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State To Lift Mask Mandate March 19 The Oregon Health Authority, just announced that it would be lifting the mandatory mask mandate for indoor spaces effective March 19th. A follow up by the Oregon Department of Education’s director Colt Gill says schools will be prepared for this date and they […]
Slow Reporting from Lane County Lane County Public Health has yet to update their website that reports COVID-19 cases. The site has been inactive since Friday of last week. The Oregon Health Authorities report yesterday evening reports 360 cases for the county but not breakdown by zip code was available […]
Lesley Seeks Commissioner’s Seat There are a couple of primary races that are coming in May, one that could determine who will be the next commissioner for west Lane County. On Saturday one of the candidates, Dawn Lesley of Eugene was in town knocking on doors introducing herself to Florence […]
Wine and Chowder This weekend’s wine and Chowder and Glass float festival was a huge success according to Florence Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bettina Hannigan. Hannigan says the conversation that she had with local businesses was one of thankfulness for a summertime like crowd. As was the […]
COVID Cases Continue Decline The mounting cases of COVID-19 for the Florence area seems to be diminishing with each report released by Lane County Public Health. The two week number of cases has dropped to 113 and there were 3 new cases reported for the area yesterday. After 2 week […]
Investigation Ongoing Into Swisshome/Deadwood Shootings The Lane County Sheriff’s office continues to investigate the shooting that occurred in the Sweethome Deadwood area Tuesday night that resulted in the death of 3 individuals. Sgt. Tom Speldrich with the Lane County Sheriff’s department says they have located the lone suspect in the […]
Covid Decline Continues Lane County is reporting another decrease in overall COVID-19 cases, this past week another 39.7 % case drop from the previous week which equals about 6,500 fewer cases. Weekend totals for the county were 580 which was just under 200 less than last weekend’s totals. While cases […]
High Speed Chase Update Friday’s High Speed Chase through Florence ended in the arrest of two individuals a detailed release from Florence Police described the chase from the Florence borders that began much earlier in Coos County. Sheriff’s deputies from Coos and Douglas County pursued a Pick-up truck with two […]
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