Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
COTTAGE GROVE – Councilors Mike Fleck, Chalice Savage, and Jon Stinnett may be up for recall in a special election this winter, which, if pushed through, could cost taxpayers over $15,000. Anyone who is a registered voter in the district…
SPRINGFIELD – The City is negotiating with the development team to exercise the loan forgiveness route in the contract regarding the Blue McKenzie project: a $34 million initiative to transform the parking lot between the old Buick dealership and the…
SPRINGFIELD – In many ways, Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Yakima Valley Pippins in the season finale was a microcosm of the Springfield Drifters’ season. Great pitching. Good defense. A lack of power and timely hitting. And another one-run loss. …
COTTAGE GROVE – For someone who grew up dreaming of being a filmmaker, Garrett Bridgens sure has endured plenty of plot twists in life. The Cottage Grove High School athletic director has gone from a reluctant educator to substitute teacher…
Pre Classic announces special fan section ■ EUGENE – The Prefontaine Classic and Citius Mag will include the Citius Mag Superfan Section for this year’s event, which serves as the Wanda Diamond League Final. The 2023 Pre Classic takes place…
It has been over a month since I sent in my last column to The Chronicle. Shortly after, Jim and I spent 12 days touring and cruising New England and Eastern Canada visiting areas we have only read about. We…
SPRINGFIELD – Music fans found the perfect way to beat the heat last Wednesday as they came to Island Park for the 2023 Sounds Like Summer concert series finale. They took a Left on Wilson. The Portland-area band –…
As the story goes, it was in the early 1960s that the ODFW planted a few dozen smallmouth bass into the main Umpqua River near Elkton. Salmon and steelhead primarily used the main river as a highway to reach their…
Thanks for the informative article, “Housing crisis a multi-faceted issue” in the Aug. 3 edition of The Chronicle. One factor left out was whole-house rentals via Airbnb and such. I used to rent part of a tri-plex that is now…
For over 15 years, the congregation at Springfield’s Ebbert Memorial United Methodist Church has been engaged in a ministry of feeding hungry people. At first we handed out sack lunches at the church or delivered from our cars, when it…