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Governor Announced Incentives for Vaccinations Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced on Friday an initiative to boost the low numbers of vaccinations in recent days. Governor Brown announced a lottery that will put 1 million dollars into one Oregonian’s bank account. individuals who have received at least one dose of the […]
No Fireworks For Independence Day Another annual tradition has fallen once again to the coronavirus pandemic. The Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration will not be moving forward according to Florence Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bettina Hannigan. Hannigan says that time is needed to properly plan the […]
Case Counts Continue to Decline Coronavirus cases for Lane County continue to be low. Yesterday Lane County Public health on reported 21 cases across the county with no new cases for the Florence Area. Daily averages are currently at 34.86 per day over the past seven days and the total […]
Election Results Lane county election results for Siuslaw School District had two contested seats position number 4 was Maureen Miltenberger defeated Brian Lacouture 2173-1996 and position number 6 Kady Sneddon defeated Larry Martindale and Jesse Butler with 2040 votes. Western lane Ambulance board had three seats uncontested with Vanessa Buss, […]
Council Approves Annexations Last night in a lengthy city council meeting the Florence city Council moved forward with its agenda and approved two properties for annexation into the city of Florence. One Property along Rhododendron drive and one property along highway 101 north of Munsel Lake Road. The city also […]
Bay Street Closed Temporarily Saturday It was a very busy weekend in Florence despite the cancellation of the annual Rhododendron Festival. On Saturday large groups of motorcycles lined Bay Street filling up almost every available space and then around 3pm the Free Souls Motorcycle Group came through town taking up […]
Council Meeting Monday The Florence City Council has a big Monday planned beginning with an Executive session in the morning to consult with legal council followed by a 5:30 evening meeting where they will hear testimony on two annexation requests and consider a request from the two Florence garbage haulers […]
Governor Plans Lift for Risk Level Governor Kate Brown has published her goal of having 70% of Oregonians vaccinated by June. And when that happens Brown says she will lift the Risk based formula for opening county commerce. Brown already announced in a press conference on Tuesday that counties that […]
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