State Money Allocated for Florence Infrastructure Project It still needs the signature of the governor, but the city of Florence will be on the receiving end of 1.9 million dollars of state funding.  Senate Bill 1530 has cleared the House and Senate and it is part of the Governor’s plan […]

Superintendent Sees Smooth Sailing for Charter School Siuslaw School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak says he doesn’t anticipate any more snags as the Siuslaw Valley Charter School board moves forward.  Grzeskowiak says due to scheduling conflicts it will not be until May before the contract negotiations get under way, but without any […]

City Council Meeting Amendments to the Florence City Code are expected to be voted on this evening at the Florence City Council meeting.  The Council and city planners have been working on Ordinance No. 1, series 2024 for some time now and have a completed resolution that will be voted […]

HB 2004 to Weaken Measure 110 It wasn’t even close.  The vote to reshape the voter approved Measure 110 that decriminalized small amounts of illegal drugs passe the Oregon House floor yesterday with a 51-7 margin.  The move is a response to battle the massive increases in fentanyl and other […]

Oregon Weighs in on Proposed Merger Higher prices at the grocery store will be inevitable.  That is what several states are saying and now Oregon is in agreement saying that the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons would reduce competition and give the chain too much control over prices.  But […]

Charges Added to Robbery Suspect Last week’s robbery and criminal trespass in Florence has seen additional charges added to 37 year old suspect Phillip Thomas Swartz.  Swartz, a transient, was arrested on Tuesday of last week after a woman reported a home invasion. After fleeing with some of the woman’s […]

Remains Identified The Human remains discovered in a deep precipice southeast of Yachats has been identified.  Dustin Jay Steyding of Yachats had gone missing in July of 2023.  He had left work on a day in Late July, but was not reported missing until a month later.  Steyding had been […]

SVCS Says Time to Move Forward The Siuslaw Valley Charter School board yesterday released a statement addressing the letter of intent that has been at the center of discussion between them and the 97J school board. It says that though they believe they have adequately addressed the concerns of the […]