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Increased Patrols This Weekend This weekend the Florence Police department will have increased enforcement patrols along the streets within the city limits. It is a coordinated effort along with the Lane County Sheriff’s department and the Oregon State Police. Who are conducting similar patrols along the highways and county roads. […]
DeFazio Says Fire Money is Coming Representative Peter De Fazio was in town yesterday as he continues his town hall tour of his district. He spoke with Coast Radio News about the climate in Washington especially as it pertains to the state of wildfire management and how the federal government […]
WLAD and SVFR Call Special Meetings Western Lane Ambulance and Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue have issued notices of special meetings. The boards of each entity will gather to discuss several topics including what to do during the interim as they look for a new director and the state of […]
City Takes a Look At Movies In The Park The City of Florence is looking to bring back movies in the park. The annual event at Miller Park had to be cancelled when the company supplying the equipment was sold. But the city, with its new emphasis on Miller Park, […]
OCHS Announces New Executive Director In just under two weeks the Oregon Coast Humane Society has filled two important posts that have been vacant. Ochs announced last week the hiring of a shelter manager Marina Lewis from Texas. And yesterday OCHS board President Shauna Robbers told Coast radio news that […]
Water Treatment Plant Seeps Toxins The City of Florence released a statement yesterday afternoon regarding operations at its waste water treatment plant. According to the release, due to high levels of a filamentous bacteria called S. natans caused some materials in the final stage to bulk together and not settling […]
Earthquake Shakes Ocean Floor A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Oregon at 1:30 this morning. According to the USGS the earthquake was about 170 miles due west of Florence at a depth of 6 miles. There is no tsunami threat according to officials at USGS. The […]
Air Quality Suffers in Florence The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency has issued an air quality alert that includes all of Lane County. Conditions have degraded due to the lack of significant coastal winds and are expected to continue that way through the evening on Wednesday. LRAPA has extended the […]
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