Florence Oregon News

Home sales slip in fourth quarter; Douglas County goes after online predators; Check the immunization records; Early warning EQ system; Port Commission talks “blue buildings”

Home sales fall off slightly in fourth quarter of 2016 Sales of single family homes in the Florence and Dunes City area slowed just a little bit at the end of 2016.   That brought the year end to a close with 465 homes sold in the area for last year… […]

Cascadia anniversary January 26th; Disaster relief for ice storm expenses; School exclusion day nearing; Bridge noise to ramp up; Thank a firefighter

The anniversary of the “Big One” prompts a reminder Scientists say it happened at around nine-pm January 26th, 1700.  A giant 9-point-oh earthquake shook the Oregon Coast.  The resulting tsunami inundated the coastline in the Pacific Northwest and crossed the ocean to Japan.  We could be due for another according […]

Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 24 points and the Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 105-98 on Wednesday night, capping Portland’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of the team’s 1977 NBA championship. CJ McCollum added 24 points for the Blazers, who have won 11 straight regular-season […]