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 […]
Florence Oregon News
MOOT merges with Chamber
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, […]
Water infrastructure improvements funded
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 […]
Oregon News from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,296 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Samudra — the Oregon Zoo’s youngest elephant — turns 3 years old today. Zookeepers say the ton-and-a-half Asian elephant maintains his impressive growth rate by nursing and eating lots of hay and produce. On […]
New Veterinary Clinic planned for Florence
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 […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,246 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) – Franklin Gutierrez lifted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Seattle Mariners scored the go-ahead run without getting a hit to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-2. The Indians […]
Oregon News from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MADRAS, Ore. (AP) – Fire crews in central Oregon are battling a new wildfire that has burned more than 900 acres – or nearly 1 1/2 square miles – and threatens multiple structures about four miles west of […]
Another traffic death on the coast
A 19-year old Reedsport man was killed, and his father injured, in a crash on Highway 101 near Hauser in the early morning hours of Friday morning. Police say Tyler Randall Hoffman died after the pickup truck he was driving crossed the centerline and collided with a north-bound semi truck […]