4 COVID-19 Cases Reported It was a relative slow weekend for COVID-19 cases for the Florence area.  There were only 4 new cases reported by Lane County Public Health over the three day period (1501).  Overall the Lane County area had 84 new cases for the same period.  Numbers continue […]

Schools Enter Maskless Phase The Mask mandate officially lifted on Saturday.  This week Siuslaw Schools enter a new phase of the Pandemic.  Siuslaw Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak sent out a letter to parents, staff and friends stating that beginning today masks would be optional for students and staff at all of […]

High Wind Watch A strong front moving across the Pacific is expected to impact the Florence area over the weekend.  The National Weather Service is predicting high winds that could produce winds over 60 miles per hour with steady winds between 30 and 40 miles per hour.  The high wind […]

Local Cases A day before the mask mandate lifts Lane County Public health is reporting a significant drop in cases.  The seven day average has dropped to 46 cases with 46 new cases reported yesterday.  The case per 100,000 dropped to 68.2.  for the Florence area the two week running […]

Councilor Chosen The Florence city Council last night decided on who they would be placing in the open city council seat.  By unanimous decision the councilors have chosen Rob Ward as the replacement for  former council member Maggie Wisniewski.  Ward is the president of Northwest Land Surveying inc and member […]

Potential Scam Individuals representing an out of town roofing company, possibly from Portland, have been going from house to house telling homeowners that they have noticed some damage to the exterior of their homes and offer to take a close look to see how bad the damage is.  They then […]

Decision On School Masking Parents and Students will not have to wait until March 9th for a decision on mask wearing in Siuslaw Schools.  Siuslaw Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak released a letter to families, students and staff.  Beginning on March 12th the student body and staff will no longer be required […]

ODE New Update With the COVID-19 pandemic waning and changes set to come regarding mask mandates on the 12th of March the Oregon Department of education sat down with school superintendents yesterday to go over the updates to the RSSL resiliency framework.  The extensive document distributed goes into detail about […]