33 COVID-19 Cases There have been 33 more cases reported for the Florence area in just a week since the last Lane County Public health update to the Oregon Health Authority website. That makes the total number of known cases to date at 1833. As reported yesterday there have been […]
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Living With COVID; NOVAVAX Approval; Surplus Sale-Reedsport; Gas Prices
Living With COVID With COVID Numbers rising and new variants driving the latest surge, it is something that some health care professionals say we are just going to have to live with. Dr. Willie Foster is the head of the Peace Harbor Emergency Department and he says that while we […]
Road Work; DMV Closure; National Night Out; Doc Talk
Road Work Road work on 9th street finishes up this week as cleanup of the project continues. There is still striping left to be done. This week the City of Florence moves on to two other road projects. Beginning tomorrow portions of the roadway on 10th and 12th street will […]
COVID-19; Block Party; City Council Meeting
COVID-19 While Florence is sitting at 1800 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic it is unknown how the impact of the virus is affecting the community. The Oregon Health Authority is reporting Florence Cases Weekly, but Florence and the state as a whole is not receiving all […]
Siuslaw Awards; Orca Trapped in Crabbing Gear; City Council Meeting; Fourth Vaccine Coming
Siuslaw Awards Last night at Three Rivers Casino and Resort the Siuslaw Awards were announced. The First Citizen Award went to Kay King for her work in the community. She joined Siuslaw Graduate Ava Glowacki as the Future First Citizen. Other winners last night were Jo Beaudreu for the Distinguished […]
Rock Slides Death; Florence COVID-19 Numbers; School Gets Green Light on Modular Classrooms
Rock Slides Death Oregon Duck Football player Spencer Webb succumbed to injuries he received after falling and hitting his head just west of Triangle Lake. Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the rock slides area after receiving a report of an injured man. Passers by also stopped to provide assistance […]
Variant Becomes Predominant Strain; Gas Prices; Cancelled Chinook Season Update; Private Ribbon Cutting
Variant Becomes Predominant Strain The Oregon Health Authority is reporting that the Omicron Subvariant BA.4 and BA.5 are now the predominant strains in Oregon and across the U.S.. this strain is even more transmissible than the original Omicron variant which was in turn more transmissible than earlier COVID-19 variants. The […]
Expansion Date Set for Early Fall; Fire Season; COVID-19 Update; Paving Reminder
Expansion Date Set for Early Fall The proposed expansion of the Peace Harbor Rehabilitation clinic on Highway 101 should begin sometime in the next couple of months according to clinic Director Bruce Huddleston. Construction costs are still being computed according to Huddleston and he hopes the final numbers will be […]
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