County Hopes to Extend Life of Solid Waste Disposal Area A plan that could extend the life of Lane County’s only solid waste disposal area gained approval on a 3-2 vote of the Lane County Board of Commissioners Tuesday.  Springfield Commissioner David Loveall and West Lane Commissioner Ryan Ceniga voted […]

Weather Continues to Be an Issue Weather conditions continue to be an issue for the central Oregon Coast.  Heavy rains have already saturated the area and are expected to continue through the rest of the week and into the weekend.  Thunderstorms are also a possibility into this evening and overnight.  […]

Weather Alerts Rain wind and flooding continue to be an issue for the coast and inland as atmospheric rivers move through the area.  Heavy rains are in the forecast for the day and through the evening hours and into tomorrow.  A flood watch and a flood advisory is in effect […]

Light Up A Life The annual Light Up a Life celebration is just over a week away.  Communities around the world take a day each year around the holiday season to remember those who have passed.  Peace Harbor Hospice has chosen Saturday December 9th to be that date.  Liz Atkinson […]

Central Lincoln Seeks Extra Security Fencing The Florence Planning Commission will hear a request by Central Lincoln PUD to expand a “pre-existing, non-conforming use” of chain link fencing around a portion of the parking and storage areas of their office at Tenth Street and Highway 101.  The publicly owned utility […]

Fatal Wreck Mapleton Highway 36 at milepost 1 had to be closed for several hours yesterday as emergency responders were dispatched to a head on collision. one of the vehicles left the roadway and went into the Siuslaw River.  This happened about 12:26 yesterday.  According to Western Lane Fire and […]

Florence Champion Passes The Florence community has learned of the passing of longtime resident and influencer Tom Grove.  Grove was instrumental in bringing to life many of the things taken for granted in Florence like the Florence Events Center and the current state of PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center as […]

City Reports Telephone Issue Telephone issues interrupted communications for the city of Florence briefly yesterday. For about an hour and a half Wednesday morning the city’s phone system went off line for undetermined reasons.  Asst city manager Megan Messmer relayed the information to the public via radio and the city’s […]