Author: George Henry

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State Working On Budget; No Outages to Report; Unemployment Rate Rises Again; Art Display at Chamber; Legislature Wants to Include Insurance Companies in Unlawful Trade Practices Act

State Working On Budget The Oregon legislature is having to consider the possibility of losing funds from the federal government as DOGE continues to look for wasteful spending.  There are already concerns that some programs will lose funding and Senator Dick Anderson told Coast Radio News that the unknown is […]

Beaver Win; Viking Sports; Duck Baseball

Beaver Win Aiva Arquette went 3-for-3 and was a triple short of the cycle as fifth-ranked Oregon State topped Washington 5-2 Tuesday night at a sold-out Hillsboro Ballpark. Arquette homered in the seventh and doubled in the first to help lift the Beavers to their 19th win of the season. […]

Siuslaw River Boardwalk

FEMA Faces Pushback From New Floodplain Rules; Studded Tire Season to End; Policy Committee Meeting: Siuslaw Schools; Safe Boating/Spring Break

FEMA Faces Pushback From New Floodplain Rules A federal lawsuit filed in December 2024 is challenging new FEMA floodplain development rules that could affect every coastal community in Oregon—including Florence. The rules are aimed at protecting endangered species by preventing any net loss of floodplain function, but critics, including the […]

Sports: Monday 3-24

  Sports: With sunshine predicted for today the Siuslaw Vikings will hope to get the second game of their season completed. On Friday athletic director Chris Johnson note that a schedule change was in effect and that the Siuslaw Viking boys baseball team will travel to Bandon.  Because of spring […]