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Lane County Recognizes Indigenous People’s Day The Lane County Board of Commissioners has declared the second Monday in October as indigenous people’s day. Lane County board Chair Joe Berney says in spite of the information taught to us as children the continent was thriving with vibrant indigenous cultures long before […]
COVID-19 Numbers Weekend totals for new and presumptive COVID-19 cases are due out today. The last report from the Oregon Health Authority was on Friday where there were 2,113 new cases and 21 deaths reported. As far as a specific number of deaths for the area Jason Davis with Lane […]
COVID-19 Numbers Correction After a review of cases Lane County Public Health removed a COVID-19 case from its daily report. It was not determined whether the case was incorrectly reported or a false positive. Lane County itself reported another 141 cases yesterday. There were also 4 deaths reported for Lane […]
Schools Work to Keep Students Safe School systems around the state are battling several fronts against the COVID-19 pandemic, on one hand there are parents that are fighting against the use of masks on their children and on the other hand there is still not a vaccine for younger children. […]
Last night’s City Council meeting opened with a proclamation recognizing the month of October as Domestic violence Awareness month. SOS director Bob Teter spoke to the council about the growing incidents of domestic violence in the Florence area over the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Adding the stresses of the […]
City Council Meeting The Florence City Council is slated to meet this evening. The virtual meeting will take place over gotowebinar. The city will consider the transfer of jurisdiction of a portion of Rhododendron drive as well as a section of 4th avenue. Recent annexations of property along the roadway […]
Lane County To Require Vaccinations for Employees Lane County has decided to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all county employees. The word came down yesterday that unless an employee has a medical or religious exemption under current state law they will be subject to provisional layoff. Lane County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky […]
Wine and Chowder Event Moved The popular Florence Wine and Chowder Trail is being moved to February. The traditional October event has been rescheduled for the winter date. The Florence area Chamber of Commerce announced the change yesterday. Chamber CEO and President Bettina Hannigan stated one of the benefits of […]
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