Month: February 2017

Cold Weather Shelter to open this week; Lane County improves bond rating; Florence Fest ’17 to debut; PeaceHealth Lab Layoffs; Gas prices steady

Cooler weather prompts opening of shelter The Florence Emergency Cold Weather Shelter will be open tonight and tomorrow… and if cooler overnight temperatures persist, it could open Friday night as well. The shelter this evening will be housed in the Presbyterian Church of the Siuslaw at 3996 Highway 101. Greg […]

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  PRESIDENTS DAY-PROTESTS Thousands of demonstrators across US say ‘Not My President’ Thousands of demonstrators across the U.S. have turned out to challenge Donald Trump in a Presidents’ Day protest dubbed Not My President’s Day. The numbers weren’t close to the million-plus who thronged the streets following Trump’s inauguration a […]

School board to hear positive behavior; lots of rain so far; Port Commission to discuss auction; Toxins in shellfish; PTA goes around the world

School Board to hear positive behavior presentation Members of the Siuslaw School Board will meet twice this week in special sessions. The first meeting, tomorrow afternoon at Siuslaw Middle School, will be to view a presentation of a program called Positive Behavior Support Intervention.  That’s a program aimed at improving […]