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Red For Ed Day Around the state today teachers have planned walk-outs and protests to pressure legislators to provide more school funding, Siuslaw schools will be in full operation according to School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak. He says that teachers will be wearing red today in support of funding for schools […]
City Ready For Rhody Days Rhody Days are next week and the ReVision Florence Streetscape project is in full force, but City Manager Erin Reynolds says it will have little impact on the festival and Parade. “Starting next week, around Thursday you’ll see everyone kind of ‘get out of the […]
Suspect Arrested in Assault and Rape Case Over the weekend police in Reedsport arrested a man they believe to be responsible for a sexual assault that took place last Sunday at Carter Lake. On Saturday May 4th detectives arrested 63 year old Edward Owen Spalione at his residence after an […]
Siuslaw Teacher Arrested A teacher in the Siuslaw School District was arrested after an incident off campus over the weekend. On Wednesday May 1st. Former Siuslaw girls basketball coach Clint Tatum was arrested on one felony charge of Criminal mischief in the first degree and one felony charge of criminal […]
Car Group to Help With Auto Repairs The Rods and Rhody’s group has announced a program to help people with car repairs. Gary Cargill says that people often have to choose between a car repair and groceries, and that is not a choice they want to see people have to […]
Proposed City Budget Numbers Released The city has released the numbers on the proposed biennial budget for the 2019-2021cycle. The budget shows a slight increase over the current budget for a total of 52,756,300 to be spent over the next two years. This budget reflects a 2.4 million dollar difference […]
Women Attacked While Walking Dogs Douglas County Sheriff’s department is looking for a man who brutally attacked a woman at knife point and then raped her. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the Carter Lake Campground Day Use Area near the Douglas/Lane County line along highway 101. A woman […]
Voter Registration, Bond Measure If you plan on voting in the upcoming May 21st special election tomorrow is the deadline for registering to vote. Along with several school, fire and ambulance board elections there is also a measure before the voters for a property tax increase to build a new […]
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