Cottage Grove

Bohemia Mining Days returns to Cottage Grove this week for its 66th year to celebrate the region’s Gold Rush-era history. The festival runs Thursday through Saturday and features live music, historical demonstrations, contests, and a parade.

Bohemia Food Hub will add storage to accommodate companies from food trucks to farmers.

A federal grant covered roughly half the cost of renovations for Looking Glass Community Services’ new Cottage Grove facility.

The city is hoping to be prepared for water-related emergencies and learn from 2018 when cyanotoxins entered Salem’s water system.

Ten of the 33 pallet homes given to the city in April 2022 will be returned.

Heavy rain caused several rivers to rise to worrisome levels Sunday, as some school districts announced they would be closed Monday due to ongoing concerns.

Jon Stinnet will be the fourth council member to leave office this year. Three others were recalled by voters this summer.

In Cottage Grove, the temporary homeless shelter at Lulu's Dog Park isn’t being widely used. Now, the city has scaled down its plans to open a more permanent site.

Cottage Grove will remake its city government. Six out of seven city council seats will be on the ballot in November, thanks to a recent recall effort.

The City of Cottage Grove is closing down two of its homeless campsites, and asking residents to relocate to a temporary shelter at a dog park.

The city of Cottage Grove isn’t allowed to accept filings for those seats until the recall results are certified, which is one day before filings are due.

An effort to recall three members of the Cottage Grove city council appears to have been successful.