Musician to Perform; Donate to Local Boy A musician with local ties and a songwriting pedigree will be performing at the Florence Event Center this Saturday evening at 6 p.m..  Molly Hardin is releasing her new CD, “Skin Deep,” ten songs of unity, love and peace.  The show will include […]

Budget Leaves Schools Wanting The Oregon House passed an education budget of eight-point-two billion dollars for the next two years on Tuesday, but educators say they’re being shorted once again. Even legislators warned the funding amount will mean cuts for some school districts, fewer teachers and larger class sizes. Oregon […]

Military Museum Anniversary This weekend the Oregon Coast Military Museum celebrates its 2nd anniversary.  Cal Applebee is on the board and he says there is a lot planned.  Raffles, giveaways, door prizes will all be part of the festivities.  And a reminder that they rely on the good nature of […]

Suspect Dead After High Speed Chase A high speed chase from Mapleton to Florence Saturday ended in the death of a suspect who fired on police.  There is still information coming in on the incident, but we know that Lane County Sheriff’s were pursuing a vehicle that had fired upon […]

Trucks Rally for Relay Three Rivers Casino and Resort in support of Relay For Life is putting together Food Trucks for a Cure.  The event will be on Saturday July 8th outside the casino event center.  And will feature many local and regional food trucks and breweries.  Director of Consumer […]

3 Year Repair Job The major transmission lines that run from Florence to Eugene are in need of new supports.  The poles that carry the electricity to our area are past their useful life and beginning later this month the Bonneville Power Administration will be setting equipment and supplies along […]

New Lot Size Approved There is interest in Florence for developing a new hotel that will help support the Florence Event Center.  The news coming during the Florence Area Chamber’s annual Meeting last week.  This prompted a review of some of the other possible ventures by business entities.  Last year […]

Firework Safety The upcoming Independence holiday means that the sale and use of fireworks is upcoming too.  This Friday June 23rd  the canvas sides will be removed from the tents that have been set up for the sale of popular pyrotechnics.  And as usual, Fire Marshall, Sean Barrett says there […]