney-Heggenstaller – Executive Editor

CRESWELL – The City of Creswell has officially broken the mold, as the council unanimously authorized the city manager, Vincent Martorello, to terminate the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Lane County,…

By Ashlin Sanderson

SPRINGFIELD – A community group called Save Springfield Library is organizing library supporters to attend upcoming budget committee meetings to ensure decision-makers are aware of public support for the Springfield…

By Chronicle News Service

Master recycling volunteers help load bagged compost as part of a free giveaway at Rexius on highway 99 in Eugene on April 11, 2026. Vehicles line up to enter the…

By Chronicle News Service

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield is in full bloom, as captured by Chronicle photographer Adon Eccles. The pink-flowering trees that bloom in early spring along Centennial Boulevard and nearby areas in Springfield…

By Chronicle News Service

CRESWELL – The Creswell Middle School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter achieved remarkable success at the FBLA State Competition held from April 9-11, 2026, securing 1st place among…

By Chronicle News Service

Event features international author Michael Angelo Caruso COTTAGE GROVE – The Rotary Club of Cottage Grove will host a professional development seminar led by international author and speaker Michael Angelo…




In case you missed it…

PeaceHealth opening 1st

brain injury clinic

Alicia Beymer, chief administrative officer at PeaceHealth, and Ashley McDonald, director of the current Oregon rehab center, led a tour through the new inpatient rehabilitation hospital that is still under construction, on March 31. BOB WILLIAMS / CHRONICLE PHOTO

SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth is set to open Oregon’s first traumatic brain injury (TBI) unit this summer once construction is complete on the facility’s new inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

The specially designed 67,000-square-foot hospital will include an open dining area, an apartment, two gyms, nursing units, and an outdoor area.

Alicia Beymer, PeaceHealth’s chief administrative officer, said the journey started in 2020 at the University District. The old inpatient rehab unit was licensed to fit 18 beds, but generally averaged eight patients a day. Beymer said that back then, the unit’s quality was nationally ranked around the 10th percentile.

“We didn’t have the expertise on how to really develop and provide that really specialized inpatient rehab care in our facility. So we contracted with LifePoint,” she said.



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