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Few Details on Southview Shooting Little more is known this morning about the shooting that left one person dead and one person in critical condition. Police responded to a residence in the 90800 block of Southview Lane yesterday morning around 8 am and located an elderly couple both with gunshot […]
Woman Safe After Crash into Water A woman and her dog are safe this morning after her Honda Accord went off the road and into the water on the north side of Highway 126 at milepost 5 around 5 pm yesterday afternoon. Oregon State Police along with Western Lane Ambulance […]
Florence- Eugene Connector Tomorrow morning and afternoon will be the test runs for Florence’s new bus service to Eugene. The Florence Eugene Connector will officially begin public runs on Wednesday with two trips scheduled daily. Service will be operated by Pacific Crestlines which also runs the Coos Bay to Eugene […]
Dickerson Heads To Dallas Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue Division Chief Jim Dickerson has announced that he will be leaving to take a position as Deputy Chief I in the Dallas, Oregon Fire Department. Dickerson has been actively searching for a position that will allow him to move upward in […]
Siuslaw Awards Last night the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Siuslaw Awards at the Florence Events Center. First up was the announcement of the Future First Citizen award. 4 outstanding students at Siuslaw High School were honored as nominees, Jared Northrop, Hannah Rannow, Brandon Jensen and Tiffany […]
Scam Targets Elderly Reports of an elderly Oregon widower being swindled out of $200,000 revives the reminder of scam artists targeting the elderly. The 80 year old man was targeted by fraudster who stole a Florida woman’s identity and posed as her on a dating website convincing the man to […]
ReVision Florence Work is continuing on the ReVision Florence project. City manager Erin Reynolds says that work on the foundations for the gateways is ongoing and trenches that were dug to allow for utility crossing along the streets will be packed and smoothed out for drivers, but it will still […]
School Board Meeting This Wednesday evening the Siuslaw School Board will meet for its monthly meeting. On the agenda will be the second reading of Policies for Adoption including topics such as compulsory attendance, standards of conduct for board members, reporting of suspected abuse of a child and the reporting […]
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