Oregon Pacific Bank Release Information on COVID-19 Outbreak Recent cases of the coronavirus in Florence can be linked back to a workplace outbreak at the Florence Branch of Oregon Pacific Bank.  In a release yesterday the bank confirmed that 4 employees have tested positive for COVID-19.  The branch closed for […]

5 New Florence Area Cases of COVID-19 Yesterday the Oregon Health Authority released the new numbers for the state and Lane County Public Health released their latest update.  The Florence area has seen another 5 cases bringing the coast’s total to 124 cases.  Lane County has exceeded the 8000 mark […]

Landslide Closes Highway 126 Between Mapleton and Veneta Mapleton High School Basketball Coach Eric Wolgamatt and another bystander helped a woman down off an 8 foot high landslide last night after she came upon it suddenly on Highway 126 at milepost 25.  Crystal Buehl said that through the wind and […]

Council Becomes 5 Last night’s special meeting of the Florence City Council was held to determine which of the potential candidates would take the vacant seat on the council.  6 interviews were conducted and after some deliberation this evening a vote was taken.  Three of the candidates that received votes […]

Flood Advisory/Watch The Central Oregon Coast is under a flood Advisory for the next several days.  Rain, high waters and king tides contributed to flooding on Highway 126 near Cushman over the weekend and the National Weather Service is expecting more through Wednesday afternoon.  Beginning this evening the advisory becomes […]

5 More Cases The numbers of the coronavirus in Florence continue to rise.  Yesterday Lane County Public Health added another 5 cases to the total increasing it to 116.  At the beginning of the pandemic most of the positive cases were found through testing at locations in Eugene, but lately […]

COVID-19 Numbers Rise Statewide After 3 Weeks of Decline After 3 weeks of decreases across the state the Oregon Health Authority is reporting a 17% increase in coronavirus cases for the  week ending January 3rd.  Hospitalization numbers as well as the percentage of positive tests were on the rise.  54% […]

Two Week Soar in COVID-19 Cases for Florence Five more COVID-19 cases were added to the 97439 zip code yesterday with more to come according to health officials.  that makes 39 cases in just the last two weeks a third of the areas total.  Jason Davis with Lane County Public […]