Sam Elliott at home in Oregon
The Oscar-nominated star and part-time Linn County resident is considered a “national treasure”
Living Here
A regular Register-Guard column on the people, places and events that make Lane County, Oregon, a unique place to work and live
His shining ‘spotlight’
He remembers riding his bicycle to a downtown theater in the early ’70s, a quest to watch four “Planet of the Apes” movies in one sitting.
A slam dunk
Ten-year-old Lauren Cullins pondered the question — “What’s the most important thing you heard him say?” “In school, we talk about bullying, but we don’t really talk about making the…
For the Love of song
SPRINGFIELD — Sarah Mishler’s face is as red as the rose in her hand. The Springfield Family Physicians’ medical assistant sits with one hand slightly covering her mouth. Valentine’s greetings…
Serenity now
COBURG — It’s got that new treatment center smell. It’s also drawing “ski lodge” comparisons, much like PeaceHealth’s Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield did when it opened…
Journey for justice
After all the VIPs — the mayor, a county commissioner, a University of Oregon provost, members of the UO Black Student Union — had given their speeches, Eric Richardson, president…
Quite a cut up
The phone rings off the hook. One Mayland “Pete” Peterson answers yet another call, as he’s been doing for almost 46 years. “Red Rooster Barber Shop,” Peterson says. There’s a…
A century plus one
Let’s call this New Year’s 101. Because 100-year-old Norma McNutt has — literally — been through this a hundred times. And Friday she celebrates her 101st New Year’s Day, having…
Christmas past
Good morning. It’s Christmas Day.
Not just mailing it in
SPRINGFIELD — He’s no Grinch, no Scrooge. And Joseph “Louie” Locke is no bureaucratic slowpoke when you need help expediting those last-minute Christmas packages. He’s as jovial as Santa himself….
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