The Port of Siuslaw will hold a special meeting tomorrow morning at the Port office in Old Town.  Two items are listed on the agenda, approval of a bid to repair the roof on Mo’s Restaurant and to discuss the job description for a new manager.  The previous manager, Mark […]

After months of what was described as an “operational challenge” by the Merchants of Old Town, the group will cease to exist as a separate entity later this fall.  MOOT will become a committee of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce, but will continue to function as a downtown association, […]

The Heceta Water District will get not only a low interest loan to help repair key infrastructure, but they’ll also get a sizeable grant to go with it.  District manager Scott Meyer said they recently learned they won a $1.8-million loan… at one percent interest… from the state’s Safe Drinking […]

  Local pet owners will have another option when it comes to veterinary care later this fall.  Dr. John Bachmann already had plans to open his own clinic when a longtime practice, one of only two in the area, closed this past spring.  He opted to wait and see if […]