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Emeralds Blast Volcanoes The Eugene Emeralds on Saturday put on a hitting clinic for the league leading Volcanoes. The Ems had 18 hits and 12 runs on the night holding the Volcanoes to just 1 run on 5 hits. The volcanoes also committed 4 errors in the game that helped […]
Road Reconstruction Beginning Monday, July 15th the City of Florence will begin road reconstruction projects slated for several side streets adjacent to highway !01 as well as some street surfaces along spruce that do not come in contact with 101. 10th, 11th, and 23rd streets will be resurfaced which are […]
Smith Leaves For Cottage Grove The Siuslaw Vikings will be in the hunt for a new girls basketball coach. Chad Smith, who had resigned as Viking head football coach also headed up the girls basketball program. He will be heading to Cottage Grove to be their new head football coach. […]
Increased Patrols Around Country Fair The Oregon Country Fair begins tomorrow. The Lane County Sheriff’s Department is letting motorists know to expect increased times for travel to and from the Eugene/Veneta area. In addition there will be increased enforcement in the area. Lane County will be receiving additional help from […]
Emeralds Drop Another The Eugene Emeralds came close to cutting in to the lead that the first place Salem-Kaiser Volcanoes have in the Northwest League South Division. The Ems took a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning last night in Kaiser. The Volcanoes fought back in the […]
Traffic Flow Radar Installed The intersection of Highway 101 and 126 is getting a new system for controlling traffic. The new radar based system will replace the current loop system that consists of underground magnets. The radar system will detect the amount of traffic in an area larger than the […]
Ems and Volcanoes The Eugene Emeralds had the night off last night for the MLB All-Star game. The Ems are currently in fourth place in the Northwest League south division with a record of 10 and 15 which puts them 7 games behind the leading Salem-Kaiser Volcanoes. The Ems have […]
Block Party Last year’s celebration of Florence’s 125th year sparked a desire for more interactive community events. This year the City of Florence has responded with its second annual Block Party which will take place on Friday, July 19th. the city will close off the section of Bay Street from […]
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