Storm Surges Through With high winds expected to continue through the day the threat of power outages looms along the coast.  Central Lincoln PUD reported  several outages along the coast since the wind began yesterday, but so far, widespread outages have not occurred.  A coastal flood advisory has been added […]

Siuslaw Awards Nominations are now open for the annual Siuslaw Awards and Florence First Citizen.  Annually businesses and two Florence citizens are recognized for their achievements.  Businesses are presented with awards that include Excellence in Customer Service, Curb Appeal, Non-profit Achievement, Community Caring, Innovation in Business, and the Stu Johnston […]

Enrollment Period Extended If you waited around and never quite got to handling your health care changes, you are not alone.  HealthCare.gov estimates that hundreds of thousands Americans failed to make the December 15th deadline and have extended it to December 18th.  if you have not yet enrolled in a […]

Razor Clamming Closed The Oregon department of Fish and wildlife has closed all commercial and recreational razor clamming along the entire coast of Oregon.  Recent tests show the levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid at extremely high levels and unsafe for human consumption.  Mussel harvesting is still open along […]

City Council Meeting With the holidays in the month of December the City Council of Florence will have just one meeting.  Monday at 4:30 pm the council will meet in executive session to perform an evaluation of the city Manager, Erin Reynolds.  That portion of the meeting will be closed […]

Measles Outbreak Over On Wednesday Lane County Health and Human services declared the recent outbreak of Measles was over.  According to Jason Davis the public information officer with Lane County it has been more that 21 days since the last known exposure took place.  2019 has been the highest number […]