Sibling March Set For Saturday There will be a Sibling march against gun violence in Florence this Saturday.  According to organizer Nancy Rickart the event will be held on the streets of Florence beginning at 1 pm. “We’re gathering at the Methodist Church at 12:30 and we’ll march up 101 […]

Building Stands – For Now There has been no official release on the cause of the fire at the La Bula restaurant nor has there been any determination on what will happen with the building as we get closer to Rhody Days.  Chief Jim Langborg with Siuslaw Valley Fire and […]

Federal Regulations Ease on Community Banks A federal regulatory reform bill that allows community banks more flexibility in handling mortgages has passed   The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday and it gives local banks the ability to be more creative in offering mortgages.  After the recession the federal government had […]

Siuslaw Students Show Solidarity About 100 students from Siuslaw High School walked out of class at 10 a.m. yesterday in a show of solidarity.  The national movement involved several thousand schools in protest of current gun laws and a desire to focus on keeping students safe while in school.  Several […]

Wreck Shuts Down 126 Oregon State Police are investigating an accident that closed down both lanes of highway 126.  The accident happened late yesterday morning around milepost 17.  There were reports of a vehicle upside down and several injuries.  One victim had to be airlifted to the hospital.  Several ambulances […]

Port Decides To Redo Application Process The port of Siuslaw has decided not to approve any of the three candidates for port Manager in an open session meeting.  The board could not agree on a choice with the three candidates that they had interviewed and decided to table the prospective […]