City Discusses Armed Citizens The Florence City Council met last night with a new format using the gotowebinar software.  The meeting included a presentation by Florence Police Chief Tom Turner regarding last Thursday’s encounter with open carry residents that were patrolling Old Town.  Turner addressed the council and  reiterated the […]

Police to Armed Citizens: Go Home After a group of armed citizens, that  were responding to social media posts of an imminent protest involving out of the area instigators, were told to go home by Florence Police Thursday evening the weekend was relatively calm in Florence.  Florence Police Chief Tom […]

Phase 2 Lane County has been approved for Phase 2 of the reopening plan under Governor Kate Browns directive.  Restaurants and Bars are the biggest winners in this section as they will be able to stay open later.  They will still need to close by midnight.  Outdoor gatherings can increase […]

Phase 2 Announcement Coming Governor Kate Brown has given the green light for Lane and 30 other counties to apply for Phase 2 of the reopening.  Counties that have been in phase one for at least 21 days are eligible.  Brown says she will have results of the approved counties […]

Restaurants May Be Able To Add Outdoor Seating As restaurants wrangle with the new way business is done among the coronavirus the City of Florence is looking at an opportunity provided by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to help expand outdoor seating.  The OLCC is easing regulations that will allow […]

Wright Prepares For House Run Candidate for the District 9 House Seat, Boomer Wright has announced that he will be opening his campaign headquarters this Friday in Winchester Bay.  The space is located at 465 Beach Boulevard and the time of the event is from 3-6pm.  Lawn chairs are requested […]

Locals Peaceably Protest While cities across the nation deal with violence and looting in a weekend of protests which included damaged buildings in Eugene, smaller cities and town like Florence were able to maintain civility and still get a message out.  Here peaceful protesters were visible on the corner of […]

Graduation Paradigm Change To say the least, graduation will look a little different this year.  The Plans are to use the NFHS camera feed on Hans Peterson field to broadcast the processional and the handing out of diplomas and that broadcast will be supported by a live broadcast from Coast […]