Councilor applicant rejected despite 'pedigree'
Unfortunately, her application was not considered but was thanked for her interest in running with the big dogs at council.
Updated: 5 days ago
'Going further' with Kenneth Michael Roberts
Born in San Francisco, Calif., and raised in Marin County, Roberts said he lived the rock n’ roll lifestyle as a teenager, dropping out of high school at age 16 — three years after his father died in the line of duty. Living with his mother, he began searching for a father figure, following the Grateful Dead on tour in a Volkswagen van.
Updated: 1 week ago
Downtown revitalization design, annexations on council agenda
Design criteria for Historic Downtown's refinement plan and street annexation proposed at the latest city council meeting
Updated: 1 week ago
Gowing speaks at Lions Club meeting, reflects on achievements
Gowing was first elected to the City Council in 2009, then elected as Mayor of Cottage Grove in 2016, serving until Jan. 8, 2023.
Updated: 2 weeks ago
CG Bible Church welcomes new pastor with a familiar face
After 33 years, Singer passes the torch to Harris, who has held various leadership positions in the church. Kooshian served as pastor from 1970-1984.ed as pastor from 1970-1984.
Updated: 2 weeks ago
New Mayor, City Council take oath of office
Solesbee, Fleck, Savage and Merryday take oath of office at City Council
Updated: 3 weeks ago
Five Lane County Officials sworn in, State of County given
Five county officials take office; State of the County outlines accomplishments, offers peek at year to come
Updated: 3 weeks ago
Logging show returning to Western Oregon Exposition
Crowd-pleasing event awakens from two-year slumber at WOE Fair this August
Updated: 3 weeks ago
Opal Whiteley’s star twinkles in early newspaper appearance
Whiteley’s earliest notices in Cottage Grove newspapers draw insight into her mysterious past.
Updated: 1 month ago
Cottage Grove Cares: Carry It Forward
Carry It Forward Executive Director Kris McAlister stands next to a row of pallet shelters bordering a grass lawn. The open space in the back next to the fence will soon become a sanctuary garden and small pond.
Updated: 1 month ago
Community Sharing announces holiday box & gift giveaway
“This year, [the holiday food box distribution] will be on Dec. 20 at Community Sharing. This will be the second year we're going to do the distribution out of our agency. And Tree of Joy, our other [holiday gift giving] program, will be operating out of Trinity Lutheran Church on Dec. 21,” Fleck said.
Updated: 2 months ago
Council weighs in on Municipal Court Report, unhoused, infrastructure
Infrastructure, annual court report, unhoused management plan, and the City Manager evaluation are all items on the latest City Council agenda.
Updated: 2 months ago
Preliminary Results for Nov. 8 General Election
Solesbee projected winner for Cottage Grove mayor, measures pass, psilocybin therapy voted down
Updated: 2 months ago
Oregon launches new Veteran Dental Program
Oregon House Bill 4095, which creates the state’s first Veteran Dental Program for Oregon veterans who do not qualify for Oregon Health Plan (OHP), passed in the 2022 Legislative Session.
Updated: 2 months ago
A new season begins at Cottage Grove Bible Church
Five years ago, Bob Singer told the church elders he planned to retire in 2022. Last year, a prayerful and thorough search was launched to select his successor. Last month, by a unanimous vote, Pastor Ron Harris was called and will begin as pastor on Jan. 8.
Updated: 2 months ago
Strikers return to work
Employees for Weyerhaeuser, a lumber company in Washington and Oregon, went back to work last week after a 46-day strike ended the day after the company reported its third quarter results.
Updated: 2 months ago
Loaf love
Over the past two decades, Bread Club offered “a venue for farmer’s produce prior to the South Valley Farmer’s Market taking shape, a platform for political candidates, a jump off point for Poetry Night, opportunities for clothing exchange, and mostly, a chance to meet old friends and newcomers,” Betsy Hartzell said.
Updated: 2 months ago
Meet the candidates for Cottage Grove Pt. II — Candidates answer questions
In this second part are three questions and the candidates’ answers. For full coverage of the forum, including highlights from questions from the audience, visit the chamber’s Facebook page at: https://fb.watch/gtgJKrmFpI/.
Updated: 3 months ago
Cottage Grove SPOT shelter opening this week
City staff have been putting the final touches on the overflow location at the old warming shelter site. The site will open Monday, Oct.31st.
Updated: 3 months ago
Senior meals program needs volunteers throughout Lane County
More volunteers are needed to help serve and deliver meals to older adults and adults with disabilities in our communities.
Updated: 3 months ago
Garden harvest work party a bountiful achievement
The Community Sharing Educational Garden Harvest Party was a huge success with nearly 200 pounds of beautiful vegetables harvested by and for the community with hundreds of seedlings planted for winter crops.
Updated: 3 months ago
Cottage Grove area cemeteries guide
A guided tour of Cottage Grove cemeteries
Updated: 3 months ago
Meet the candidates for Cottage Grove
The chamber, along with the Blackberry Pie Society and Cottage Grove 912 Project, held the forum, where nine candidates were given multiple questions and equal time opportunities to express their vision, stances and platforms for their candidacies in the upcoming Nov. 8 General Election. The office of mayor of Cottage Grove, Ward 1 councilor, Ward 3 councilor, and councilor at large will all be on the ballot.
Updated: 3 months ago
Haunted Oregon
“Can’t we have some kind of a good time on Halloween — do something to remember this one particular night, for ye shall never all be together again” was the first sentence of a story titled, “Our Halloween.”, the first to reference Halloween customs in Oregon on Dec. 10, 1875.
Updated: 3 months ago
October 2022 is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
In a proclamation by Cottage Grove Mayor Jeff Gowing, he urged “all people to actively participate in the scheduled activities and programs to work toward eradicating domestic violence, improving victim safety and holding perpetrators of domestic abuse accountable for their actions against individual victims and our society.” October 2022 has been dedicated in Cottage Grove and throughout the nation as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Each year, millions of homes across the U.S. are affected by domestic violence as families struggle to find relief. Services to help prevent abuse and stop its causes can be lifesaving.
Updated: 3 months ago
Cottage Grove approves parcel rezoning and storm drain expansion project
The Oct. 10 meeting of the Cottage Grove City Council included information on parcel rezoning, awarding the contract for storm drain expansion, looking at recent accomplishments and addressing the resignations at Cottage Grove Police Department. During the meeting, City Manager Richard Meyers addressed the city council and gave a timeline of events that brought the eventual resignation of former Cottage Grove Chief of Police Scott Shepard and Captain Conrad Gagner. Both were on leave after leadership complaints were lodged on July 29. Both were placed on non-disciplinary leave this summer. “Chief Scott Shepherd and Captain Conrad Gagner have resigned from the City of Cottage Grove effective Oct. 5,” Meyers reported. “As a result of their resignations, they are no longer the focus of any city-initiated investigation. The Cottage Grove Police Department remains under the leadership of Interim Police Chief Jeff Groth and the focus remains on providing a high level of public safety for the community.”
Updated: 3 months ago
Kiosk installed for the J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge
A small crew made of members of the Rotary Club of Cottage Grove and other dedicated volunteers — including Dana Merryday, Larry Bottemiller, Michael Cunningham, Amy Merryday, Mayor Jeff Gowing and local helpers Chris and Jeremiah —stopped by to lend a hand for the installation of an information kiosk at the J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge, South River Road and Madison Ave.
Updated: 4 months ago
Davenport mural to be unveiled during Friday's Art Walk
The Cottage Grove Historical Society and a mural committee, chaired by City Councilor Kenneth Michael Roberts and including Suzanne Huebner-Sannes, Debra Monsive and Gerald Santana, will jointly reveal the city’s newest mural at The Bookmine, 702 E. Main Street, during Art Walk tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 30.
Updated: 4 months ago
Volunteer effort powers weekly Free Community Market BBQ
Community Sharing hosts a free community market each Sunday to bring tasty food to Cottage Grove residents.
Updated: 4 months ago
Opinion: Feeling the Heat Upriver
A little over 3 years ago, I moved up the Row River from the town of Cottage Grove. With my attention on other matters regarding a shift to country living, I neglected to pay attention to the detail of fire response in the area.
Updated: 4 months ago
$1.1 million in American Rescue Plan Funds to Boost Tourism in Cottage Grove
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to the Bohemia Foundation to support the growth of the local tourism sector by making parks improvements in Cottage Grove.
Updated: 4 months ago
‘Game Show’ at the Covered Bridge Brewery has no whammies
Regulars at the popular trivia events in Cottage Grove may have noticed Elliot Martinez behind the mic. He is the evening trivia jockey at the Covered Bridge Brewery on Thursday nights. But, on Saturday, Sept. 17, he and his co-hosts, Chad Kushuba and Emily West, amused a “studio” audience in the beer garden with “Game Show,”
Updated: 4 months ago
Creswell plans OR-99 Front Street closure, detours Oct. 7-11
Detour routes have been posted on the City of Creswell’s website for upcoming Front Street improvements on OR-99.
Updated: 4 months ago
Cottage Grove Sentinel turns 113
How the ‘live wire’ newspaper began and the history of its fiery creator.
Updated: 4 months ago
Grandparents Day 2022
A living history's road to becoming a national holiday
Updated: 4 months ago
A smoke intrusion will worsen air quality overnight Sept. 8
Sept. 8, 2022 — LRAPA issues an air quality advisory through Saturday
Updated: 4 months ago
$5 Million in American Rescue Plan funds to invest in Downtown Revitalization in Cottage Grove
Sept. 8, 2022 —
Updated: 4 months ago
Local and state election deadline expires for officials and measures
Sept. 7, 2022 — Still time to register to vote in November 2022 General Election
Updated: 5 months ago
CG Emergency Preparedness Fair
August 6 was the CG Emergency Preparedness Fair
Updated: 5 months ago
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Kudos to local Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans show appreciation for expressions of patriotism.
Updated: 5 months ago
Oregonians urged to take caution to prevent spread of hMPXV
Aug. 10, 2022 —
Updated: 5 months ago
Coalitions receive funding to tackle local challenges Pt. 2
Samantha Duncan, an administrator with Be Your Best – Cottage Grove, recently sat for an interview the Sentinel
Updated: 6 months ago
Local Renaissance man resurrects 'Wisdom Seekers'
Kilston is an ideal candidate to mediate a group created to foster Socratic debate.
Updated: 6 months ago
Lane County Public Health recommends indoor masking for all community members as of July 13
LCPH is recommending all community members in Lane County mask up in indoor spaces.
Updated: 6 months ago
New CG city ordinance could mean relief for area homeless
New state laws give Oregon communities homelessness response options.
Updated: 7 months ago
After two-year pause, Creswell's July 4 parade returns
Nearly 100 parade entries showcase South Lane patriotism
Updated: 7 months ago