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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nash Publishing Group |
| Founder | George H. Baxter |
| Publisher | Noel Nash |
| Editor | Erin Tierney |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 655 A St., Suite E, Springfield, OR 97477 |
| Website | chronicle1909 |
TheChronicle[1] is aweekly newspaper serving the SouthernWillamette Valley inLane County,Oregon, United States. Its area of coverage includesSpringfield,Creswell,Cottage Grove andPleasant Hill.
The Creswell Chronicle was first published on Sept. 30, 1909, by George H. Baxter. Chester Noland bought the paper from Baxter on April 10, 1913,[2] who then required the paper in February 1916[3] but closed it in December 1917. Ival S. Wilson began publishing aspiritual successor to the paper called theCreswell New Era on Dec. 20,1946.[2] Printing was briefly suspended in October 1948 after the paper's office caught fire.[4] TheCreswell New Era ceased on Nov. 30, 1950.[2]
G.G. "Gerry" Sittser relaunched theCreswell Chronicle on Feb. 1, 1965. A year later he sold it to C.D. "Dave" Holman Jr., who also owned theSiuslaw News and was part-owner of theNewport News. The paper became a member of theOregon Newspaper Publishers Association on Oct. 29, 1970. Dan and Judy Ramsey purchased theChronicle in July 1974 and sold it to Ray S. and Alice P. Linker, who owned Lane Community Newspapers, on Jan. 7, 1976. The couple mergedThe Chronicle, theLowell Lakeside News and thePleasant Hill Pleasantimes.[2]
Gerri O. O’Rourke purchased the paper on May 26, 1986, and sold it to Todd Hakes and Glen Albrethsen on Sept. 1, 2000. Hakes became the sole-owner on Jan. 1, 2003. Helen Hollyer became the paper's owner on April 1, 2004, and changed its name back toThe Creswell Chronicle.[2] Scott Olson purchased the paper from her in 2011,[5] and sold it on March 1, 2019, to Noel Nash.[6] Nash paid $60,000 for the paper and expanded coverage intoSpringfield.[7] The paper moved its office to the town and changed its name toThe Chronicle on August 29, 2019.[8]
In 2020,The Chronicle earned 18 awards from theOregon Newspaper Publishers Association for its news coverage, advertising and design.[9] In 2023, the paper was named "Business of the Year" by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce.[10]