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OSP Pursuit Leads To Florence UPDATE: The Oregon State Police have officially released information about a pursuit that ended in Florence on Saturday. Jerry Joseph Strosnider, 39 of Florence Oregon was wanted on a probable cause for a felony assault here in Florence. Strosnider’s vehicle a black Cadillac CTS, was […]
Revision Florence Week One Today marks the end of week one of the Revision Florence Streetscape Project. ODOT and construction crews wasted no time in getting tools in the ground. Traffic was limited to one lane southbound beginning just north of Highway 126 and crews began tearing up sidewalks on […]
Special Meeting of WLAD/SFVR This evening at 5:30 the boards of Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue and Western Lane Ambulance District will hold a special meeting at the fire station located at 2625 Highway 101. The boards will consider a resolution to create a third entity as well as consider […]
Boards Choose New Chief The Boards of Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue and Western Lane Ambulance District met Saturday in executive session to discuss the potential hiring of one of the candidates proposed by the Boards and to conduct interviews. After the executive session the boards convened in open session […]
Airport Slated for Temporary Closure Along with several other citywide projects happening in Florence the Florence Municipal Airport will be undertaking a new lighting improvement project that will require the closing of the airport and airport runway during a 10 hour period daily from Monday through Friday. Beginning Monday March […]
Florence Man Arrested For Murder Oregon State Police Forensics was called to the scene of a murder early Saturday morning. The Florence Police Department arrested 61 year old Kevin Cooper after a call of a deceased person came in to the address of 4135 Munsel Creek Drive. The name of […]
Rent Control Bill Signed Gov. Kate Brown signed the nation’s first statewide mandatory rent control measure yesterday, giving a victory to housing advocates who say spiraling rent costs in the economically booming state have fueled widespread homelessness and housing insecurity. Brown, said the legislation will provide “some immediate relief to […]
City Lays Out Construction Timeline Last night at the Florence Event Center City officials laid out the timeline for the Revision Florence Street scape plane. On hand were officials from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the contractor, along with the city’s design team. The project is laid out in […]
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