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National Night Out The date is set for Florence’s National Night Out. The city of Florence is inviting community members to come together and celebrates the safety that our local parks provide. The event is designed to provide information and awareness about police programs in communities, such as drug prevention, […]
An accident with injuries blocked the intersection of quince and Highway 126. At about 2:10 this afternoon a motorcycle was struck by a late model Red Chevy Silverado near the entrance to true value hardware. The Silverado was turning west bound onto 126 from quince when it struck the motorcycle, […]
Gun Violence March Scheduled For The Weekend On Saturday, Oregonians and people around the country are “marching for their lives” to protest gun violence. At least 17 marches are scheduled across the state in cities big and small, including Bend, Burns, Medford and Roseburg, where a 2015 shooting took place […]
Siuslaw Viking Head Football Coach Jamin Pool has resigned. Pool announced that he would be leaving for the Houston area of Texas. Pool said he had no firm plans for coaching at this time, but he was moving on to start a family and be closer to his fiancé’s family. […]
State Gets An “F” For Transparency It’s Sunshine Week, which highlights the public’s ability to access information about the government, and also some of the challenges the public still faces to more transparency. Lawyer Duane Bosworth is a public records expert at Davis Wright Tremaine who has defended journalists and […]
Beavers Drop One Cal State Fullerton managed to pull off a win against the Oregon State Beavers on Friday. The Beavers had brought it to a 3-3 tie but reliever Brandon Eisert gave up two hits and two runs in the top of the ninth for the Beavers first loss […]
Our Town for the Month of February features 5 guests including Florence Mayor Joe Henry, Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp, Nurse Anesthetist Jess Kubisch, Western Lane Emergency Operations Group Megan Messmer, and Publisher of the book The Essential Marilyn Monroe, Joshua Greene. Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp Florence Mayor […]
The Oregon State Police reported that earlier today 61 year old Florence resident Dan Barnum was killed when his 2017 Harley Davidson went off the road and slid in gravel before he lost control of the vehicle. The crash happened Friday morning on Highway 2o at milepost 163 about 30 […]