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Siuslaw River Boardwalk

Commissioners Approve SIP; Man Arrested in Swisshome; Food Share Receives $10,000 Grant; Firefighters Deployed

Commissioners Approve SIP The Lane County Board of Commissioners has approved a Strategic Investment Program agreement with Sierra Pacific Industries for a major $253 million expansion of its Eugene sawmill. The agreement grants partial property tax exemptions for 15 years in exchange for new capital investment and continued employment of […]

MLB Draft

MLB Draft Oregon State outfielder Canon Reeder was selected Monday in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball Draft, taken 533rd overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Reeder, a native of Bend, Oregon, started 53 games for the Beavers last season, batting .293 with eight home runs, 11 doubles, and […]

Siuslaw Bridge and Sealion

Florence Man Arrested; Florence Receives Kudos; Power of Florence

Florence Man Arrested Florence Police responded to a disturbance around 6:50 a.m. Monday near 1750 43rd Street involving a multi-vehicle crash and a man reportedly yelling at a woman. Officers determined the suspect, 53-year-old Patrick F. Hudson-McMullen of Florence, had intentionally rammed his vehicle into two cars belonging to his […]

Boats on the Siuslaw

Program Receives Safeway Grant; Salmon Derby Replaced by Crab Bounty Hunt; OPB Top 10 in Fastest Growing Oregon Companies

Program Receives Safeway Grant The Food Backpack for Kids program has received a $1,000 grant from the Safeway Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors Program. The funding, part of Safeway’s “Fight Hunger, Serve Hope” initiative through its O Organics® brand, will help provide ready-to-eat weekend meals, milk, and fruit to local students facing […]

Museum Manager Arrested; Stay Alert; Program Seeking Feedback; Merkley to Seek 4th Term; Fix-It Booths in Florence

Museum Manager Arrested On June 29th, Florence Police began investigating a report of an inappropriate relationship between a 27-year-old man and a juvenile female. The suspect, Geoffrey Cannon, was identified as the manager of the Oregon Coast Military Museum. Investigators developed probable cause and, on July 10th, served search warrants […]