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City sells industrial park plot; Backyard burn permits required; Primary Care on Our Town; RAIN meetup; Sea Lion Caves elevator; Chowder and Wine in Old Town this weekend

Auto parts manufacturer to buy business park property A manufacturer of custom hydraulic systems for luxury automobiles will build an assembly and shipping facility in the Pacific View Industrial Park. The Florence City Council approved terms of sale for the lot, just off Kingwood Street, this week.  Top Hydraulics, owned […]

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  OREGON QUARTERBACKS Coach suggests Oregon’s Herbert Prukop is competing for start EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon coach Mark Helfrich suggested that quarterbacks Dakota Prukop and Justin Herbert are competing to start against No. 5 Washington on Saturday. Prukop has started this season for the Ducks, who have lost their […]

All drivers must stop; human remains found near Gardiner; RAIN celebrates 1 year; Our Town to talk physicians; Transfer sites switch to winter hours; Coho limits clarified

All Drivers Must Stop When Lights Flash… School bus drivers in the area are saying many drivers are ignoring the warning lights and signs on their school buses as they are dropping off students.  That’s prompted Florence Police Chief Tom Turner to answer the question about “who needs to stop […]

Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports

  SEAHAWKS-BREAK TIME Seahawks coach Pete Carroll full of optimism entering the bye week RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is full of optimism entering the bye week, his team now 3-1 and coming off consecutive impressive victories. But it was a declaration about what this Seahawks team […]