Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
The Florence Police Department is reporting that a man believed to be responsible for the armed robbery at the Florence Buds 4 U pot store is in custody. Police in Eugene arrested 38 year old Drew Smith of Mapleton on a probation violation. He was officially arrested for Robbery II […]
Playoffs, Baseball OSAA is in process of posting the playoff schedule for post season baseball. 6A, 5A, and 4A were posted this morning on the OSAA website. 3A postings were not yet available. Siuslaw could potentially have a game on Monday, the first day of the playoffs. Track and Field […]
Rhododendron Festival Today is the start to the Rhododendron Festival in Florence. Davis Shows Northwest will be opening this afternoon and festivities will continue to open tomorrow. This evening the Pioneer Museum will hold its business afterhours with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and introduce the Queen Rhododendra Gillian […]
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 […]
Future First Citizen Announced The organizers of the Marteen Wick Future First Citizen scholarship have made the announcement on their decision for this year’s Future First Citizen. The recipient of the $2,500.00 scholarship will be Siuslaw Viking senior Ian Sissel. Sissel holds a 4.0 GPA at Siuslaw High School and […]
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. […]
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