Storm Surges Through With high winds expected to continue through the day the threat of power outages looms along the coast. Central Lincoln PUD reported several outages along the coast since the wind began yesterday, but so far, widespread outages have not occurred. A coastal flood advisory has been added […]
Florence Oregon News
Landslide Dangers; No Grease!; Star Wars
Landslide Dangers With the rain and high winds expected the Oregon Department of Transportation has issued an alert for much of the central Oregon coast regarding the possibility of Landslides. Several areas along the coast are trouble spots for the potential of earthen shifts that can quickly turn deadly. Heavy […]
Siuslaw Awards; Busy Travel Season; Art Exposed; OPB Celebrates 40 Years
Siuslaw Awards Nominations are now open for the annual Siuslaw Awards and Florence First Citizen. Annually businesses and two Florence citizens are recognized for their achievements. Businesses are presented with awards that include Excellence in Customer Service, Curb Appeal, Non-profit Achievement, Community Caring, Innovation in Business, and the Stu Johnston […]
Enrollment Period Extended; Hannigan Elected to State Commerce Board; Giving Tree; Gas Prices; Senior Center Holiday Schedule
Enrollment Period Extended If you waited around and never quite got to handling your health care changes, you are not alone. HealthCare.gov estimates that hundreds of thousands Americans failed to make the December 15th deadline and have extended it to December 18th. if you have not yet enrolled in a […]
Razor Clamming Closed; Construction 101; Flu Update; City Schedule
Razor Clamming Closed The Oregon department of Fish and wildlife has closed all commercial and recreational razor clamming along the entire coast of Oregon. Recent tests show the levels of the marine biotoxin domoic acid at extremely high levels and unsafe for human consumption. Mussel harvesting is still open along […]
City Council Meeting; Public Art Committee Vacancies; Food and Toy Distribution
City Council Meeting With the holidays in the month of December the City Council of Florence will have just one meeting. Monday at 4:30 pm the council will meet in executive session to perform an evaluation of the city Manager, Erin Reynolds. That portion of the meeting will be closed […]
Measles Outbreak Over; Oregon Pacific Bank Celebrates 40; Whale Watching
Measles Outbreak Over On Wednesday Lane County Health and Human services declared the recent outbreak of Measles was over. According to Jason Davis the public information officer with Lane County it has been more that 21 days since the last known exposure took place. 2019 has been the highest number […]
Soroptomist Christmas Baskets; Gas Prices Dip; Florence Police Auxiliary Host Santa; Open Enrollment
Soroptomist Christmas Baskets This Saturday the Soroptomist International of Florence will hold its annual Community Christmas Basket Project. The annual event provides food for families in the community and toys for children ages infant to 12 years old. Carol Bennett is one of the organizers of this event who says […]
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