Rhody Drive Construction Begins Beginning today you are likely to see construction activities begin on Rhododendron Drive between Wildwinds and 35th Street.  According to city officials impact to the public will be minimal this week as crews begin staging for the lengthy process.  This week will mainly be exploring current […]

Chamber Wants Commissioners to Consider Off-Peak West Lane County The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce reached out to its membership yesterday to make them aware that the Lane County Board of Commissioners is currently in deliberation on what to do with a portion of the Transient Lodging Tax funds.  The […]

Rhody Drive Realignment The City of Florence laid out the Rhododendron realignment and improvement project last night at the Florence Events Center.  On hand to describe the project and the potential opportunities the project will encompass was the engineering team of RH2 Engineering and K&E Excavating. Delays and closures will […]

State Money Allocated for Florence Infrastructure Project It still needs the signature of the governor, but the city of Florence will be on the receiving end of 1.9 million dollars of state funding.  Senate Bill 1530 has cleared the House and Senate and it is part of the Governor’s plan […]

Superintendent Sees Smooth Sailing for Charter School Siuslaw School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak says he doesn’t anticipate any more snags as the Siuslaw Valley Charter School board moves forward.  Grzeskowiak says due to scheduling conflicts it will not be until May before the contract negotiations get under way, but without any […]

City Council Meeting Amendments to the Florence City Code are expected to be voted on this evening at the Florence City Council meeting.  The Council and city planners have been working on Ordinance No. 1, series 2024 for some time now and have a completed resolution that will be voted […]

HB 2004 to Weaken Measure 110 It wasn’t even close.  The vote to reshape the voter approved Measure 110 that decriminalized small amounts of illegal drugs passe the Oregon House floor yesterday with a 51-7 margin.  The move is a response to battle the massive increases in fentanyl and other […]

Oregon Weighs in on Proposed Merger Higher prices at the grocery store will be inevitable.  That is what several states are saying and now Oregon is in agreement saying that the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons would reduce competition and give the chain too much control over prices.  But […]