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Ems Grab Lead in Northwest League The Eugene Emeralds are enjoying their current home stand against the Vancouver Canadians. Last night the Ems took a half game lead in the Northwest League standings by defeating the Canadians 10-3. It was a rough first inning for the Ems as Vancouver jumped […]
New Circuit Court Appointees Lane County gets two new Circuit Court Judges. Effective immediately Michelle Bassi and Beatrice Grace will fill the two open positions created by the retirement of Judge Charles Carlson and Judge Lauren Holland. Governor Kate Brown made the appointment announcement yesterday. Both Bassi and Grace are […]
Ems Narrow Gap The Eugene Emeralds made up a full game last night as they defeated the league leading Vancouver Canadians 4-2. The Ems were working on a shut-out at PK Park until the Canadian’s Miguel Hiraldo hit a solo shot to left-center field. Landon Roupp gets the win for […]
Food Share Program Florence Food Share looks to an easier way for supporters to donate. Florence Food Share is set to begin a new program later this month. One that aims to make it easier for donors to drop off food for the pantry. “It’s easy to forget. You really […]
Ems Run With Just 4 weeks remaining in the season the Eugene Emeralds are in contention to winning the Northwest league as they sit just a game and a half back from the league leading Vancouver Canadians whom they face in a 6 game series beginning tomorrow at home at […]
Child Welfare-Oregon Oregon sits at 26th in a new ranking of states based on child well-being. The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its annual KIDS COUNT data book, which measures states in four areas: economic well-being, education, health and family and community. Jenifer Wagley, head of Our Children Oregon, […]
Emeralds Baseball The Eugene Emeralds closed out their series with Spokane with a win on Sunday. The Indians had taken the two previous games from the Ems, 8-4 and 6-2. Last night the Ems pounced quickly to set the tone for the game with a three run homer in the […]
Breakthrough Cases COVID-19 breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals for the month of July were 53.4% or 21,380. The Oregon Health Authority reported the numbers last night in its latest report. The numbers have been fairly steady over the past several months, but since the vaccine was first introduced the number […]
