Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
LORANE — This week, a close relative who is caretaking both her husband and brother—one in the hospital, needing to come home, and one who is in hospice care who she could not leave—was in desperate need of our help.…
LORANE — This concept of staying home must seem very strange to our younger generations, but it is familiar to me. When we were raising our family of four kids, I made one trip to town a week to get…
Bay Street is the heart of Florence’s tourist district. It was approaching noon when this image was captured. The Beachcomber is a popular stop for many and a popular hangout for locals. Frank Armendariz/The Chronicle FLORENCE – The first cases…
How’s everyone doing out there? Hope you are well and finding a way to enjoy more time at home if you are working from home, self-quarantined, or just following the experts’ suggestions to avoid exposure to Covid-19. I am working…
CRESWELL – Erica Trappe, owner of Good Food Easy, wants to make it especially easy to eat healthy in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Seven miles west of Creswell, out on Camas Swale, Trappe’s gardens grow year-round. Trappe grows and…
Su Liudahl Like it or not, you’re a role model. You may feel isolated and out of sight, but odds are there are people watching – probably the most important people in your life: your significant other, your children, your…
This week the editor of The Chronicle asked the staff and contributors to email their favorite song – the one that ”makes you get up and go.” A couple of songs quickly came to my mind. After submitting my favorite…
CRESWELL — Three members of the CHS girls basketball team earned all-league honors for the 2019-20 season. Junior post/forward Brea Dapron was named to the 3A Mountain Valley Conference First Team, sophomore guard Emme Whitson was named to the second…
Frieze CRESWELL – Senior guard Tyler Frieze was named 2019-20 3A Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year, and the Bulldogs’ other four regular starters also earned boys basketball all-league honors when those teams were announced recently. Frieze led the…
Aug. 30, 1933 – March 10, 2020 Naomi Mae Toedtemeier McGarry Naomi Mae Toedtemeier McGarry was born in Halsey, Ore., on Aug. 30, 1933 and entered peacefully into glory on March 10, 2020 with family at her side. Her parents…