Tsunami Awareness Grants The state of Oregon has been awarded $325 Thousand dollars to outfit coastal cities along the Cascadia Subduction Zone with the latest signage and materials to show Tsunami safe zones.  Much of the work that the grant covers has already been done in Florence.  The painting of […]

Fiber Groundbreaking It will rival the fastest internet in the state.  Robbie Wright with Siuslaw Broadband says the arrival of fiber optic internet service will bring 1 gigabyte speeds to homes and 10 gigabyte service to some businesses and at a price that is in line with current internet charges […]

Lane County Copies City Restrictions Lane County has joined the City of Florence in banning plastics and plastic coated containers from its recycling stations in its Florence and Swisshome locations.  Other county recycling operations will not be affected by this change.  The County’s press release says that it is trying […]

DEQ Fines Coos Bay Man The state Department of Environmental Quality has fined a Coos Bay man $25,000 and ordered his property cleaned up by mid November.  The problem is that Willy Joe Jenkins cannot respond to the demand from the state because he is serving a sentence for weapons […]

Re-Educating Recycling The word came down this week that there would be no plastic in your co-mingled recycling bins.  Sarah Grimm the Waste reduction Specialist for Lane county says this was not a popular decision nor one she was happy with making, but it has been the generalization of the […]

Talk To Kids About Tragedies While they may not have been directly affected by the Las Vegas Tragedy, mental health experts say it is important to have conversations with youth who may have witnessed some of the news coverage or had friends that were closely connected to the event.  Dr. […]

Curbside Recycling for Plastics To End It may soon be the end of recycling as we know it.  New Chinese regulations will likely put an end to the plastics recycling industry in America or at the very least cause major changes.  In the heyday of recycling China was desperate for […]

Dry Season Causes Burn Ban Continuance It has been a fairly dry summer season as Coastal Oregon goes.  And dozens of wildfires throughout the state have stressed firefighting resources.  The Oregon Department of Forestry decided last week to extend the Summer burning ban until this Saturday, October 7th.  Sean Barrett […]