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Council Work Session The Florence City Council will hear two different presentations Thursday morning during their regularly scheduled work session. The first will be from Holly Mar-Conte, the Child Care Sector Strategist for OnWard Eugene. Mar-Conte will update the council on the status of child care in the Florence area […]
Three Mile Prairie Requests Design Review A design review is the focus of the city of Florence Planning commission this evening. The commission will hear from Three Mile Prairie’s Kyle Honeycutt on a request to modify the design of a single-family dwelling unit that will be connected on one concrete […]
Wreck Closes Westbound 126 at Milepost 3 An early morning accident this morning caused the closure of westbound 126 for the day as the Oregon State Police reconstruct the accident. At about 6:12 this morning a Log Truck, a gas truck and a box truck collided causing the log truck […]
Airport to Close For Paving Work Maintenance requirements will cause the closing of the Florence Municipal airport for a week beginning Monday August 21st. from 7 am Monday through the following Monday, August 28th at 7am the airport runway, taxiway and apron will be receiving repairs in the form of […]
Missing Boy An 11-year old boy, in foster care in Springfield, is missing and believed to be in danger. The Child Welfare Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services says Chayton Owings has family in Florence and may attempt to travel to the coast. He has been missing since […]
Dunes City Meeting Who will take over the mayor’s position in Dunes City will not likely be addressed tonight during the August meeting of the Dunes City Council. Mayor Sheldon Meyer resigned suddenly at the end of a special meeting last week. Two current sitting councilors, council president Susan Shaw […]
City Council Hears From Public on Homeless Shelter An impassioned plea for and against the building of a year round homeless shelter was heard last night. After a presentation of the specifics of the shelter and an explanation of the laws put into effect by city attorney Ross Williamson thirty […]
Excessive Heat Warning An excessive heat warning for the Mapleton area has been issued for the next two days as temperatures are expected to be around 105 degrees for the upriver communities of Mapleton, Swiss Home and Deadwood. The Triangle Lake area is expected to be around 107 degrees. The […]
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