Street Eating It will likely not be long until you begin seeing the bright orange blockades on Bay Street.  Applications are available from the City of Florence for restaurants to bolster their seating capacity by filing for a Parking Café permit.  The city approved the measure to allow for restaurants […]

Hunger Woes Continue Hunger continues to be an issue in west Lane County and specifically in the Siuslaw region as the lasting effects of the pandemic affects jobs, cost of goods and availability.  Colin Morgan with the Florence Food Share says the typical number of families that are taking advantage […]

EV Event The advent of electric vehicles has brought on a surge of companies that are vying for their piece of the pie.  There are dozens of new companies created that are now in the marketplace and many of them will be in one place this Saturday.  Central Lincoln PUD […]

Vax Clinic The emphasis on masking and social distancing has waned in recent weeks, but the City of Florence is still committed to bring vaccination clinics to Florence.  Tomorrow the Florence Events Center will be host to another in a series of clinics.  The event will be from 10 am […]

New COVID Cases In the past two weeks there have been more than 10 new COVID-19 cases reported for the Florence area.  The number has been low over the last 4 weeks with minimal increases, but on Friday Lane County Public Health reported 2 more cases which brought the number […]

Local Arrested for Arson Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue responded to a small fire at Twin Lakes Store yesterday morning. The fire was apparently intentionally started.  The fire was extinguished by a passer by who spotted the smoke and flames. SVFR was called out at 7:32 am and confirmed the […]

Rhodododren Festival Awaits The Florence community is just a month away from the long awaited Rhododendron Festival and after two previous years of cancelled activities the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce is promising a full slate of activities.  The COVID-19 pandemic caused impacted travel and tourism along the coast dampening […]

Local Fuel Prices Florence continues to stay just above neighboring Eugene when it comes to gas prices.  Traditionally the price of fuel is about a 5 to 10 cents cheaper along this portion of the coast, but the recent gas crisis fueled by the war in Ukraine has changed that […]