Gas Prices Spike In less than a week gasoline prices have jumped again in Florence.  Monday saw a 5 cent jump raising the average price of a gallon of regular gas to $2.72 a gallon.  On Wednesday the average price shot up 15 cents to $2.87 a gallon.  According to […]

Burning Season Begins The fall burning season officially began yesterday for Lane County.  Dry conditions in 2017 and 2018 delayed the start of the season those years, but a wet September brought about conditions favorable for the burning of dry wood yard debris for most of Lane County.  As always, […]

Coast Guard Search A search off the coast of Depoe Bay from Sunday night into Monday morning could not determine any survivors of a ship wreck.  Coast Guard Sector North Bend was called in on Sunday morning around 11:42 am after reports of floating debris came in.  Responders found remnants […]

Construction Delays Construction setbacks have pushed out the timeline for paving of Highway 101 as part of the ReVision Florence Project.  Several attempts were made last week to move forward with the project with some evening work lasting for a couple of hours before paving crews packed up.  Crews were […]

Florence Festival of Books The 10th annual Florence Festival of books begins today.  The event features over 70 authors and publishers who will be on hand to discuss their books and the writing process with visitors.  This afternoon offers a publishers symposium that will discuss the process for getting a […]

ReVision Update Crews continue to work on sidewalk upgrades to the east side of Highway 101, while ODOT prepares the west side of the street for paving.  Yesterday some paving vehicles were placed on side streets and the far west lane of Highway 101 had been ground down in preparation […]

Commission Unanimous Last night’s Planning Commission meeting saw the unanimous passing of a resolution to reassign the property currently housed by Pro Lumber from Hardware Store to Sporting Goods, ATV sales storage and display.  The Owners of Florence Yamaha, Ed and Debbie Costa, submitted the request stating that their current […]

Coast Guard Rescue The U.S. Coast Guard Sunday morning responded to a boat in distress near the entrance to the Coos River.  The boat lost rudder control after hitting a submerged object and began drifting towards the rocks.  The two men who were aboard the vessel jumped from the boat […]