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Wednesday News – 08/23/2023

Council Work Session The Florence City Council will hear two different presentations Thursday morning during their regularly scheduled work session.  The first will be from Holly Mar-Conte, the Child Care Sector Strategist for OnWard Eugene.  Mar-Conte will update the council on the status of child care in the Florence area […]

Beavers Transition to Game Prep; Ducks Start Morning Workouts

Beavers Transition to Game Prep Oregon State University head football coach Jonathan Smith met with reporters after yesterday’s practice and said the team is progressing nicely.  He says there are still some communications issues that crept up in practice, but he says its part of the process getting ready for […]

Three Mile Prairie Requests Design Review; Board of Commissioners Seek Committee Members; Quince Street Update Forthcoming; Labor Day Travel; Governor Signs Bills

Three Mile Prairie Requests Design Review A design review is the focus of the city of Florence Planning commission this evening.  The commission will hear from Three Mile Prairie’s Kyle Honeycutt on a request to modify the design of a single-family dwelling unit that will be connected on one concrete […]

Wreck Closes Westbound 126 at Milepost 3; City Meetings; Razor Clamming Opens; Man Arrested For Arson; Annual Car Show; Air Quality Alert For Eastern Lane County

Wreck Closes Westbound 126 at Milepost 3 An early morning accident this morning caused the closure of westbound 126 for the day as the Oregon State Police reconstruct the accident.  At about 6:12 this morning a Log Truck, a gas truck and a box truck collided causing the log truck […]

Ems Beat Canadians; OSU Likes Their Pac-12 Chances

Ems Beat Canadians The Eugene Emeralds have made up 2 games against the League leading Vancouver Canadians.  Last night at PK Park the Ems were dialed in 3 home runs in the first three innings followed by 3 runs in the 4th and 4 more in the 5th.  they held […]