Pedestrian Killed At approximately 5:18 yesterday evening emergency responders were called to highway 101 south of the Siuslaw River bridge near east Glenada Road after reports of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian. Oregon State Police were on scene of the accident. 28 year old Heather Marie Sanford of Eugene was […]
Florence Oregon News
HYAK Sets Tower; Port Happy With Hiring Practice; City’s First Meeting At FEC
Fiber Construction Builds The HYAK Company, an off shoot of Siuslaw Broadband, is getting closer to connecting its first customers. Robbie Wright heads the company and he told Coast Radio News that it is only a matter of weeks before they would be ready to go online with high speed […]
Oil Drills Off The Oregon Coast?; City to Remove Asbestos; Special Election Ballot; Dunes City Talks Water;
Oil Drills Could Be Coming To Coast Conservationist are up in arms at the possibility that bans recently lifted by the trump administration may mean that Oregon waters could soon be home to oil and gas drillers. The Interior Department is proposing opening up 90 percent of federal waters to […]
“Small Business Revolution” Hits Florence; Port Seeks Manager; Food Share Crab Crack; Bridges A-OK
Florence Supports “Small Business Revolution” The message from the podium was that we have already won. Hundreds gathered at the Florence event center for a show of force last night as the host of the reality show “Small Business Revolution” spoke about the spark that ignites fires and brings people […]
Mapleton Store Robbed, Police Seek Information; School District to Look Over High School Plans; Gas Prices Highest Since 2014; Utilities To Go Down…Under That Is
Mapleton Store Robbed, Police Seek Information An armed man entered Randy’s Riverview Market in Mapleton at 8:20 pm Saturday evening. Lane County Sheriff’s department and the Oregon state Police responded to the call. According to police there was only one person on duty when the robber entered the store and […]
Small Business Revolution Show; Water and Sewer Improvements; Man Robs Columbia Bank in Waldport
Small Business Revolution Show The Internet show, Small Business Revolution rolls into town tomorrow evening. The shows producers are ready to cast the town that will premiere in its third installment of the series and Florence is its first stop on the list of 10 potential towns. Over the last […]
2017 Year In Review
Taking a look at the year in review. The top stories for 2017. 10 She pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hitman to kill her husband. Pamela Jean Gygi of Florence stood before a U.S. District Judge in Eugene in January 2017 and admitted that she had asked a […]
State Needs Money For Infrastructure; OCHS Still Prevalent; Port Seeks Imput; City Makes Temp Move
New Taxes Mean New Fees The state of Oregon will need to cover 5.3 billion dollars in funding for transportation needs and it will come in the form of new taxes for the new year. Some of the most notable changes that will occur is a new 4 cent tax […]




