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Peace Health Celebrates 30 July marks 30 years since the opening of Peace Harbor hospital in Florence. The history of PeaceHealth in Florence dates back 40 years when they were contracted to provide management services to Western Lane Hospital. The hospital plans a low key celebration of the event on […]
Quakes Rock Gently Saturday Morning A series of 8 earthquakes in a cluster located off the Oregon coast happened early Saturday morning. The quakes ranged from 3.2 to 5.4 in magnitude. The quakes were centered around 200 miles west of Coos Bay and occurred over a three and a half […]
Port Approves Budget The Port of Siuslaw Board of Commissioners unanimously approved their fiscal budget for 2019/2020. The port’s budget committee recommended the 2,981,523 budget. Included in the budget was a 230,000 capital expense to raise the blue storage buildings to provide more camp spaces and $325,000 for dredging around […]
Animal Abuser Sentenced Preston Hancock was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 2 years probation and 5 years of not being allowed companion animals after pleading No Contest to animal abuse charges in Florence. Hancock was initially arrested in November of 2018 after he was seen abusing his 7 year […]
Brief Power Outage High winds yesterday was the apparent cause of a power outage south of the Siuslaw River Bridge. According to Central Lincoln PUD a tree landed across power lines causing about 700 homes and businesses to be without power for a brief period yesterday. The initial outage happened […]
City Council Meeting The Florence City Council last night approved the extension of the waivers and deferrals for system development charges on new properties. The waiver that covers the building of Accessory Dwelling Units within the city limits was not affected by that extension since it is an ongoing deferral. […]
Escapee Arrested in Portland The youth that authorities believe may have jumped into the Siuslaw River to avoid capture two weeks ago has turned up in Portland. Portland Police arrested 20 year old Brendon Hansen on Saturday for reckless driving, driving a stolen vehicle and for his outstanding warrant for […]
City Council May Opt to Extend Waivers On Monday evening the Florence City Council will convene at 5:30. On the agenda is the potential adoption of Ordinance no.6 Series 2019. This ordinance would amend the Florence City Code Title 9, chapter 1 extending the timeline for waivers or deferrals of […]
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