Author: Bob

It’s go time at the ballot box; city council approves capital refi; sign your ballot; GOP says robocalls were from them; ok to harvest mussels; New website makes it easier to follow election results

It’s go time at the ballot box… It is Election Day and that means people in Florence will be deciding a variety of issues ranging from local to national. On the local front, Western lane Ambulance District is seeking approval of a 45-cents-per-thousand operating levy.  The original levy was approved […]

“uptick” in flu diagnoses at Siuslaw schools; preventing tax foreclosures; check out all the races on the ballot; honoring military families; Robocalls; election website

Help stop the spread of flu… Public health authorities are saying there has been a – quote – “sharp uptick” in the diagnoses of influenza in school aged children in Florence.  Cindy Morgan, the Communicable Disease Supervisor for Lane County, called the increase “especially troubling” and called for everyone to […]

OSAA State XC Championships; College football

Repeat championship for Mans Siuslaw’s Celie Mans became the first runner from Siuslaw ever to win back to back state cross country championships.  Mans capped her senior season with an 18:55 finish and the individual state championship Saturday in Eugene.  Hanna Rannow, a freshman, was the second Viking runner across […]