Man Swept Away in Surf On Thursday a 57 year old male was swept away by waves at Depoe bay. Witnesses say the man climbed over the sea wall to get a closer look at the waves. The incident happened close to the downtown area and searchers spent hours looking […]
Florence Oregon News
Siuslaw Business Awards; No More Polystyrene; Sage-grouse Under Attack; Storm Creates Flood Warning
Business Awards Announced The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce has announced their 10th annual Siuslaw Business Awards nominees. As well as honoring the First Citizen and Future First Citizen of Florence at this year’s event, local businesses will be honored for their excellence in the local business community. As well […]
Nominations For First Citizen and Future First Citizen Announced; Climate Change Disappears From Official Documents; Gas Prices Rise
First Citizen and Future First Citizen Nominees Announced The nominations for Florence First Citizen and Florence Future First Citizen have been announced. The annual recognition for residents and students for their contributions to the community was released this morning. 3 members of the community were acknowledged in the category of […]
Crabs Not Meaty Enough; City Holds Special Work Session; Job Fair in March
Crabs Still Not Ready Oregon commercial fishermen are laying in port for now as the beginning of the Dungeness Crab season is delayed once again. The official start of the season is usually December 1st, but the crab are not cooperating. Part of the issue is that the crab are […]
Board Opts For Elections; Underwater Bridge Work; Yachats Man Arrested
Board To Follow Justice Department Suggestions The Oregon Coast Humane Society will cease all board of Director’s meetings until such time as it can hold elections for board members. After a tumultuous 2017 battle between members of the Oregon Coast Humane Society members and its board and a Department of […]
Pesticide Ban Put On Hold; Tourism Dollars Come To Florence; Storm Brings Power Outages
Pesticides Threaten Salmon A trio of widely-used pesticides are threatening Northwest salmon and the orca that rely on them, even with these species on the brink of extinction. That’s according to a biological opinion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries office that the environmental law organization Earthjustice unveiled […]
Fight Against Opioids In Florence; Expanding Broadband For Rural Oregon; Winter Music Festival
Peace Harbor Leading Fight Against Opioids Efforts to reduce the opioid addiction problems in hospitals is finding a home in Florence. Dr. Bill Prosser is the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice at Peace Harbor Medical Center and he says that year after year with new medicines and new techniques the […]
Bailey Issues Apology; Lane County Receives Education Grants; Revitalization Opportunities; Gas Prices Inch Up
Bailey Apology Tensions continue to swirl at the Oregon Coast Humane Society. This time it was in response to several comments made by a former board member during coast radio’s Our Town. During a discussion of paid membership, Scott Bailey suggested that current board member Jackie Allen was herself not […]
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