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Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
To best help families with their childcare needs during this trying time, Willamalane is asking for community input to best shape their child-care programs by assessing their current needs. “We want to ensure that our childcare programs continue to meet…
The late erudite news anchor, Peter Jennings, once said, “Presidents come and go, usually doing less good than you hoped they might, and less harm than you feared they could.” My first lesson in political science came in the seventh…
SPRINGFIELD – City Manager Nancy Newton has selected use-of-force expert Rick Braziel to lead an investigation and review into events surrounding a protest in Thurston on July 29. Braziel is on contract through Jan. 31, 2021 to complete this…
Cottage Grove Mayor Jeff Gowing was born under the sun sign Sagittarius during the lunar Year of the Ox. Ox-born individuals are strong leaders who seek to influence change in the world. They are determined warriors who lean toward careers…
FRANK ARMENDARIZ/THE CHRONICLE A view of the lower Siuslaw River. The river bar was dredged last winter making a crossing less perilous than in recent years. On days that the ocean calms down the bottom fishing has been excellent. A…
CRESWELL – Robert Baguio says he’s always been an “idea guy,” with all kinds of cool and practical products popping into his head. His latest idea is more than just a passing fancy – he already has taken it to…
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE The Chronicle’s newsroom in Creswell has eight workstations today, double its size from 2019. Ahhhh. The early 1990s. Everything felt pretty new and exciting as a young journalist, working in the sports department at The Palm Beach…
DANA MERRYDAY/ THE CHRONICLE Former Councilor Bob Ehler was remembered at the site of the bike repair station named in his honor. The Equinox, rains, and generally cooling temperatures have brought some relief from smoke in the form of cleaner…
ERIN TIERNEY/FILE PHOTO Mayor Richard Zettervall left office three months early due to community reaction to an equity-and-inclusion discussion. CRESWELL – Only three months before his term was to expire, Creswell Mayor Richard Zettervall resigned Sept. 30, citing adversarial responses…
Lola Elizabeth Houser (Woods), 97, passed away June 9, 2020, in Springfield, Oregon. She was born April 13, 1923, in Eckley, Colorado, to Albert and Bitha Woods. Lola grew up in Springfield, Oregon, and in 1944, she married Frank Bahram…