Port of Siuslaw to temporarily suspend search for new manager It turns out the search for a new manager for the Port of Siuslaw is going back to square one after all.  Following a private Executive Session yesterday afternoon, Port Commission President John Buchanan made the announcement. John Buchanan– “Process […]

Oregon Jobless Numbers Holding Steady… Oregon’s Job market is stuck in neutral.  After reaching a high of 11.6% 16 months ago, the unemployment rate has been at just over nine-and-a-half percent since May of this year. Nick Beleiciks– “We saw a lot of improvement in the unemployment rate, and it […]

It all started with Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow… It happened 130-years ago this week, leaving 100-thousand people homeless, killing 250 people and destroying more than 17-thousand structures over two-thousand acres.  It was the Great Chicago Fire of October 8th and 9th, 1871.  That conflagration is also credited with spawning the modern […]

Lane County Redistricting Proposals draw fire… Proposed revisions to the boundary lines dividing the five districts represented by Lane County Commissioners have drawn accusations of partisanship.  Eugene Commissioners Rob Handy and Peter Sorenson claim some of the revisions proposed by West Lane Commissioner Jay Bozievich would increase the number of […]

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded increased by about a penny locally this past week, it’s at $3.76.  At the same time the statewide average, as measured by Triple-A, held steady at $3.84.  Prices continue to fall in other areas of the country however, as Triple-A reports […]

Prices at the pump held fairly steady this week.  After a late summer rise the average price for regular unleaded in Florence is continuing at $3.75 a gallon.  Oregon’s average price, as measured by Triple-A went up a penny and is at $3.84; while the national average dropped two cents […]