More Funding Needed For Fireworks The fireworks are a go for the 4th of July, but there is still not enough money to pay for the celebration. Bettina Hannigan with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce says that they are just over half way toward funding the event with just […]
Author: George Henry
Ems Drop Second Boise Game; Rutschman’s Clean Sweep
Ems Drop Second Boise Game It was a tough night for the Eugene Emeralds last night in Boise. The Ems spattered 5 runs over 7 innings, but the Hawks answered with 11 runs of their own to outscore Eugene. Emeralds pitching gave up 18 hits last night and stranded 8 […]
Coast Guard Chief Reflects on First Year; Mural Moving Along; Fireworks
Coast Guard Chief Reflects on First Year With just over a year under his belt, Senior chief bosun’s mate Jay Nilles is enjoying his tenure as the head of U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River. Nilles says being stationed in a Coast Guard City has been a great experience, especially […]
Ems Drop One to Boise
Last night in Boise the Eugene Emeralds were shutout by the Hawks. The Ems stranded 6 runners on 5 hits through the night and gave up 8 hits and 4 runs to the Hawks. The Hawks defeated the Ems despite committing 3 errors on the night. Final score 4-0. […]
Peace Health Celebrates 30; Executive Session for School Board; Kiwanis Tournament; 3 Rivers Announce Tribute Concert
Peace Health Celebrates 30 July marks 30 years since the opening of Peace Harbor hospital in Florence. The history of PeaceHealth in Florence dates back 40 years when they were contracted to provide management services to Western Lane Hospital. The hospital plans a low key celebration of the event on […]
Schutte Defers to 2020; Ems Take Series
Shutte Defers to 2020 Siuslaw Athletic Director, Chris Johnson announced that there is an additional deferment to the Hall of Fame inductions. Jesse Schutte was to be part of the 2019 class, but he is scheduled to be in a PGA event that week. Schutte is a member of the […]
Doc Talk: June 2019
June Doc Talk: With Dr. Ronald Shearer, Community Health Chair Ron Green, and CAO of Peace Harbor Jason Hawkins
Quakes Rock Gently Saturday Morning; ReVision Florence; FURA Meeting; Port Executive Session
Quakes Rock Gently Saturday Morning A series of 8 earthquakes in a cluster located off the Oregon coast happened early Saturday morning. The quakes ranged from 3.2 to 5.4 in magnitude. The quakes were centered around 200 miles west of Coos Bay and occurred over a three and a half […]