27 January 2014 Talk of bridge, guns and pot return when Legislature convenes A plan to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver will be only one of several key issues facing lawmakers when a five-week legislative session begins one week from today. Among […]
Relay for Life
Dental Interventions Make a Difference
23 January 2014 Dental Interventions Make A Difference For the past 12 years a pair of mobile dental clinics have provided free dental care at Siuslaw and Mapleton elementary schools. Dr. Brian Holmes, along with the staff at Florence Dental Clinic, and many of their suppliers provide care with the […]
Local News – City Cuts Turn Painful; Gas Spike; Election Day; Pampered Chef; Peace Officers Memorial Day
City cuts turn painful… Beginning July First the City of Florence will be using outside sources for all engineering services. The move, ok’d last night by the Florence Budget Committee, will mean Florence will no longer have an ‘in-house’ engineer to review public works and construction projects. It also means […]
Relay for Life nearing goal
The 12th Florence Relay for Life is in the books, but those books are still open. As of yesterday, according to chairman John Bartlett, the 24-hour American Cancer Society event had raised $78-thousand for cancer research and support, that’s just two-thousand shy of their goal. They’re still collecting pledges and […]
Riding the Wave…
The 12th annual Florence Relay for Life will “ride the wave of hope” at Miller Park beginning at noon today. This year there are 33 teams signed up to populate the walking path for the 24-hour relay. They’ll actually get the first 30-minutes off as the annual ‘survivor walk’ gets […]
