Pride Month Recognized It was standing room only at last night’s Florence City Council meeting as the mayor and City Council recognized the diversity in the city. “I, Rob Ward, mayor of Florence, do hereby proclaim June 2023 as pride month and ask that every citizen celebrate the great diversity […]

ODOT Hack The Oregon Department of Transportation has officially recognized the hacking of its data as part of the global MOVEit Hack.  Information was compromised on June 1st of 2023.  Upon learning of the invasive software on its servers ODOT activated its emergency response procedures, but learned on June 12th […]

School to Lose Some Federal Money Several added programs, and the staff to support them, at Siuslaw Schools have been paid for by Federal Covid recovery payments.  Those programs are coming to an end and Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak has been making financial preparations for that eventuality. “We were going to […]

Board Disapproves Charter School A proposal for a charter school has been kicked back to organizers to address and correct structural deficiencies. The Siuslaw School District took the action Wednesday night to “disapprove” the application by the Siuslaw Charter School. Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak told directors there are several “structural deficiencies” […]

Nike Nationals Schedule The schedule is set for the Outdoor nationals in Track and Field this week.  The 2K Steeplechase is set for Friday.  Recent Siulsaw graduate Sam Ulrich and 800 meter state champion is set to run the event.  Then on Saturday the 3A championship 4X400 relay team from […]

Pulse Point It is new to the Florence Area, an app for your phone that could save a life.  Pulse Point has been in operations over the past several years in larger communities like Eugene and Portland, but in recent months the app has been introduced to Florence and after […]

Lane Community College This evening’s Ribbon Cutting at the Lane Community College Florence Campus will officially mark the return of fill time classes at the center.  A period of pandemic and reconstruction has held off the return of students to the center.  The college’s dean, Russ Pierson says it wont […]

Siuslaw School Board Meeting The Siuslaw School Board will meet this week to discuss and possibly come to a decision on a proposed charter school slated to begin offering classes in the fall of 2024.  Backers of the Siuslaw Valley Charter School, which also goes by the name “Whitmore Classical […]