Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE Candy Coop, on her front porch with pugs Phoebe, left, and Bruce, who was a constant companion for Mike and was in the truck when the accident happened. CRESWELL – It’s a new year, but not a…
Oregon Health Authority has expanded its multilingual Safe + Strong education-and-outreach campaign to help communities find simple, culturally specific information on safely connecting with family and friends this winter. Led by the theme “Love Finds a Way,” resources are available…
SPRINGFIELD – Main Street is consistently ranked as one of the most unsafe city streets in Oregon, and several infrastructure solutions were made at a recent forum. On Thursday, Jan. 7, the Main Street Safety Project stakeholders held a virtual…
Leaders at the helm of Creswell and Cottage Grove governments were sworn into office at Jan. 11’s city council meetings. Amy Knudsen was sworn in as Creswell mayor, and Shelly Clark, Joe Medina and Jerri Hutchinson were sworn in as…
Local government leaders came together to issue a statement Wednesday, Jan. 6, denouncing the rioting at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. – which included the murder of a Capitol Hill police officer among five deaths – and called for communities…
Educators have been bumped up on the vaccine distribution list, as state leaders and health authorities work to get students back in classrooms as soon as possible. So far, in the first group, 1a, people who have been vaccinated include…
Debra Ann (Dow) Bellah, loving daughter and sister, passed away at 64. Born in Bourne, Mass., raised in Orangevale, Calif., she graduated from Casa Roble HS in 1975. She is survived by her parents, Charles and Laura Dow, and three…
George W. Smallwood of Springfield, Ore. passed away Dec. 1, 2020. George was born on Feb. 16, 1932 in Forester, Ark. to Edgar and Cardilia (nee Wilhite) Smallwood. George was one of nine brothers and sisters. George was married to…
LeRoy Martin Randall, 77, passed away on Dec. 3, 2020. He was born Aug. 26, 1943 to Charles and Alice Randall, of Springfield, Ore. The third born of four boys, LeRoy was raised in the Mill Street school area of west…
Joyce Helen Olsen, 87, of Springfield, Ore., died on Dec. 29, 2020. She was born Sept. 23, 1933 in Brainerd, Minn. to Paul and Maybelle Bernard. Joyce graduated from Willamette High School, then graduated from Emanuel School of Nursing. A…