New Report of Scam The Lane County Sheriff’s department is warning of a new scam involving persons impersonating Sheriff’s office employees. According to Sergeant Tom Speldrich the scammers are identifying themselves either verbally, by text or by email as employees of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office even going so far […]
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Skarlatos Visits Florence; Mapleton School Board Revisits Pool; Siuslaw School Board Starts School Year; Reedsport Water Break; Lane County Recognized For Employee Welfare
Skarlatos Visits Florence 4th district congressional candidate Alek Skarlatos visited Florence yesterday on his latest bid to be the next representative from one of the largest districts in Oregon. Skarlatos met with supporters and potential supporters at ICM Restaurant. He spoke with Coast Radio News prior to his luncheon. He […]
Ems vs Hops
Eugene Emeralds starting pitcher Mason Black was pummeled in his appearance last night against the Hillsboro Hops. Black pitched 3 and a third innings giving up 8 runs on 9 hits on the Hops way to a victory. The Hops would add 2 more runs for the 10-1 victory. The […]
COVID-19 Numbers; Scam Warning; Bronco Round-up; Debris Collection
COVID-19 Numbers COVID-19 continues to generate cases for the 97439 zip code. 31 new cases were reported by the Oregon Health Authority for an all time total of 1930 cases for the Florence Area. The OHA is also reporting that the BA-4 and BA-5 variants of the virus are the […]
Ems
Ems The Eugene Emeralds lost a full game lead in the Norwest League standings last night as they gave up two 7th inning runs to the Hillsboro Hops breaking a 3-3 tie. One of the runs came on a wild pitch bringing a runner in from third base. The Ems […]
Airport Grass Fire; Annexation Complete; Robert “Bob” Read; Friends of Florence; Planning Commission Volunteers Needed
Airport Grass Fire Calls came in from around the city including dunes city to report smoke and fire yesterday at about 2:10. A grass fire started at the Florence municipal airport yesterday afternoon during a crack sealing maintenance on the runway and taxiway. A lot of smoke came from the […]
Ems Baseball
Ems Baseball The Eugene Emeralds are staying just ahead of the Vancouver Canadians in the Northwest League. The Ems faced the Hillsboro Hops last night and came out swinging scoring 3 runs in the top of the second inning on a three run homer by shortstop Jimmy Glowenke. A run […]
Rods N Rhodies; Sea Lion Caves Celebration; Black and White Recycling Event
Rods N Rhodies September 9th and 10th is the annual Rods N Rhodies car show in old town. Last night at the City Council meeting the council approved the street closure that will affect Bay street from the Nopal and 1st Street intersection to the Siuslaw River Bridge for Saturday […]