First Citizen and Future First Citizen Nominees Announced The nominations for Florence First Citizen and Florence Future First Citizen have been announced.  The annual recognition for residents and students for their contributions to the community was released this morning.  3 members of the community were acknowledged in the category of […]

Crabs Still Not Ready Oregon commercial fishermen are laying in port for now as the beginning of the Dungeness Crab season is delayed once again.  The official start of the season is usually December 1st, but the crab are not cooperating.  Part of the issue is that the crab are […]

Board To Follow Justice Department Suggestions The Oregon Coast Humane Society will cease all board of Director’s meetings until such time as it can hold elections for board members.  After a tumultuous 2017 battle between members of the Oregon Coast Humane Society members and its board and a Department of […]

Pesticides Threaten Salmon A trio of widely-used pesticides are threatening Northwest salmon and the orca that rely on them, even with these species on the brink of extinction. That’s according to a biological opinion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries office that the environmental law organization Earthjustice unveiled […]

Peace Harbor Leading Fight Against Opioids Efforts to reduce the opioid addiction problems in hospitals is finding a home in Florence. Dr. Bill Prosser is the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice at Peace Harbor Medical Center and he says that year after year with new medicines and new techniques the […]

Pedestrian Killed At approximately 5:18 yesterday evening emergency responders were called to highway 101 south of the Siuslaw River bridge near east Glenada Road after reports of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian.  Oregon State Police were on scene of the accident.  28 year old Heather Marie Sanford of Eugene was […]