Elliot Bass Tournament This weekend is the annual Elliot Bass Tournament.  the Florence Lions Club will hold its 40th tournament at Darlings at Siltcoos lake.  The event is a huge fundraiser for the Florence Lions Club Scholarships that is given out to 3 Siuslaw High School graduates each year.  The […]

Mussel Poisoning The Oregon Health Authority is reporting that at least 20 people have become ill from mussels they consumed.  Yesterday the OHA said at least 20 people have been struck with paralytic shellfish poisoning. The Oregon Department of Agriculture recently closed the central coast to mussel harvesting after a […]

Students Bank Scholarships More than three dozen Siuslaw students collected $296-thousand dollars in the form of 142 local scholarships Wednesday night.  Counselor Bob Orr expressed his gratitude. “We have an incredibly generous community.  I would say that communities much larger than ours don’t have this much in scholarships from local […]

Crash Information Information on the Sunday afternoon crash that shut down Highway 126 near milepost 21 has been released by the Oregon State Police.  According to Captain Kyle Kennedy the single vehicle accident was traveling eastbound on Highway 126 when the Honda CRV left the road for unknown reasons and […]

FURA Meeting The Florence Urban Renewal Agency will meet this evening at City hall at 5:30.  The agency will hear the latest information on the Quince Street hotel project.  Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer will brief the agency on the current status of the project and will reference a letter […]

Primary Day Today is election day for Lane County and if you have not yet filled out your ballot, you have until 8pm this evening to drop it off at the Justice Center on 9th street.  5th district state senator Dick Anderson will have a democratic challenger from the Florence […]

Rhododendron Festival The full experience of the 117th Rhododendron festival gets underway.  The Maple Street Vendor fair will be up and running today from 1-5 pm with events scattered all around the city. The Rhododendron Quilt Show if from 10:30 until 5pm and the Davis Shows Carnival will get underway […]

Names in Fatal Crash Released Oregon State Police have released the name of the individual that died as a result of a head on collision on Tuesday on Highway 126 at milepost 1.6.  OSP says a Toyota Rav 4 heading westbound crossed the center line for unknown reasons and struck […]