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PLayoff Run Over for Oregon Schools The Oregon State Beavers and the Oregon Ducks will not be making the trip to Omaha. Yesterday the Beavers were knocked out of the tournament by the University of Kentucky. The beavers only managed 2 runs and both were the result of bases loaded […]
Council Meeting The Florence city council will meet this evening at 5:30 at City Hall. On the agenda is a proposal to annex approximately 2.88 acres of land for a park. The property is currently under the auspices of Lane County. The petition was made on behalf of the county […]
Road Construction Reminder It will be more than a year before the completion of the Rhododendron Drive realignment project is ready for regular traffic, for the time being the travel over the popular stretch of scenic roadway for the Florence area closed to regular traffic. The exception is for those […]
New Cheer Coach For Siuslaw The Siuslaw High School Cheer Squad has a new head coach. Athletic Director Chris Johnson announced this week that Brit Rainwater assumed the post Thursday. Rainwater has been a Florence resident for seven years and an active member of the “cheer community” for nearly two […]
Ems Future KVAL news recently reported that the Eugene Emeralds bid for a new stadium is basically dead in the water. Voters rejected a bid to fund the stadium that would have cost nearly $90,000,000. After securing $15 million plus some federal funds the city of Eugene said they did […]
Temporary Road Closure The City of Florence will be working on a portion of 21st Street all day today to repair the street’s surface. 21st street will be closed from Highway 101 to Pine Street until 5 pm today. Damage to the street occurred in March when a directional drilling […]
Ducks/Aggies The Aggies of Texas A&M have racked up 43 wins this season and are the favorite to move on to the college world series, but the Oregon Ducks are in their way. This is the Ducks second trip in two years to the super regionals and are 40-18 on […]
Highway 20 Paving A section of Highway 20 just east of Newport will be experiencing delays. Last night paving of a 5 mile section of the roadway began and the Oregon Department of Transportation is letting drivers know that the area will be down to one lane with delays. The […]
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