Wright Prepares For House Run Candidate for the District 9 House Seat, Boomer Wright has announced that he will be opening his campaign headquarters this Friday in Winchester Bay.  The space is located at 465 Beach Boulevard and the time of the event is from 3-6pm.  Lawn chairs are requested […]

Locals Peaceably Protest While cities across the nation deal with violence and looting in a weekend of protests which included damaged buildings in Eugene, smaller cities and town like Florence were able to maintain civility and still get a message out.  Here peaceful protesters were visible on the corner of […]

Graduation Paradigm Change To say the least, graduation will look a little different this year.  The Plans are to use the NFHS camera feed on Hans Peterson field to broadcast the processional and the handing out of diplomas and that broadcast will be supported by a live broadcast from Coast […]

COVID-19 Not Going Anywhere…Yet This past Memorial Day weekend saw an onslaught of visitors to the coast and concerns over the coronavirus have some of the population worried that we may see a case here in Florence.  Dr. Willy Foster is the Emergency Director with Peace Harbor Hospital and he […]

Front Line Medical Workers Honored with Flyover It was a brief moment in the skies yesterday morning, but at 11:40 two F-15 fighter jets either from the 173rd Fighter Wing out of Klamath Falls or the 142nd Fighter Wing out of Portland flew over a crowded hospital parking lot filled […]

Oregon’s OSHA Making Calls Oregon’s Occupational Safety and health Administration spent Saturday responding to complaints about businesses that were operating without masks, specifically food service establishments.  One of the complaints that one owner had was that the rules were not clear.  His business was still operating only as a takeout […]