SVFR Keeping Busy It was a busy weekend for the Siuslaw Valley fire and rescue as well as the Western Lane Ambulance District. Saturday evening the SVFR responded to a fire at an empty vacation rental south of the bridge on Wilson avenue.  A fire started in the garage and […]

ODOT Says Be “Weather Prepared” The Solar Eclipse is just around the corner and in addition to the warnings regarding the increased demand on services in the path of the eclipse and all roads leading to, are the concerns of what to do if there is extreme heat forecast for […]

Tall Ships Fall Short The Festival of Sail’s visit to Coos County was not a financial windfall.  A summary report released by the Coos Bay Boat Building Center shows last month’s event resulted in a net loss of more than $80,000. The World newspaper reports that attendance numbers fell short of projections. Prospective sponsors were […]

Former Siuslaw Principle Killed Another tragic accident has affected the Florence community.  Oregon state Police reported that they were investigating  a fatal motorcycle accident on Tuesday morning.  At approximately 10:35 a  black 2015 BMW motorcycle ridden by former Siuslaw High School Principle John Weeks crashed into the side of a […]

Helping Hands Holds On Is there life after the planning commission decision?  Debbie Hamilton with Helping Hands believes there is.  After the Planning commission decided not to grant a use variance for a vacant building on Highway 101 Helping Hands had to come up with a new plan for feeding […]

Accident Claims Florence Resident The Oregon State Police reported Friday that 61 year old Florence resident Dan Barnum was killed when his 2017 Harley Davidson went off the road and slid in gravel before he lost control of the vehicle.  The crash happened Friday morning on Highway 20 at milepost […]

Fundraiser Celebrates 20 Years Van Fans of Florence is celebrating 20 years of Ice Cream Socials to raise money for the Friends of Florence which provides free rides to Eugene for cancer treatments.  P.T. Smith and Tom Grove began Friends of Florence after Smith noticed the struggles that some patients […]