Grants For Fire Safe Areas The Oregon State Fire Marshall is providing funding for a new program for rural Lane County residents who need help in providing a safe space around their homes in case of wildfire.  Up to $4,000 dollars is available to area residents that qualify for the […]

Holiday Travel and Gas Prices Gas prices continue to drop as the Christmas holiday week approaches.  AAA Oregon is reporting a 8 cent drop this past week with the average price in Oregon at $3.91 a gallon for regular.  Here on the coast there has been a significant drop in […]

School Absenteeism Oregon kids are missing a lot of school, and it could have consequences beyond their education. Nearly 40 percent of students missed 16 or more days during the last school year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. While the pandemic exacerbated it, head of the organization Attendance […]

Council Approves Bid The Florence city Council heard from Public Works Director Mike Miller at last night’s meeting.  Miller laid out several projects that the city is planning including the construction and redesign of the portion of Rhododendron drive from Wildwinds to 35th street.  The lowest bid for the project […]

City Council The Florence City Council will meet on this evening at City Hall at 5:30.  Before their meeting they will meet in executive session to discuss the annual evaluation of Erin Reynolds, Florence City Manager.  For their regular meeting the council will consider several agenda  items.  The city will […]

Viking Basketball It was a high scoring game Friday night as the Viking Boys battled with North Valley. The Vikings kept in pace with the Knights, but in the end could not pass them.  Andrew Jensen Norman had 21 for the Vikings with 14 rebounds.  Chaz Edblom  put up 14 […]

Dental Mission to Grenada Dr. Brian Holmes of Florence Dental Clinic is planning his next dental mission to Grenada.  Holmes has been serving the underserved in the country for years and prior to going to Grenada, his team of volunteers went to Ecuador. He said when he first moved to […]

County Hopes to Extend Life of Solid Waste Disposal Area A plan that could extend the life of Lane County’s only solid waste disposal area gained approval on a 3-2 vote of the Lane County Board of Commissioners Tuesday.  Springfield Commissioner David Loveall and West Lane Commissioner Ryan Ceniga voted […]