Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Free Boat Inspections The Lane County Sheriff’s Department, Marine Division, will be offering a boating safety check in the month of June. Sunday June 17th from noon until 2 at the bi-mart location in Florence the sheriff’s department will be checking boats to make sure that recreational boaters are ready […]
Public Works Says: “Cut Your Grass!” Public works was out last week enforcing code on what might seem like a trivial regulation, but residents who let their grass get above 12 inches got a visit from Dan Frazier of code enforcement. Frazier says the hazard warrants the response. “This time […]
Watershed Council to Sponsor Camp With summer break looming students will have time on their hands and parents will have to find things for the children to do. One of those things is camp. And the Siuslaw Watershed Council is offering a special outdoor camp that will take in the […]
Boys and Girls Club Reach Goal The Boys and girls club were hoping to raise enough money in order to receive a matching donation of $14,000. They had until today. It took just under 30 days for the Boys and Girls Club to make their matching funds. After the matching […]
Election Filing Begins Today Today is the day for residents of Florence to throw their hat in the ring if they are interested in serving on the city council or have a desire to be Mayor of Florence. Currently there are three positions that will be coming up for the […]
Study Shows Potential for River and Stream Carbon Dioxide Increases A new study says that streams and rivers will emit increasing amounts of carbon dioxide as temperatures rise from climate change. Alba Argerich, a former researcher at Oregon State University studied streams near Eugene for this analysis. She says the […]
Athlete of the Year Award The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News, and Coast Radio sports will be announcing the male and female Athletes of the Year at its annual ceremony this Friday evening at Siuslaw High School. There will be a dessert presentation at 6:30 from the Culinary program at […]
ODOT Work Continues The Oregon Department of Transportation is making headway on three crosswalk projects in Florence. No work is expected to be done during memorial day, but overnight crews will be back on the streets. Crews have already begun pouring cement on one side of two of the locations […]
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