Hawks Even Series The Boise Hawks evened up the series last night at home against the visiting Eugene Emeralds. The Ems took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Boise answered back in the bottom of the inning with 2 runs. The ems tied it up in the […]
Local News
Construction on 101 Continues; Speed Bumps to be Installed on South Jetty Road; Country Fair Record Attendance; EMAC Meeting
Construction on 101 Continues Construction work on Highway 101 continues this week with day work on the schedule. The Oregon Department of Transportation says single lane closures will be in effect on the northbound side of 101 with work progressing at the intersection of Old Town Way and moving north. […]
Emeralds Blast Volcanoes; Emeralds 2 in a Row
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; City Council; Concert for Leah Goodwin Scholarship
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; Ems Break Losing Streak; Ducks to Play Battle for Atlantis
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; Grocery Outlet Fights Hunger; Peace Harbor Celebrates Tomorrow
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
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; Polka Party Host Dies; Blood Needed; Gas Prices Dip Slightly
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 […]




