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Mariner Dies After Capsizing The U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter and two 47 foot life boats responded to a capsized boat at the North Jetty near the mouth of the Siuslaw River yesterday around 2:50 pm. Just after low tide. Coast Guard crews recovered one person from the water who was […]
National Night Out The community will be gathering tomorrow evening at Miller Park for the first annual National Night out in Florence. This is Florence’s first official National Night Out event. The Program began in 1984. The first National Night Out involved 400 communities in 23 states and more than […]
City Council Back in Session After a short recess in the second half of July the Florence city council will hold their first meeting in August on Monday evening. On the agenda will be the results of the bid process on the 1.1 million dollar light and runway maintenance at […]
Investment Group Considering Brewpub The principles of Boathouse Brewing Company went before the Florence Urban Renewal Agency yesterday to request a grant for predevelopment costs as they look towards the possibility of opening a brewpub. Jon Thompson, corporation president, says the group of investors he represents is looking at the […]
Fires Costly, Dangers Extreme Fires continue to plague southern Oregon and the Columbia river gorge as temperatures continue to be warm and the landscape dry. And the costs for fighting these fires continue to rise. And that Cassandra Moseley, a research professor at the University of Oregon, says it’s largely […]
Offshore Earthquakes Prompt Preparedness A bevy of recent earthquakes along the Oregon coast have once again brought up the possibility of a disastrous quake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone. August 25th is the date for the Be Ready Expo which deals with storm and disaster readiness. As one of the […]
FEC Volunteer of the Year Dies Local Volunteer and friend to the community Leah Goodwin passed away on Friday. She was a professional stage manager for stage and screen in California and came to Florence to be with family after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. When she first arrived in […]
Rescued Woman Faces Criminal Charges She spent several days trapped in brush alongside a cliff near Sea Lion Caves, now Dallas resident Heather Mounce may spend several years behind bars. Countless manhours and Coast Guard resources were used last August when Mounce was reported missing by her husband, now more […]
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