Rhododendron Festival Today is the start to the Rhododendron Festival in Florence.  Davis Shows Northwest will be opening this afternoon and festivities will continue to open tomorrow.  This evening the Pioneer Museum will hold its business afterhours with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and introduce the Queen Rhododendra Gillian […]

Future First Citizen Announced The organizers of the Marteen Wick Future First Citizen scholarship have made the announcement on their decision for this year’s Future First Citizen.  The recipient of the $2,500.00 scholarship will be Siuslaw Viking senior Ian Sissel.  Sissel holds a 4.0 GPA at Siuslaw High School and […]

Burn Piles The U.S. Forest Service at the Siuslaw National Forest has announced that it will be starting 4 burn piles beginning today and lasting through Friday.  The closest one to Florence is the Eel Creek area just south of the Lane County Line.  There could be residual smoke coming […]

Short-lived Heat Wave Scorching heat blazed through the Oregon Coast yesterday with temperatures flirting with 100 degrees.  The Florence police department reported several calls for animals left unattended in vehicles.  Temperatures were predicted to be in the upper 80’s, but that quickly proved to be less than accurate as the […]