Florence Oregon News

Siltcoos Lake

ODFW Closes Chinook Fishing Up River; Open Enrollment; Time for Pounding; City Council Meeting

ODFW Closes Chinook Fishing Up River The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued emergency regulation changes for coastal rivers.  ODFW closed Chinook fishing up many of the rivers along the coast due to poor numbers.  Beginning November 1st up river fishing on the Siuslaw has been limited to […]

Ocean Swirls at Sunset

Richardson Warns of Election Misinformation; Studded Tires Cause Road Damage; Cape Perpetua Education Talks; Crude Prices Take a Hit; PTA Fundraiser

Richardson Warns of Election Misinformation Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson has posted a notice that misinformation about Tuesday’s election has been circulating.  According to Richardson, non-official entities are calling voters and telling them that they are not registered to vote or that their voter registration is inactive.  They are […]

Siuslaw River Boardwalk

Florence Woman Pleads Guilty; The Polarizing 105; Last Day to Mail Ballots; Cougar Sighting; Traveling Memorial

Florence Woman Pleads Guilty The Register Guard is reporting that a Florence woman has pleaded guilty in Lane County Circuit Court in the drowning of her infant son.  Angela Louise Davis admitted to falling asleep on the couch while her son, 8 month old Brently Pinnock was left in the […]

Boats on the Port of Siuslaw

Bomb Threat: Hoax; Setting Back Time; Free Rides on Halloween; Lane County: Healthy Employer

Bomb Threat: Hoax According to reports received by Coast Radio early yesterday morning someone posted a bomb threat on the Florence Police Facebook page.  The threat indicated that there was a bomb in the trunk of a corvette housed in the parking garage beneath the Bridgeport Landing Condominiums adjacent to […]

Gazebo on the Siuslaw River

Road Repairs to Take a Week; Fire Displaces Man; Man Hit By Tree; Pumpkin Giveaway; Sapp Named Grand Marshall

Road Repairs to Take a Week Oregon 38 (Umpqua Highway) will be limited to a single lane near Burchard Creek (milepost 21) for at least one week due to ongoing cleanup work following a truck crash and fuel release on Monday night.  Flaggers will provide 24-hour traffic control, and motorists […]

Politics Heat Up With Controversial Flyer; Military Museum Board Adds Two Directors; Ocean Crabbing Done; Gas Prices Slow to Come Down

Politics Heat Up Controversial Flyer More political hate speech coming out as we get closer to election day.  Yesterday morning someone dropped off flyers in front of the Patriot Place depicting City Council candidate Geraldine Lucio cutting the hair of President Donald Trump.  The flyer is adorned by pictures of […]