Florence Woman Dies at Terwilliger Hot Springs The Lane County Sheriff’s office is reporting that a 25 year old Florence woman has died at Terwilliger Hot Springs.  The cause and manner of her death is being investigated, but early reports say there is no evidence of foul play.  Sargeant Carrie […]

DevNw Underway The completion of an affordable housing project is expected to be by the fall of this year.  On Thursday DEVNW and the City of Florence had a ceremonial ground breaking after over two and a half years of planning.  The property located on Airport Road across from the […]

Teacher’s Lounge Makeover They call it serve day, a day when all locations of Roby’s furniture and appliance close to work on a project in the community.  This past Wednesday the staff at Roby’s was working on giving the faculty lounge at Siuslaw Elementary a new look.  Store Manager, Bob […]

Apology Amid Word Choice The issue of a potential threat against students and staff at Siuslaw middle school has resolved in the expulsion of a student.  Individuals that were mentioned in the threat have been notified by school officials and school superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak issued a statement to parents and […]

Gas Prices It has been more than 10 months since gas prices in Oregon have fallen below 3 dollars.  Though Oregon has moved into the number 4 spot for highest gas prices in the 50 states.  This week the price of regular gas around the state has dipped to 2.99.  […]

FURA Meeting The Florence Urban Renewal Agency is set to meet tomorrow evening at 5:30.  On the agenda is a discussion of the Quince Street property.  The City of Florence hopes to draft a timeline on marketing the property for sale as well as nail down specific marketing strategies.  They […]

Fight Spills Over to Social Media The Florence Police Department responded to a fight on 8th street Thursday evening.  Two parties were involved in what police are calling a mutual combat situation on 8th street adjacent to the Safeway.  Upon arrival police determined that no arrests would be made as […]

Commercial Fisherman Sentenced A 39 year old commercial fisherman from Winchester bay will serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to assault.  Brandon Michael Vanderploeg will also serve two years supervised release for assaulting his then girlfriend while operating a commercial vessel under the influence of alcohol.  It […]