Harvey Has Little Effect On Local Fuel Hurricane Harvey may have shaken up the gulf coast and shut down oil refineries there but according to Marie Dodds with AAA Oregon it was the increased demand over the eclipse that generated the surge here in Florence. “Harvey is really not having […]

Dredge Sits On Mouth of Siuslaw The Suction Hopper Dredge ‘Yaquina’ operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is at work at the mouth of the Siuslaw river.  They will be working for several days on clearing up built up sand and sediment.  The Coast Guard is admonishing boaters […]

Smoky Days in Florence Calls rang out to Lane County yesterday as a thick layer of haze coated the area.  One caller here to Coast radio asked if there was a reported fire near Cushman as they smelled the smoke.  But fire officials said it was a definite result from […]

Power Line Work May Cause Delays Line crews that are updating the transmission lines for the Bonneville Power Administration from Florence to Eugene are going to be working just east of Mapleton for the next several weeks and traffic in the area will at times be limited.  There may even […]

Buds 4 U Burglarized Early Wednesday morning the Buds For U cannabis store was burglarized.  Sgt. Brandon Ott with the Florence Police Department reports that the alarm went off at 3:25 Wednesday morning and they responded.  Florence Police did not encounter any suspects at the time.  Dustin Foskett, the manager […]

Safety Blitz Hits The Streets The City of Florence’s safety Blitz is intended to make people aware of the dangers involved to pedestrians and motorists.  The increased presence of Florence Police is intended for increasing awareness and is not being used as a revenue generating source.  Police Chief Tom Turner […]

Coast Eclipse is History It was well watched by the locals here in Florence, but the total Solar Eclipse went by without much of a fan fare. Several hundred people were scattered around Old Town to watch the solar eclipse, about a hundred of them on the boardwalk but the […]

Eclipse Traffic Lighter Than Expected It was well watched by the locals here in Florence, but the total Solar Eclipse went by without much of a fan fare. Several hundred people were scattered around Old Town to watch the solar eclipse, about a hundred of them on the boardwalk but […]