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Governor Enacts Controversial Plan Governor Brown in a short video statement enacted a controversial decision to require that all health care workers in the state must be fully vaccinated by October 18th or 6 weeks after full FDA approval of vaccines. Brown says the change from allowing individuals to undergo […]
More COVID Cases for Florenc3 4 more Florence resident have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Bringing the two week total to 44 and the overall total to 382. This number is part of the continuing surge of cases that are hitting the state and particularly Lane County. Lane County until yesterday […]
Fire Burns Local Eatery Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue was called to a fire at the Florence Dairy Queen this morning at approximately 1:30 am. Several units were dispatched to fight the blaze. Flames could be seen coming off the roof of the building. Conditions are unknown at this time. […]
COVID Surge Continues The three day weekend total of COVID-19 cases continues to be a cause of concern for the state as well as health care professionals. Hospital beds are continuing to fill up with patients as some hospitals now are choosing to put off elective surgeries in order to […]
Man Shot Attempting to Steal Motorcycle The Lane County Sheriff’s department is continuing its investigation into a shooting that happened Saturday morning in Mapleton. According to information released 25 year old Michael Wayne Vincent was shot in the leg while he was allegedly attempting to steal a motorcycle from East […]
Record Setting Day for COVID-19 The Florence community is still adding cases of COVID-19. There were two more cases added to the list yesterday bringing the case total since the start of the pandemic to 360. Lane County added 210. The state reported the highest number of cases in a […]
Mandate Begins Friday Governor Kate Brown says that due to the extreme amount of COVID-19 cases she is mandating the use of masks in all indoor public settings beginning this Friday. Brown says the hospital systems are almost maxed out with COVID patients and some hospitals are even nearing capacity […]
Cases Predominately Un-Vaccinated With cases on the rise in Florence, 5 more added to yesterday’s total, one of the questions being asked is are the new infections part of the vaccinated community. Jason Davis Lane County Public Health Liaison says Florence is trending the same as the rest of Lane […]
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