Standing room only has the community and City Council honor out going Florence Police Chief Sanders was honored at Tuesday night’s Florence City Council meeting for his service to the community and law enforcement. Before a crowded house Sanders was notably speechless, but in a recent interview with Coast […]
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Local News – Stormy weather; New Laws; Gas Prices
Plenty more rain… About an inch-and-a-half of rain fell in the Florence area over the past 24-hours and weather forecasters say there’s more on the way. A series of storms moving in rapid succession will continue to sweep in from the south west between now and late tomorrow night bringing […]
Local News – Remembering Pearl Harbor – Gas prices plummet – Oregon Prescription Plan – Council pursing CM contract
Pearl Harbor… 70 years ago today Margaret Thorngate remembers watching a car full of old men in a parade in her home town of Carpinteria, California when she was 8-years old. That was in 1931. Her mother told her the men were veterans of the Civil War… 70 years earlier. […]
Local News Digest – Siuslaw PRIDE; Coos Rail; Crab Bounty; Gas Prices; EAS Test; and Siuslaw Cross Country
Siuslaw Pride hopes to draw school and community closer Participation, Respect, Inspiration, Dedication and Excellence… the acronym spells out PRIDE and that’s what students at Siuslaw High School are encouraged to exhibit in the classroom. But it doesn’t stop there. The goal of teachers and staff members at the high […]
Local News Digest: Port Suspends Mgr. Search; Gas prices dip; Body Art
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 […]
Local News Digest – Oregon Unemployment;Port Manager; Gas Prices; PUD office
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 […]
Local News Digest – Fire Prevention; Flu Shots; Hazardous Waste; Gas Prices
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 […]
Local News Digest – Health Care Reform; Redistricting squabble; Gas prices
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 […]