Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLEFalling trees and ominous smoke clouds were part of a weekend trip to Bend on the Labor Day holiday. Labor Day was smokey and grey outside while my partner and I visited Bend this weekend. These face masks…
Photo courtesy of EWEBLeaburg Canal runs full all winter with stormwater runoff complicating the future of the canal for both power generation and stormwater conveyance. The Leaburg Dam and the Leaburg Canal Project, built by the Eugene Water and Electric…
CRESWELL – Residents and city leaders reacted quickly to a social media post that stated a Black Lives Matter rally was scheduled for City Hall, 13 S. 1st St., on Sept. 27 from 5:30-8 p.m. The Chronicle unsuccessfully attempted reach…
David Oliver Hebert of Springfield Oregon passed away on August 21, 2020 doing what he loved, camping with friends. He was born to Opal Mae Hebert (Barger) and David Allen Hebert at Sacred Heart in Eugene. David attended Fairfield grade…
Patsee White passed away on July 26, 2020. She was born in Nashville, Arkansas, the 14th child of James and Lila Campbell. She was 7 years old when her family moved to Springfield, Oregon where she attended school and began…
Donna Jean Yoss passed away peacefully in Eugene, Oregon at the age of 80. She was born in Newberg, Oregon to Jeannie and August Zenzen. Donna was the oldest of two children. She grew up in the small Oregon coastal…
Lonnie Anderson, 65, died unexpectedly on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, from cardiac arrest. Just a few days earlier he had celebrated his 65th birthday. He was born in Pendleton, Oregon, to Calvin and Nellie Anderson. Lonnie’s family and friends were…
William Leonard Spencer, 89, born in Chehalis, Washington on Dec. 6, 1930, passed away Aug. 4, 2020, in Yuma, Arizona. The first of two children born to Leonard and Carrie Spencer. Bill was an Army veteran of the Korean War…
Wilma Ellenburg, 80, of Cottage Grove passed away at home on Sept. 3, 2020. She was born in Cottage Grove, Oregon to Manford and Cora Goff (Steele) on April 18, 1940. She graduated from Cottage Grove High School in 1958. …
PHOTO BY EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE … Air quality is at dangerous levels in the southern Willamette Valley. The direction from area medical experts could not be clearer: Stay indoors as much as possible. And if you must go out, make…