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Governor Brown, during a 1 pm news conference this afternoon broke the news to the public that school will not resume in person for the remainder of the 2019/2020 school year. She said the decision was difficult because of the strain it adds to individuals, but easy in that it […]
Peace Harbor Fairing Well Amid Pandemic Community Hospitals across the nation are facing uncertainty and some are even shutting their doors amid the COVID-19 crisis as the ability to provide services such as elective surgeries dwindles. Locally Peace Harbor hospital has converted its surgical department in order to provide beds […]
City Wheels Keep Turning The City of Florence plans to move forward with construction projects that have been in the works for some time. Two projects will be going out to bid according to Public Works Director Mike Miller. “One is a short little sewer project out on Rhododendron Drive […]
Sides Line Up On Coronavirus Reporting It began as a plea for Lane County to broaden the regulations for reporting COVID-19 cases in rural Lane County that sparked a debate between public health and personal privacy. Late Friday afternoon the Siuslaw news posted an article on social media about the […]
New Cases of COVID-19 The Death toll in Oregon for COVID-19 has reached 21 which is part of a bigger picture as the nationwide death toll ramps up with a single day total of 1040 which more than doubles the previous worst day on record. Reported cases of the virus […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
