Prison Bills Pass The Oregon Legislative session ended this week and according to advocates, prison sentencing reform was a big winner. House Bill 3078, known as the “Safety and Savings Act” and passed last week, would divert women convicted of certain property crimes – often driven by drug addiction – […]
Author: George Henry
Volunteers Gather; New Event A Success; Gas Trends Upward
Power Of Florence This Saturday is Power of Florence. The brain child of Kaylee Graham. She envisioned the all kid volunteer day 7 years ago when she was eleven and it has grown into a city wide all inclusive event. With a lot of work to do “In total we […]
Ems Head To Hillsboro
Night Off for Ems The Emeralds along with minor league baseball took off last night for the Major League Baseball All Star game. Tonight the Em’s are in Hillsboro for the first of three games against the Hops.
Florence Coast Guard City; City Hall to Expand; Elipse Info
City to receive Coast Guard Honor The United States Coast Guard is designating Florence as a Coast Guard City. The Official word has not yet been announced, but Florence Mayor, Joe Henry, did say that they have received “a verbal commitment from the Admiral of the District.” Mayor Henry says […]
Emeralds Stall
Ems Drop Out Of First It was all over in the first inning for the Emeralds last night at PK Park. A 4 run inning by the Tri-City Dust Devils took the wind out of the Ems sails and they managed to scatter only 5 hits through 9 innings. Javier […]
Perlow Praises Cooperative Effort; SVFR Testing Hydrants; Accident Claims Coos Bay Resident; USCG Rescues 2
D.A. Sings Interagency Praises Lane County’s District Attorney, Patty Perlow says that communication, training and interagency cooperation led to a successful operation in the June 24th Officer involved shooting. “We are just so grateful to the people from law enforcement from the Florence Police Department, the Lane County Sheriff’s office, […]
Emeralds Back in First
Emeralds Win # in a Row After Thursday’s loss to the Tri city Dust Devils the Eugene Emeralds spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday putting together a win streak. On Friday the Ems went on top 3 zip in the bottom of the third and added two more in the bottom […]
Beaches Birthday; Bill Favors Undocumented Oregonians; Survey Says!
Oregon Beaches Celebrate 50th Eugene will be celebrating the Oregon coast today as the state commemorates 50 years of the Oregon Beach Bill that designated all Oregon Beaches to be public beaches. Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich said the bill had a lot to do with the current economic opportunities. […]