Florence

Rural Lane County residents say they’re frustrated about public safety: a handful of deputies patrol a sprawling unincorporated area, and there is very little followup when they call. KLCC spoke to several residents of an unincorporated area near Florence, where there's been a rash of burglaries.

The Siuslaw School District in Florence authorized a $139 million bond measure that would fund a new high school on land behind the current middle school. Voters will weigh in on May 19.

Oregon authorities say a dead gray whale washed up on a beach near Florence Thursday morning.

Whitmore Classical Academy is set to open in fall as a K through 3 charter school.

The Florence City Council voted Monday to continue their contract with private automatic license plate company Flock Safety.

Lane County Commissioners approved a $280,000 settlement Tuesday with a Florence woman who sued after falling in a county campground.

Florence City Council will consider later this month whether to continue using automatic license plate cameras from private company Flock Safety.

The city of Florence will hold a townhall style meeting Monday about whether to continue using private company Flock’s automatic license plate reader cameras.

The Oregon Coast Humane Society has bought its Florence property – which it previously rented from the county - for $500. The purchase, which Lane County commissioners unanimously approved Tuesday, is the first step in a planned, long-term expansion.

The former director of the Oregon Coast Military Museum in Florence has been sentenced to five years probation for the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl.

A Lane County Sheriff’s deputy fired at a suspect Thursday night who police say was trying to run over another deputy with his pickup truck.

Lane County is looking to open a new clinic in Florence to help treat opioid addiction.