Rhody Days are here, the 106th Annual Rhododendron Festival, sponsored by the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. Festival officials are expecting crowds from all over the state to "Come See What We See," the chamber's theme for the town of Florence.
The festival weekend actually...more
More than 10,000 coho salmon fry were released May 8 into a Munsel Lake tributary after volunteers spent the previous morning fin-clipping the fish at the Florence Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program's hatchery site. ...more
BROWN--Karen Louise Brown (Kellogg), 72, daughter of Clinton Kellogg and Mary Hyndman, lost her battle with cancer May 11, 2013.
Karen was born Aug. 10, 1940, in Burbank, Calif., and moved to Florence with her husband, Keith, in 1978.
Karen and Keith were married in...more