Florence Oregon News

Winter Storm Warning; School Resource Officer; Gas Prices; Less is Best; City Council plans for future; Spirit of the Siuslaw

Winter Storm Warning posted for Coast Range A winter storm warning is in effect through at least midnight tonight for the South Willamette Valley and the Coast Range.  The National Weather Service says there is a high probability of snow, sleet and/or freezing rain for the Valley and the higher […]

Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment

  JAIL ASSAULT 1 hospitalized after assault at Polk County Jail (Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say one inmate has been hospitalized after an assault at the Polk County Jail. The Statesman Journal reports that 46-year-old Michael Gravelle, of Dallas, was taken to the hospital […]

Team health care; Smash and grab at cinemas; Dungeness; Annexation request; Council work session; Less is Best when it comes to wrapping gifts

Team Concept of Health Care The main purpose of last week’s PeaceHealth Medical Town Hall was to give the community an update on the status of recruiting and hiring more primary care physicians.   But, officials also took the opportunity to talk about the “team concept” of providing health care.  It’s […]

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  TRAIL BLAZERS-CLIPPERS Griffin, Paul have double-doubles, Clippers hold off Blazers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin had 26 points and 12 rebounds, Chris Paul had 21 points and 14 assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers held off the Portland Trail Blazers 121-120 Monday night to sweep the season series. […]

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  PORTLAND OFFICER-DRUNK DRIVING Portland cop accused of driving drunk to appear in court (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland police sergeant is scheduled for a court arraignment after an incident over the weekend in which police say he was driving drunk in a police […]

PeaceHealth adds additional practitioners; fire leaves family homeless; commercial crabbing season partially opens; Annexation request; Japanese radiation detected; and gift tree benefits high school students

PeaceHealth Cuts orphan patient list in half An update on the process of recruiting and hiring additional physicians for the Florence area was the topic Friday afternoon at the Florence Events Center.  Leading the way was PeaceHealth Senior V. P. and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Adams. Dr. Mark Adams […]