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Aquarium Seeking Capital The Oregon Coast Aquarium has announced a fundraising campaign for an $18 million expansion effort. The Aquarium plans to remodel existing facilities and add a marine rehabilitation center and an outdoor play area. Officials say the project would be the first major remodeling since the facility in […]
ReVision Florence Crews continue to work on grinding and paving of Highway 101. The southbound portion of the road from 8th street to the Siuslaw river bridge has been completed and striped with the exception of the tie ins to the secondary streets. Projected clear weather over the next several […]
Pro Lumber to Move After the Planning Commission approved the change of status for the property where Pro Lumber is housed, rumors began to circulate about the future of Pro Lumber. Owner John LaRocco says the plan is to relocate the business onto the west side of highway 101 just […]
Overnight Paving A new traffic pattern greets Monday morning travelers on highway 101. Last night paving crews began the grinding of the center lanes of highway 101 as part of the ReVision Florence project. City project manager Megan Messmer says that motorists are encouraged to use Kingwood, Quince and Bay […]
City Council Meeting Monday evening the Florence City Council will meet for its regular meeting. On the agenda will be the potential approval of the extension of the lease for the Oregon Coast Military Museum. OCMM has opted to renew its lease for two – ten year periods beginning in […]
Gas Prices Spike In less than a week gasoline prices have jumped again in Florence. Monday saw a 5 cent jump raising the average price of a gallon of regular gas to $2.72 a gallon. On Wednesday the average price shot up 15 cents to $2.87 a gallon. According to […]
Burning Season Begins The fall burning season officially began yesterday for Lane County. Dry conditions in 2017 and 2018 delayed the start of the season those years, but a wet September brought about conditions favorable for the burning of dry wood yard debris for most of Lane County. As always, […]
Coast Guard Search A search off the coast of Depoe Bay from Sunday night into Monday morning could not determine any survivors of a ship wreck. Coast Guard Sector North Bend was called in on Sunday morning around 11:42 am after reports of floating debris came in. Responders found remnants […]
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