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Central Lincoln PUD Offers Assistance As COVID-19 continues to shut down businesses and forces employees to the unemployment line, essential services continue to support residents that have found themselves without an income. The latest is Central Lincoln PUD. The power utility has implemented a Job Loss Assistance Program for residential […]
OSAA Hesitant to Cancel Activities The Oregon Schools Activities Association that regulates sporting events for the states schools announced yesterday that while sporting activities remain suspended, it has not yet decided to cancel any remaining state championships. A release from the OSAA did say that it will continue to follow […]
No Rhododendron Festival for 2020 The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors along with the City of Florence and Executive Director Bettina Hannigan met on Monday to discuss the fate of the 113th Rhododendron Festival. Hannigan says that with the event only 6 weeks away, there was no […]
Yet Another Honor for Ionescu Sabrina Ionescu continues to garner awards for her achievements this past year. The latest to be added to the list is the Senior CLASS award. The award goes annually to the outstanding Division I senior athlete. CLASS is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement […]
Rhododendron Festival Cancelled The Covid-19 pandemic strikes another blow to the Florence economy. The City’s Rhododendron Festival has been cancelled for the first time since World War 2. Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bettina Hannigan says the Chamber’s presidential team along with City Manager Erin Reynolds had discussed […]
