Florence News

November 10, 2009 - One third of Oregon schools are 'outstanding' based on their reading and math scores.

For people living in the Pacific Northwest, enjoying a winter golf getaway traditionally means trading the wet and cold for the comfortable confines of such warm-weather golfing havens as the Central California Coast, Phoenix or even Hawaii.

Rehabilitation work has finished on one of three tunnels needed to reopen the Coos Bay rail line, the executive director of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay told Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday.

Seven hundred and fourteen feet above sea level, at the peak of a steep hillside that looks out over the Pacific Ocean, lies the last remnant of Jonathan Monschke's dreams.

The lens inside the Cape Blanco lighthouse, built in Paris in 1935 by Henry LePaute and still in use.

A Walton resident is currently under investigation for the alleged theft of more than $16,000 from a Siuslaw non-profit organization.

The former executive director of a shelter for domestic violence victims has pleaded not guilty to charges she stole more than $56,000 from the organization.

Identical twin brothers who teamed up to assault a Florence woman and two children have been sentenced in Lane County after striking last-minute plea deals.

Timothy Ray Franzoni, 30, and his identical twin brother Michael, entered guilty pleas and were sentenced yesterday in connection with a DV assault case.

Tucked away in the Coast Range near Florence, Sweet Creek Falls is worth a visit during spring when the stream is running at its biggest, in summer for its shady setting and in autumn for the colorful leaves.

The quake sent shockwaves around the world and waves that forecasters feared might hit Oregon's shores, triggering a Tsunami Advisory for the Oregon Coast.

They go by many names: Jumbo squid, Red Rockets, Red Devils, Diablos Rojos, Humboldt squid.

Charles and Laurean Meyer are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Grant Charles Meyer, to Molly Elizabeth Bateson.

When many Oregonians have three or more days to vacation they decide to head to the beautiful Oregon Coast.

Curfew comes at 10 p.m. in the South Jetty Dune Recreation Area near Florence, so when Lane County sheriff's Deputy John Franklin spotted an ATV cruising about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, he flipped on his red lights.

This is a tourist town. Get used to it. Mo's for a decent seafood type stew . Typical fish food.

FLORENCE, Ore. - Oregon State Police say a 20-year-old Eugene man was killed and a woman seriously injured in an ATV crash at the South Jetty Dune Recreation Area on the Oregon coast.

Los Angeles Times / Christopher Reynolds The beam from the Heceta Head Lighthouse, near Yachats, Ore., can sometimes be seen from as far away as 20 miles.

Deadwood Revival is a crowd-pleasing acoustic band whose foot-stomping, feel-good music reflects old-time Appalachia, soulful American roots and a hint of jam-band improv.

FLORENCE, Ore. - A survey of the ocean floor off the Oregon coast will provide detailed undersea maps that will help protect marine habitat.