Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
BRAD COOK/ THE CHRONICLE – The band’s lead singer, Darby Gould, grinds out one of Janis Joplin’s hits during an opening-night performance at the Hippie Museum in front more than 100 people. SPRINGFIELD – Big Brother and the Holding Company…
CRESWELL – The Finnish are coming, the Finnish are coming! Hey, that’s news that’s worth shouting from the streets. Finland’s track team plans to stay in Creswell throughout the 2022 World Athletics Championships from July 15-24 in Eugene. Dr. Lonn…
Due to the declining Covid hospitalizations along the west coast, the state health officials are lifting mask requirements in indoor public spaces and schools on March 12, shifting masking decisions to the local level, Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday. Oregon…
Brick Kaylee Annis and Averie Stockwell won 5A state wrestling titles for the Thurston girls, while Creswell’s Brielle Brick earned second place after finishing fourth in 2020. Competing Thursday at Culver High School, Annis won at 105 pounds, pinning West…
MIKE EYSTER/THE CHRONICLE – Noah Montoya, a Farmington, Utah, native, recorded two doubles over the weekend. SPRINGFIELD – Kai Keamo, who recorded a save in Bushnell’s first victory in program history two weeks ago earned his first win in 4…
ALESHA CULP / PHOTO CHS girls varsity basketball team. Emme Whitson scored 24 points, including a steal for a layup that tied the game with 11 seconds left in regulation, as Creswell rallied to defeat host Douglas in the first…
The room with a view. At the top of a knoll on Blue Mountain School Road that forces Mosby Creek to take a jog around it lies the Brumbaugh Cemetery. Like many of the area’s early pioneer burial grounds it sits on…
Hayes & Allen Sadly, Lorane lost another of its longtime residents. Lou Dell Doughty Hayes was born and attended grade school in Lorane; she later graduated from Crow High School in 1960. She married Walt Hayes in 1963 and they…
William J. Welt of Cottage Grove, Ore., died Feb. 9 due to complications related to age, he was 84. Bill was born Nov. 11, 1937, in Roseburg, Ore., to Austin and Rachel (Lexvold) Welt. He graduated from Roseburg High School…
Lou Dell Hayes passed away on February 15, 2022, at her home in Lorane, Ore. Lou was born Sept. 4, 1942, in Eugene, Oregon to Lewis and Josie Doughty. She had fond memories of growing up on a farm in Lorane…