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Boards Choose New Chief The Boards of Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue and Western Lane Ambulance District met Saturday in executive session to discuss the potential hiring of one of the candidates proposed by the Boards and to conduct interviews. After the executive session the boards convened in open session […]
Ducks Chill in Portland Yesterday in Portland the Portland Pilots rallied late in the game to come back against the visiting Oregon Ducks. The Ducks had a 3 nothing lead going into the bottom of the 8th inning when the pilots put up 6 straight hits and scored 5 runs […]
Airport Slated for Temporary Closure Along with several other citywide projects happening in Florence the Florence Municipal Airport will be undertaking a new lighting improvement project that will require the closing of the airport and airport runway during a 10 hour period daily from Monday through Friday. Beginning Monday March […]
Soccer at Siuslaw According to Siuslaw Athletic Director, Chris Johnson the new fall soccer season will include Sky-Em league games. “We have 5 league games scheduled so we’re going to play all our road games on the league and then we’ve added a couple of home games too.” There are […]
Florence Man Arrested For Murder Oregon State Police Forensics was called to the scene of a murder early Saturday morning. The Florence Police Department arrested 61 year old Kevin Cooper after a call of a deceased person came in to the address of 4135 Munsel Creek Drive. The name of […]
Lady Ducks Secure PAC 12 Title The Oregon Ducks women’s basketball team finished out the season with three straight wins to take the PAC 12 titile for the second straight year in a row. The Lady Ducks finished the PAC 12 with a 16-2 record and were 19 and 9 […]
Cats Claw Beavers With just 24 seconds on the clock the Arizona Wildcats pulled out a win in Corvallis last night. With one second on the clock the Beavers had a chance but the Beaver’s Justin Thompson came up short. Final score 74-72. The Beavers will host the Sun Devils […]
Rent Control Bill Signed Gov. Kate Brown signed the nation’s first statewide mandatory rent control measure yesterday, giving a victory to housing advocates who say spiraling rent costs in the economically booming state have fueled widespread homelessness and housing insecurity. Brown, said the legislation will provide “some immediate relief to […]
