Florence News

If Santa brings you a brand new TV or computer this Christmas, you should be aware that you won't be able to simply toss your old one in the trash.

Associated Press A December 1, 2009 A FLORENCE, Ore. -- The population of California sea lions along the Oregon coast appears higher than normal this year.

Gas, round-trip, 381 miles @ $2.70/gallon $41.15 Lodging , River House Inn $216 Dinner, Feast $37 Lunch, Bridgewater $17.50 Museum admission $3 Dinner, Waterfront Depot $20 Lunch, Mo's Restaurant $10 TOTAL $344.65 Prices include taxes and tips INFORMATION Florence Area Chamber of Commerce.

Authorities are searching for two fishermen reported missing south of Yachats. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew searched at first light today for 62-year-old Bill Bodewig of Yachats and 23-year-old Nick Lutz of Florence, The Lane County Sheriff's Office is conducting a ground search for the men reported missing Wednesday night.

Caves north of Florence provide a cold-weather home for sea creatures, making it a cool place to visit Photos and story by Danielle Peterson * Statesman Journal * November 14, 2009 A vast cavern below rocky cliffs along Highway 101 near Florence, is home to hundreds of sea lions.

MEANWHILE...LARGE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

Nov. 12 is the 39th anniversary of the famous "exploding whale" fiasco. Now if you're not familiar with this story, you'll be tempted to suspect I dreamed the whole deal up.

Posted Nov 14th 2009 9:00AM by Danny Gallagher Filed under: News , Video , Reality-Free A lot of Americans mentally record where they were and what they were doing when they first heard that the Berlin Wall had fallen, John F. Kennedy was shot and the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded.

A rock slide closed a portion of North Fork Siuslaw Road Thursday morning off highway 126 between Florence and Mapleton.

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.