Dissension Over Art Permeates FURA Meeting A profusion of accusations were tossed about at Wednesday evening’s Florence Urban Renewal Agency that began with a question from Mayor Joe Henry regarding the addition of an agenda item on the evening’s meeting schedule.  Item number 6 in the amended meeting schedule was, […]

More Funding Needed For Fireworks The fireworks are a go for the 4th of July, but there is still not enough money to pay for the celebration.  Bettina Hannigan with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce says that they are just over half way toward funding the event with just […]

Coast Guard Chief Reflects on First Year With just over a year under his belt, Senior chief bosun’s mate Jay Nilles is enjoying his tenure as the head of U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River.  Nilles says being stationed in a Coast Guard City has been a great experience, especially […]

Peace Health Celebrates 30 July marks 30 years since the opening of Peace  Harbor hospital in Florence.  The history of PeaceHealth in Florence dates back 40 years when they were contracted to provide management services to Western Lane Hospital.  The hospital plans a low key celebration of the event on […]

Quakes Rock Gently Saturday Morning A series of 8 earthquakes in a cluster located off the Oregon coast happened early Saturday morning.  The quakes ranged from 3.2 to 5.4 in magnitude.  The quakes were centered around 200 miles west of Coos Bay and occurred over a three and a half […]

Port Approves Budget The Port of Siuslaw Board of Commissioners unanimously approved their fiscal budget for 2019/2020.  The port’s budget committee recommended the 2,981,523 budget. Included in the budget was a 230,000 capital expense to raise the blue storage buildings to provide more camp spaces and $325,000 for dredging around […]

Animal Abuser Sentenced Preston Hancock was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 2 years probation and 5 years of not being allowed companion animals after pleading No Contest to animal abuse charges in Florence.  Hancock was initially arrested in November of 2018 after he was seen abusing his 7 year […]