Election Results Brian Lacouture and Diana Pimlott will retain their seats on the Siuslaw School Board and Tamara Cole and Josh Haberly will be the newcomers.  Election results are calculated, and Cole will replace Bob Sneddon with 52.4% of the vote.  Haberly will replace Frank Armendariz with 61% of the […]

Burn Piles The U.S. Forest Service at the Siuslaw National Forest has announced that it will be starting 4 burn piles beginning today and lasting through Friday.  The closest one to Florence is the Eel Creek area just south of the Lane County Line.  There could be residual smoke coming […]

Short-lived Heat Wave Scorching heat blazed through the Oregon Coast yesterday with temperatures flirting with 100 degrees.  The Florence police department reported several calls for animals left unattended in vehicles.  Temperatures were predicted to be in the upper 80’s, but that quickly proved to be less than accurate as the […]

Stamp Our Hunger Tomorrow is the Letter carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” food Drive.  Food insecurity is an issue with over 700 families in the Siuslaw Region and often summer time there can be an increased need with students at home.  Last year collections suffered due, most likely, to weather conditions. […]

Lockdown Investigation Completed The Lane County Sheriff’s Department has concluded their investigation of the incident that caused a lockdown at Mapleton Schools on Tuesday.  After initial searches of the area they could find clear evidence of the presence of a person dressed in black near the campus.  The gunshot noises […]

Mapleton Lockdown Students at Mapleton Schools say they saw a figure at the campus’ edge yesterday afternoon and it looked like they were dressed all in black and holding a rifle. That sent the school into lockdown as law enforcement searched the area.  Witnesses say they saw the person along […]