Author: George Henry

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Nominations For First Citizen and Future First Citizen Announced; Climate Change Disappears From Official Documents; Gas Prices Rise

First Citizen and Future First Citizen Nominees Announced The nominations for Florence First Citizen and Florence Future First Citizen have been announced.  The annual recognition for residents and students for their contributions to the community was released this morning.  3 members of the community were acknowledged in the category of […]

Viking Overtime; Mapleton Struggles Against Triangle Lake

Vikings Fall in Overtime The Siuslaw Viking boys drop to 0-2 in Far west League play after a tough battle that took the game to overtime last night against the Brookings Harbor Bruins in Brookings. Kyle King led all Viking Scorers with 19.  Final Score: 53-49.   On the lady’s […]

Ocean Swirls at Sunset

Pesticide Ban Put On Hold; Tourism Dollars Come To Florence; Storm Brings Power Outages

Pesticides Threaten Salmon A trio of widely-used pesticides are threatening Northwest salmon and the orca that rely on them, even with these species on the brink of extinction. That’s according to a biological opinion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries office that the environmental law organization Earthjustice unveiled […]