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Rezone request to be heard by Council

7 July 2014 Re-Zone Proposal Subject of Hearing A 14 ½ acre parcel of land north of Munsel Lake Road could be rezoned from “Service-Industrial” to “High Density Residential” following a hearing set for this evening at Florence City Hall. The majority of the property under consideration is owned by […]

Cover Oregon Round Two

2 July 2014 Cover Oregon – Round Two Oregon has hired a tech firm to help transfer the botched Cover Oregon health insurance exchange to the federal exchange website and finish building the state’s Medicaid system. The Oregon Health Authority will pay Deloitte (deh-LOYT) Consulting up to $18.4-million to be […]

Cinematic Presentations to Resume

27 June 2014 City Lights To Premier in August It’s been a year since movie goers in Florence have been able to get their popcorn, soda and jujubes; then settle in to watch a first run movie without leaving town or stopping by the Red Box on the way home. […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 06/26/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) – Rejecting an insanity defense, jurors took just 15 minutes to convict a suburban Portland man of two counts of aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of his mother and […]

Emeralds Even Series in Pasco

25 June 2014 Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports… Chase Jensen was two-for-three at the plate, including a three run homer in the sixth inning that gave Eugene the lead and the Emeralds held off the Tri-City Dust Devils 8-7 last night in Pasco. The win tied up the […]

Crash Victims Identified

17 June 2014 Crash Victims Identified A 69-year old grandfather and his 15 year old grandson were identified as the victims in Sunday morning’s crash of a light plane near Florence. Witnesses reported hearing a “pop” and then watched as the blue-and-white single engine Grumman AA5 plummeted into the water […]