Vaccination Clinic The City of Florence will host a vaccination clinic this Friday at the Florence Events Center. The format will follow the previous clinics that have been put on. Lane County Public Health is providing 1000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The event will begin at 10 am. Scheduling for […]
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School District Employee Tests Positive for COVID; Florence Coronavirus Number reaches 200; Red Flag Warning; Vaccine Update; Gas Prices Steady
School District Employee Tests Positive for COVID The Siuslaw School District has reported that an employee of the high school has tested positive for COVID-19. Families of students that were in contact with the staff member were called by the high school office. According to the release school officials are […]
Show and Shine Postponed; Numbers Climb Again; Tax Deadline Reminder; Campgrounds Begin Taking Reservations
Show and Shine Postponed Plans for a May 15th Show and Shine car show have been scuttled. Organizers have determined that with the current levels of COVID-19 circulating it would be next to impossible to ensure that the event could move forward with possibility of Lane County being in a […]
Reverse Parade Planned by City; COVID-19 Numbers Flatten; Dry Windy Conditions; Johnson & Johnson Vaccines Halted
Reverse Parade Planned by City Despite the cancellation of the annual Rhododendron Festival the city of Florence has announced that it will be sponsoring the annual Rhododendron Grand Floral Parade. However it will have a bit of a different twist. Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer announced yesterday that the parade […]
Lane County to Learn Risk Level; Evaluating Possible Events; School FAC Meeting; City Council Looks at Plan
Lane County to Learn Risk Level Today is the day that Lane County will find out just where they will be in the state’s risk level for COVID-19 infections. Currently the county is in a two week grace period and has remained at low risk despite the rising number of […]
Weekend Coronavirus Numbers; Seasonal Flu Still Down; Work Session; Gas Prices
Weekend Coronavirus Numbers Over the weekend coronavirus cases continued to mount for Lane County. The three day period from Friday to Sunday saw one of the heaviest periods in recent months. 160 new cases were reported that included 3 new cases for the Florence area. Bringing the Florence total to […]
WLFEA Adresses Privatization Query; New COVID-19 Surge; Breakthrough Cases; Increases For COVID-19; City to Release More PPE
WLFEA Adresses Privatization Query A call to privatization of the Western Lane Ambulance District was met with a response from the Western Lane Fire and EMS Authority. In an Our Town interview on Coast Radio Chief Michael Schick was asked if the pay for experienced EMT’s and those trained in […]
New Variant Website; Lane County COVID-19 Cases; Dealership Scams
New Variant Website There has been enough talk about variants of the COVID-19 virus that the Oregon Health Authority has established a new dashboard website to cover the cumulative count of variant strains of the virus. The site will include a map of variant cases broken down by region along […]
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