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Search for Options Splits Council

11 April 2014 Council Split on Information Gathering How to go about protecting the City of Florence’s interest in unpaid utility assessments in the North Florence Local Improvement District has opened up a difference of opinion on the City Council. Joe Henry – “I just don’t believe as a council […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/11/2014 09:29 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/261 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Officials with Oregon’s troubled health insurance exchange say they’ve narrowed the options for the site’s future to two: Hook up to the federal exchange, or stay with the current technology […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/11/2014 05:00 AM AP-NW–1st NewsMinute/277 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska news from The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) – Detectives in Miami say three NFL players are named in a police report involving a woman who passed out in a hotel, though no one has been charged […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/11/2014 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/320 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say a man arrested at a Forest Grove, Ore., used car business after a robbery attempt and an eight-hour police standoff previously served time in Washington state for […]

City Wrangles Over Late Assessment Payments

10 April 2014 City Wrangling With How To Collect Missed Assessments Florence City Councilors voted this week to take their chances with getting at least a partial repayment of delinquent street and utility assessments on a parcel of land in the north end of town.  The tract, owned by Glenn […]

Ducks Beach the Pilots

Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports… Brando Tessar allowed four hits and struck out eight batters in seven innings of work as the Oregon Diamond Ducks shut out the Pilots yesterday afternoon in Portland 3-nothing. Back-to-back doubles in the third inning by Tyler Baumgartner and Mitchell Tolman led to […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/10/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/251 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – CenturyLink technicians are scrambling to get 911 emergency phone service restored in Washington state after the service went out early this morning. A spokeswoman says the problem began about 1:30 a.m. […]