Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE Pacific Yurts’ famous acrylic dome at its Cottage Grove facility Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part series on Pacific Yurts, a Cottage Grove business. In last week’s issue we learned how local-born Pacific Yurts…
Cottage Grove’s tiny house village project on East Madison received a matching grant of $50,000 to help complete the project funding. Every donation received will be matched by the grant, doubling the impact. Cottage Village has $155,000 left to raise…
Oregon Health Authority released its biennial Oregon Healthcare Workforce Needs Assessment report recently, which shows that the racial/ethnic diversity of the healthcare workforce does not match the diversity of the Oregon population. OHA also released its Healthcare Provider Incentive Program…
CRESWELL – It was just a small line item in the Creswell School District Board Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 10, listing the recent installation of 250 air filters for schools across the district. It’s something that happens every year. Except…
Dear Bernard: My husband has been a “good guy” being a supportive and hard-working partner throughout our 10-year marriage. However, since the pandemic he has really been irritating me. He still struggles with the idea of wearing a mask and…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Creswell High School football players practice Tuesday in anticipation of the season being played. The Oregon Health Authority made a timely audible — one that may have saved the high school football season. The Governor’s Office announced…
This week, Jim became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination. He is 81, and we are eagerly awaiting the phone call or email that will give him a time to go in for his first shot. It’s been a long time…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Creswell High School football players practice Tuesday in anticipation of the season being played. The first sports to return to action — football, girls volleyball and boys and girls soccer — will not be playing for state…
DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE These structures are known as “yurts” in the West. The word comes from the Russian “yurta,” which in turn comes from the Turkic word “jurt.” COTTAGE GROVE – Alan Bair never intended to start a company or a…
PHOTO PROVIDED Creswell’s local Girl Scouts Troop 20247 volunteered at the Creswell Food Pantry last week, placing labels on repackaged baking chip bags and adding them to boxes. Chew on this: Girl Scouts cookies have arrived in Lane County. It…