Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Frustrated by politics? Remember, democracy has always been a work in progress. Oregon has long been a pioneer in that progress, from the initiative and referendum a century ago to the mail-in ballots and “motor voter” registration of today. Now…
It’s Fall in Creswell. Though warm temperatures haven’t completely left us, we all know what’s coming: Leaves turning color and dropping to the ground, shorter days, Halloween just a few weeks away, followed by the holidays and winter. Change is…
Perhaps I am conceited, but it sure is a compliment when people come up to me and encourage me to submit my name as a write-in candidate for mayor. I truly, for the first time in my life, wish I…
As the number of community newspapers shrinks across the U.S., the ripple effect can be felt throughout the industry. The disappearance of local, small town papers puts more and more communities in the dark about what’s happening around them, and…
File Photo Have you ever said something to your significant other that was with good intentions, but they took it the complete opposite way? An argument ensues, and it’s not long before you’re both upset, wondering what in the world…
CRAIG ”CRAIGIE” WILSON Craigie, our sweet, ”gentle giant,” passed suddenly at home on Sept. 14, 2018. He was born to to the late Dennis Wilson and Sandra Hanson in Springfield, Ore., on Feb. 8, 1961. He was a meat cutter…
At the work session meeting held on Oct. 3, Creswell School Board analyzed findings from the 2017-18 academic year evaluation, which overall rated the school board consistently at proficient and effective – an improvement from the 2016-17 evaluation where results…
Erin Tierney/The Creswell Chronicle Liesel Geyer, Nikki Wood and Grace Perdue have been added to Creswell’s Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) graduates. They were recognized at Monday night’s city council meeting, as South Lane County Fire & Rescue Division…
Christopher Palanuk/The Creswell Chronicle Creswell high school seniors explode with emotion as they are paraded in front of the audience during homecoming on Oct. 5.
This week is National Newspaper Week, and we found this a fit opportunity to connect with our readers and offer insight as to how our newsroom operates on the inside. We know last week’s article about the teacher misconduct report…