Annual changes to medical plans for seniors on Medicare will be coming earlier than usual this year.  Lisa Emerson with the Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance program… also called SHIBA…  says the enrollment period begins October 15th… a month earlier than usual. The advanced time frame was instituted by Medicare […]

The man who shot him is still on the loose, but Lincoln City police officer Steven Dodds is back to work.  Dodds has endured several surgeries and fought through the recovery process since he was shot January 23rd during a traffic stop.  He returned to work this week on a […]

Florence City Councilors will hear details next month on changes to a long-range financial plan.  A consultant had worked with city staff over the past few months to identify ways to ensure Florence could provide a consistent level of service. The existing rate schedule for water and waste water appears […]

There are several efforts ongoing along the Oregon Coast to generate electricity using the power of the waves.  All of them, except one, use vertical buoys containing individual generators that utilize the bobbing motion to drive a piston up and down.  There is one that is different.  It’s called the […]

Nobody was injured when a pickup rolled backwards into the Siuslaw River Saturday afternoon.  The truck’s owner was trying to launch a boat at a ramp near Cushman around three pm.  He got out to push the boat off the trailer and the truck and trailer rolled into the water, […]