Florence Oregon News

ODOT Moving Ahead with Paving; Open Fishing on Ocean; Florence Yamaha looking to relocate; Florence Festival of Books this weekend

ODOT Moving Ahead with Paving Rain last week held back the paving of Highway 101 from the Siuslaw river bridge to Highway 126.  That work is expected to come this week as the paving window slowly closes on Florence.  The Oregon Department of Transportation had planned for a mid-week paving, […]

Siuslaw Bridge and Sealion

LCC Expanding Learning Opportunities; Voter Registration Recognition; Gas Prices; FURA Meeting

LCC Expanding Learning Opportunities Lane Community College in Florence is offering an online class that can educate individuals about water system engineering and conservation.  The program is initiated out of the Eugene Campus, but is offered in Florence with full support of both the Florence and Eugene Campus.  Program Director […]

Merkley Appropriates Funding for Coastal Communities; Urgent Care Open House; Email Property Taxes; New License Plate Proposed

Merkley Appropriates Funding for Coastal Communities U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has announced that he has secured key provisions that will help provide jobs and improve infrastructure in Oregon.  More than 700 million dollars will go to support small ports for harbor and channel improvements, inland waterways and small ports that […]

Paving Scheduled For ReVision Florence; Kyle Building Preservation; Bridge Upgrades; Palliative Care Classes

Paving Scheduled For ReVision Florence Beginning today through Friday the revision Florence project will focus on day work.  The project was preparing for paving later in the week, but weather conditions will have to be right for it to progress.  Rain is expected in the forecast through Wednesday of this […]

Police Set Pedestrian Enforcement Date; Local Artist Dons Cover; Sheriff’s Numbers In From Labor Day

Police Set Pedestrian Enforcement Date The Florence Police Department is planning another pedestrian enforcement operation.  Police will be situated near the intersection of 9th and Kingwood on Saturday, September 21st from 11am until 2pm.  Police will observe traffic responding to pedestrians attempting to cross the intersection and will likely be […]