Florence Oregon News

No sanctuary status at schools; Rotary offering professional development; More eclipse camping; Free floats; and higher gas prices

Siuslaw schools not seeking sanctuary status The Siuslaw School Board meets tonight… and despite what some people have been talking about, they will not be considering a resolution declaring local schools as “sanctuaries”. Andy Grzeskowiak – “Rumor mill has got us doing extra work this week.  Apparently somebody has made […]

National Library Week; Rhody float for free; buck off your chowder; ShakeAlert in Oregon; Home grown teachers

Siuslaw Public Library celebrates… This week is National Library Week and the theme is Libraries Transform.  Meg Spencer is the director of Siuslaw Public Library.  She says that statement is so true… Meg Spencer – “We really can change people’s lives.  You know, I think of the people who come […]

Roads temporarily blocked by Friday storm; Planning Commission to hear partition request; Plover recovery; Florence seeing NW best disignation; Rhody Chowder returns, sort of.

Dozens of downed trees and small slides cause problems Friday A small slide on Mercer Lake Road two miles east of Highway 101 closed that roadway for most of the day Friday.  A small slide came down that morning, pulling down power lines in the process. By the end of […]