13 February 2013 Voters will decide fate of jail levy That unity shared by the five Lane County Commissioners in the run-up to a vote yesterday on a proposal to send a five-year, $80-million public safety levy to voters failed to appear when it came to make the final decision. […]
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Local News – Home Sales – Gas Prices – Summer Reading – Dunes City
9 January 2013 Home Sales Market Showing Encouraging Signs Home sales in Florence showed a measure of improvement in 2012 and that should translate into a gradual strengthening of property values. But how long that takes is still anyone’s guess. Tawfik Ahdab is a certified residential real estate appraiser. His […]
Local News – New City Council – Tsunami Debris – Gas Prices Down
Ordinarily the Florence city council meets on the first and third Mondays of the month, meaning the incoming Mayor and Council members would expect to be sworn in this year on Monday, January 7th. But not this year says Florence City Manager Jacque Betz. 200 — “It’s different this time. […]
Local News – Siuslaw Interpretive Center; Fire Destroys Storage Building; Gas $3.91; Domestic Violence
October 24, 2012 Bridge Interpretive Site Closing In on Breaking Ground Planning for the Siuslaw River Interpretive Project goes back more than a decade, but it appears that by next spring the quarter-acre site overlooking the Siuslaw River and the Highway 101 Bridge will become a reality says Florence City […]
Local News – Shake out; Gas prices; Project Grad; State furlough day
October 17, 2012 Great Oregon Shakeout… Oregonians are being asked to participate in an earthquake preparedness exercise tomorrow morning… it’s 10/18 on the calendar… and at 10:18 in the morning is when the Great Oregon Shakeout is set to take place. Students and staff at the Florence campus of Lane […]
Local News – Real Estate Up – Gas Prices Up – Death Explained – COPD Screenings
Real Estate Sales Looking Optimistic The good news… Realtors in Florence sold more homes in the first nine months of this year than they did in all of 2011. The not so good news, the median price of those homes, at $153,500, is $100,000 less than it was seven years […]
Local News – Few choices for local voters; DeFazio town halls; Fire danger up and so are gas prices
Few choices for local voters… There will be at least two new faces on the Florence City Council in January, and it looks like one of those will be appointed. The deadline for entering the council or Mayor’s race is five pm tomorrow. But, the process for doing so can […]
Local News – City Code Regulates Business Colors; Gas Prices Rise; Eco Trek; Prisoners Released
Bright colors bring code provision to light… Sometimes the old adage of “no good deed goes unpunished” rings true. Jose Garcia spent extra time and cash earlier this spring to make his restaurant, Los Compadres Tacqueria, look more presentable. That included a coat or two of bright lime green and […]
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