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Council to Consider Options for Open Seat The Florence City Council in their morning work session will consider the options for appointing a city councilor to fill the position vacated by Geraldine Prociw. Prociw’s term was to last until 2022 and in a letter to the city council; City Manager […]
Herbert Gets Surprise Start In an unexpected turn former Duck quarterback Justin Herbert got the nod yesterday. A late injury by the LA Chargers starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor left him sidelined just before the start of their game against the reigning Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs. Herbert showed […]
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It will take some wrangling and some luck, but the Pac-12 is hopeful that it will be able to experience both as they look towards Halloween for the start of competition on the gridiron. Universities in Oregon and California will have to get approval from university presidents and both state […]
City Proposes New State of Emergency The Florence City Council is back to business on Monday as it meets for its scheduled work session at 10:30 in the morning. The 4 member council will work through items for the Monday evening meeting. On the planned agenda for the evening meeting […]
Air Quality Index The air quality for Florence and mapleton continues to get better with the change in weather. Overnight the Air Quality Index dropped to a 7 on the AQI chart, the best it has been in nearly 2 weeks. Likewise the Mapleton AQI is lower at 29 this […]
Workouts Cancelled There has been a reversal in plans for Siuslaw Viking Voluntary workouts. There were to be fall sport workouts beginning on Monday, but new COVID-19 numbers released have changed the minds of the Siuslaw School District. For the time being the workouts will be delayed until coronavirus rates […]
