Florence News

The Oregon Department of Transportation says a contractor is removing hazardous trees alongside Highway 126W this week and next week, creating a single lane restriction and short delays for motorists travelling between Eugene and Florence.

The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people were shared across America this Memorial Day with lots of flags waving, and lots of tears for America's fallen heroes who were saluted in grand style here in Oregon and throughout the land.

She stands up in the back seat when we reach Camp 18 and won't be sitting down again anytime soon.

The call has gone out again in Florence for book donations. For the sixth year, a Florence teenager is spearheading a project that will feed hundreds of people in his community.

After seemingly endless months of rain, Florence gladly welcomes its annual Rhododendron Festival May 18-20 with many free events open to the public.

Lance Corporal Rachel Bartlett, 21, of Florence, Ore., readies to fire an M-240B machine gun at Camp Pendleton, Calif., last fall.

The moon will move in front of the Sun on Sunday, May 20, bringing a partial eclipse to the Pacific Northwest, and hopefully the Oregon coast if conditions allow .. According to OMSI planetarium manager Jim Todd, the stellar event will make for a partial eclipse in this region, but around the border between Oregon and California it will be an ... (more)

Those who live out West prefer lots of color in their world; while even claiming how being "a color person" helps create a more satisfying and colorful life.

All along the coastline, next weekend will be all about Mom. From hotspots like Cannon Beach, Seaside or Lincoln City, to smaller pleasures like Garibaldi, Yachats or Neskowin, there are events and plenty of Mom's day specials at local lodgings .

May 2012 is the second month of the second year of the national Civil War Sesquicentennial observances, and individual Oregon organizations and institutions like the Oregon State Library are hosting speakers talking about how the Civil War affected Oregon.