Fire restrictions for Western Lane County have officially been lifted.  According to Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue’s Fire Prevention Captain, Tony Miller, this is the earliest anyone can remember the ban being lifted.  Traditionally, according to Miller, it has been October 15th.  He says, however, SVFR will not be issuing […]

Rannow Completes First Tour Ocean Dunes golf pro Bob Rannow finished 75th out of 78 golfers in the Boeing Classic.  Rannow was 8 over par for the final round on Sunday.  It was Rannows first time to qualify for a champions tour event.  Rannow struggled with seven bogeys and one […]

Planning Commission The Florence Planning Commission will meet tomorrow evening in a work session to discuss proposed changes to the Housing Code. They will be reviewing several items including Housing Cluster Standards, proposed changes in building height and lot types. City Housing codes have not had significant upgrades for almost […]

Ems Win The Eugene Emeralds held on to a close victory in British Columbia last night.  The Ems fell behind early in the bottom of the first inning when Vancouver scored two runs, but in the top of the fourth the Emeralds struck back with a 3 run inning.  The […]

Siuslaw High School has chosen its head football coach for the 2019 season.  2014 Siuslaw Graduate Sam Johnson will be heading up the Viking Squad.  Johnson played football, baseball and basketball for Siuslaw and has been coaching football as an assistant for the last three years.  Johnson will join the […]

The backyard burning season is winding down with a mere two weeks left before the schedule burn season closure.  Set to end on Saturday, June 15th, but were our usual high winds coupled with higher than normal temperatures could mean an earlier end to the season.  Long range temperatures for […]