A 61-year old Winchester Bay man was arrested in Ukiah, California earlier this week after allegedly meeting an underage female at a motel.  A spokesman for the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office says Tommy Peter Tonkin allegedly sexually abused a young girl in Ukiah over a seven year period before moving […]

Ten years of collaboration have paid off for a diverse group of timber companies, conservation groups and government agencies.  The Siuslaw Stewardship Group has focused on building a healthy forest in ways that benefit the overall community says Siuslaw Soil and Conservation District Chair Johnny Sundstrom. Johnny Sundstrom — “The […]

Two North Bend teens are dead after a single vehicle crash on a beach access road in Coos County.  Police say 18-year old David Forbess and 16-year old Marissa Esch both died at the scene after the older Jeep Wagoneer driven by Forbes left the road and struck a log.  […]

Economic Development is the target… Phil Brubaker – “But what I’m really talking about is how do we get people back to Florence as tourists who will then see the town who will then say ‘well what are the housing prices like’, who will then go to the realtor and […]

For the fifth year in the last decade Oregon’s Dungeness Crab harvest exceeded 20-million pounds.  In all, says Nick Furman with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, 21.2-million pounds valued at around $49-million dollars was hauled in by the 325 boats that ply coastal waters.  That makes the season, which ended […]

More options are on the road for electric vehicles.  The Oregon Department of Transportation announce a series of 22 ‘fast-charging’ stations will be built in the next year.  They’ll stretch from Florence to Astoria on the coast, and from Hood River to Sisters inland.  Each station will be able to […]