Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Bird Outs Power Mother Nature was responsible for the power outage in the 20th street area yesterday morning. But it wasn’t a storm, wind or even a tree branch. This time it was a crow that caused an arc and a transformer to fail. Central Lincoln PUD was called out […]
Child Health Focus Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. The Oregon Health Authority has adopted the Child-Level Social Emotional Health Metric, which will improve and incentivize this care for kids from birth to age five who are on […]
School Board Meeting The Siuslaw School District Board of Directors had its first meeting of the academic year last night. A “Staff Attire” policy presented to the board last school year was passed unanimously. There were minor changes from the original policy that account for more casual Fridays and that […]
Man Rescued from Surf A new resident to the Florence area is being heralded this morning after a daring rescue. Two visitors to the Oregon Coast are lucky to be alive today after being caught in a riptide yesterday afternoon. Florence Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Bettina Hannigan […]
School Board Meetings Classes at area schools resume in just over two weeks, but school boards at Siuslaw and Mapleton have been at work most of the summer. Both boards will meet tomorrow, separately, for what will be the first meetings of the school year. In Florence, the Siuslaw board […]
Shake Alert Gets Updated Sensors The threat of a potential major earthquake along the Oregon Coast has been looming for decades, but more recently came under close scrutiny after a New York Times article 8 years ago detailed the possibility of a quake and the lack of preparedness some cities […]
It has been an up and down season for the Eugene Emeralds. Last night it was an up as the Ems outscored the Hops 5-1. A line drive in the bottom of the third by Charlie Szykowny drove in two runs to take a 4-1 lead. In the bottom of […]
Veteran’s Help For Repairs Oregon has more than 270-thousand veterans. Many of them may not know they’re eligible for home modification grants through the U-S Department of Veterans Affairs. An A-A-R-P survey found 60 percent of veterans aged 45 and older weren’t aware of grants available through the V-A. A-A-R-P […]
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