The annual Fall Beach Cleanup is just two weeks away. Oregon Parks Beach Ranger Trisha Wymore says volunteers are being sought for Saturday, September 17th from ten to one. There will be six volunteer check-in stations in the Florence Area and two in Reedsport. Last fall about seven-thousand people turned […]
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Florence woman facing sex charges
A 34-year old Florence woman is facing charges of Rape and Sodomy in the third degree after a 14-year old boy told police she had sex with him. Abra Crump allegedly met the boy at Siuslaw Public Library last Friday afternoon. The two then walked to a secluded area about […]
Heceta Beach under health advisory
Just in time for the last big push of summer… a public health advisory has been issued for the Heceta Beach area in Florence. Curtis Cude (KOOD) with the Oregon Health Authority says water samples taken in three areas… just north of Driftwood Shores, just south of the resort […]
NW Sports from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,316 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters working on a dozen major fires or groups of fires in central and eastern Oregon have things to worry about as the Labor Day weekend nears. Jeree Mills, a spokeswoman for the federal […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,316 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Firefighters working on a dozen major fires or groups of fires in central and eastern Oregon have things to worry about as the Labor Day weekend nears. Jeree Mills, a spokeswoman for the federal […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,270 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) – The Medford School District may lay off some teaching assistants, custodians or tech support employees after the classified workers union voted to reject a proposed 6 percent pay cut. Superintendent Phil Long tells the […]
City of Florence Considering Special Zoning for Coast Village
When it originally opened 40 years ago it was on the outskirts of Florence and intended to be a private campground, almost like a time-share resort. But, over the years, Coast Village has been surrounded by development on the outside, and in-filled with more and more permanent residences. Along the […]
Yachats Bear Lady Says She’s Giving Up
A former Yachats woman ordered from her home two years ago for feeding bears has lost another legal challenge. Karen Noyes now says she’s done fighting. Noyes, now 63, began feeding wildlife on her Yachats River property in 2002 after her husband was killed in a crash and their 35-year […]
