Planning Commission Meeting The Florence Planning Commission will meet tomorrow evening with two items on their agenda.  The first will be a general design review of the proposed Dollar General Store that would be located on the vacant property between Chens Restaurant and the Burger King on Highway 101.  Considerations […]

Art Display to Add Highway 101 A popular public art program in Florence is moving uptown next spring.  Chantelle Meyer is the Economic Development and Communications Analyst for the city.  She says they’ve issued a “call-for-artists” through December 15th for pieces that would be installed in April and remain in […]

Threatening Letter Sent To Elections Office The day after the November 7th special election the Lane County Elections office was surrounded by police.  Coast Radio was first alerted to the incident from a local listener who works as an official counter for the elections office.  At about 11:30 yesterday morning […]

Levy Results According to early results there is reason to believe that the Siuslaw School District levy will pass.  Lane County will post more results at 5 pm this evening, but early results show a modest lead for the continuance of the levy that will bring 8.5 million dollars to […]

City Adopts Mitigation Plan The City of Florence City Council considered a multi-jurisdictional natural hazard mitigation plan last night during its meeting.  The plan will allow the city to apply for grants and funds to help in the case of a disaster.  City Manager Erin Reynolds outlined the benefit of […]

City Council Meeting There are several items on the Florence City Council agenda for Monday evening.  The council will consider approving a resolution that would allow the purchase of 3 million dollars in certificates of deposit.  This would account for about 1/3rd of the city’s average balance over the last […]

David’s Chair Ready to Roll Jeff Kallevig is the Operations Manger Northwest for David’s Chair.  An organization that provides an all terrain like electric chair that provides free access to nature to a wide variety of people with mobility issues. The organization began in 2017, centered in the Medford area […]