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Learn to suture; DST ends; Drop your ballot, don’t mail it; Health insurance costs and availability; Soil and Water Conservation Directors; Military Family Appreciation

Disaster Expo to offer unique experience Saturday’s Disaster Preparedness Expo at the Florence Events Center will offer much of the familiar information we’ve come to expect:  How to prepare a disaster kit at home; ensuring a good water supply; as well as basic health and sanitation guidelines.  This expo goes […]

Vikings pursue defense of two state titles… Pac 12 football schedules for the weekend

Mans and Viking Girls won titles at last year’s meet The Siuslaw Girls Cross Country Team will be on the state 4A Championship course tomorrow at Lane Community College in Eugene.  Celie Mans is the defending individual state champion… she and fellow senior Destinie Tatum are leading five freshmen on […]

HIV in Florence; Food backpacks for kids; Parks smoking ban denied; Mail your ballot; Rhody logo selected; Higher costs and fewer selections for indivudual health coverage in ’17

Cluster of HIV cases in Florence causing concern Recent news that five cases of HIV/AIDS have been diagnosed in the Florence area in the past few weeks has public health officials concerned.  Jason Davis is with the Lane County Public Health Department.  He says the five cases are “clustered” together […]