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Rhody Drive Realignment The City of Florence laid out the Rhododendron realignment and improvement project last night at the Florence Events Center. On hand to describe the project and the potential opportunities the project will encompass was the engineering team of RH2 Engineering and K&E Excavating. Delays and closures will […]
College Hoops Ducks The Oregon Ducks are on the court for the first of two games that will bring a close to the regular season. The Duck are at home to host the Colorado Buffaloes. Oregon is 10-14 against Colorado in the Altman era. Colorado won the first […]
Ducks Need Wins There are just two games remaining on the Oregon Ducks Basketball schedule and the Ducks will likely have to win them both to be considered for the NCAA Tournament. They could also make it by winning the Pac-12 tournament, otherwise they will likely end up in the […]
State Money Allocated for Florence Infrastructure Project It still needs the signature of the governor, but the city of Florence will be on the receiving end of 1.9 million dollars of state funding. Senate Bill 1530 has cleared the House and Senate and it is part of the Governor’s plan […]
League Changes to Come Siuslaw Athletic Director Chris Johnson says the change in leagues next season for football, basketball, baseball and softball will eliminate the need to travel to destinations like Sisters for competition. Siuslaw will move to Special District 4 in 3A competition which will consist of Brookings, Coquille, […]
Superintendent Sees Smooth Sailing for Charter School Siuslaw School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak says he doesn’t anticipate any more snags as the Siuslaw Valley Charter School board moves forward. Grzeskowiak says due to scheduling conflicts it will not be until May before the contract negotiations get under way, but without any […]
Cats Over Ducks The Arizona Wildcats held their own in Tucson on Saturday holding off the Oregon Ducks men’s basketball team despite Jermain Couisnard scoring 39 points in McKale Center. 5 Wildcats were in double figures as the Ducks were defeated 103 – 83. The Ducks will begin their final […]
City Council Meeting Amendments to the Florence City Code are expected to be voted on this evening at the Florence City Council meeting. The Council and city planners have been working on Ordinance No. 1, series 2024 for some time now and have a completed resolution that will be voted […]
