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Fundraiser Celebrates 20 Years Van Fans of Florence is celebrating 20 years of Ice Cream Socials to raise money for the Friends of Florence which provides free rides to Eugene for cancer treatments. P.T. Smith and Tom Grove began Friends of Florence after Smith noticed the struggles that some patients […]
Emeralds Defense Fails The Eugene Emeralds fought hard against the Hops last night as the two teams slugged it out. Eugene went ahead early and had a 5-1 lead in the 5th inning when the Hops answered back in the bottom of the 5th and scored 4 to tie it […]
Emeralds Put One in the Win Column Hillsboro came out strong against the Eugene Emeralds last night jumping to a 4 nothing lead after 2 innings, but the Ems managed to claw their way back. Scoring 2 in the third and one in the fourth. The hops added another run […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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