Businesses Chip in for Coasties The government shutdown is now at day 25, but more importantly is that today is the day that many federal workers were to be paid.  Including the United States Coast Guard.  Coast guard station Siuslaw is home to 38 service personell none of whom will […]

Flu Data As the flu season begins to ramp up in the new year, Oregon is showing an decrease in reported flu cases from previous weeks.  Oregon public health division is showing a 12.2 percent positive testing for patients that have come through complaining of flu like symptoms.  However, there […]

First Citizen Nominees The nominations for First Citizen and Future First Citizen have been announced.  For First Citizen the nominations are Dee Osborne and Harlan Springer and Future First Citizen nominations are Audrey Lowder, Robert Mans, Samantha Scheer and Naomi Shoji.  The 11th annual Siuslaw Awards will be held Wednesday […]

Driving Instructors Needed Lane County and specifically Florence/Mapleton Area is in great need of ODOT certified driving instructors.  Rob Griffes is the only ODOT certified instructor in the area and he says that he is capped out on the number of students that he can accept.  Griffes offers 2 programs […]

Timeline Not Set In Stone…Yet Revision Florence construction is slated to begin in February, but that will be contingent on a couple of factors.  Weather being one and the completion of a walk through that may take some time to accomplish.  City Manager Erin Reynolds says the plan is to […]

Accident Shuts Down 101 The potential for a deadly disaster was avoided on Saturday afternoon when a 1997 ford explorer traveling southbound on Highway 101 just south of Florence at approximately 1:28 pm crossed traffic and became airborne leaving a path of damage before crashing into the propane tank located […]