Fishermen Rescued Four commercial fishermen escaped serious injury yesterday when their commercial fishing boat the Darean Rose ran aground and capsized just after leaving the fueling pier at the Charleston Marina.  The U.S Coast Guard Sector North Bend responded to the sinking vessel and was on scene within 10 minutes.  […]

ReVision Break ReVision Florence will take a break over the next 2 weeks.  They finished up some concrete and paving work on Monday but will now be off until January 6th.  Project manager, Megan Messmer says that traffic control will remain in place during this period as the site is […]

FURA Seeking Committee Members Time is running out if you want to be considered for a committee position with the City of Florence.  Interested residents have until the 31st of December to get in their applications.  Those applications can be found at ci.florence.or.us.  The Florence Urban Renewal Agency is the […]

Crabbing Date Set The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have settled on a date to open commercial crabbing along the coast.  Tuesday, December 31st will be when the boats will be back in the water collecting Dungeness crab. December 1st is the usual target date for the crustacean, but […]

Storm Surges Through With high winds expected to continue through the day the threat of power outages looms along the coast.  Central Lincoln PUD reported  several outages along the coast since the wind began yesterday, but so far, widespread outages have not occurred.  A coastal flood advisory has been added […]

Landslide Dangers With the rain and high winds expected the Oregon Department of Transportation has issued an alert for much of the central Oregon coast regarding the possibility of Landslides.  Several areas along the coast are trouble spots for the potential of earthen shifts that can quickly turn deadly.  Heavy […]

Siuslaw Awards Nominations are now open for the annual Siuslaw Awards and Florence First Citizen.  Annually businesses and two Florence citizens are recognized for their achievements.  Businesses are presented with awards that include Excellence in Customer Service, Curb Appeal, Non-profit Achievement, Community Caring, Innovation in Business, and the Stu Johnston […]

Enrollment Period Extended If you waited around and never quite got to handling your health care changes, you are not alone.  HealthCare.gov estimates that hundreds of thousands Americans failed to make the December 15th deadline and have extended it to December 18th.  if you have not yet enrolled in a […]