Rite-Aid to Shutter Store As part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Rite-Aid has begun the process of shutting down what they are calling underperforming stores.  One of those stores is here in Florence.  Rite-Aid announced that the local store will remain open  until November 29th.  Large blue bins cover […]

Retired Colonel Sets Sights on District 4 This morning a retired Air Force Colonel and long time Oregon resident has thrown her hat in the ring for the 4th district congressional seat.  Monique DeSpain served 30 years in the armed forces serving as a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General’s […]

Murder Suspects Arrested Three people were taken into custody in relation to service of a search warrant in the Noti area Monday.  Lt. Ryan Wells with the Lane County Sheriff’s office said the arrests came after a year-long investigation of the death of 37-year old Sean Lee Wilkins of Swisshome […]

Preparedness Survey The City of Florence and the Western Lane Emergency Operations Group are looking for feedback as they continue to work to provide information about emergency preparedness and potential emergencies that the are might experience.  In order to help them understand the needs and the current state of preparedness […]

Planning Commission Meeting The Florence Planning Commission will meet tomorrow evening with two items on their agenda.  The first will be a general design review of the proposed Dollar General Store that would be located on the vacant property between Chens Restaurant and the Burger King on Highway 101.  Considerations […]

Art Display to Add Highway 101 A popular public art program in Florence is moving uptown next spring.  Chantelle Meyer is the Economic Development and Communications Analyst for the city.  She says they’ve issued a “call-for-artists” through December 15th for pieces that would be installed in April and remain in […]

Threatening Letter Sent To Elections Office The day after the November 7th special election the Lane County Elections office was surrounded by police.  Coast Radio was first alerted to the incident from a local listener who works as an official counter for the elections office.  At about 11:30 yesterday morning […]

Levy Results According to early results there is reason to believe that the Siuslaw School District levy will pass.  Lane County will post more results at 5 pm this evening, but early results show a modest lead for the continuance of the levy that will bring 8.5 million dollars to […]