11 New Cases-Florence Yesterday Lane County Public Health released its total of weekend COVID-19 cases and an alarming 11 new cases were reported for Florence. This along with 622 new reported cases for the entire county, prompted Lane County Public Health Authorities to release public service announcements regarding vaccination clinics […]
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Surge Continues; Staffing Woes in Light of Increased Hospitalizations; City Meeting Schedule
Surge Continues Over the past week Lane County has experienced one of the highest rates of COVID-19 to date. Since the end of the State’s restrictions COVID-19 cases have surged. Cases of the more spreadable Delta Variant are at the forefront of new cases. The month of August thus far […]
Numbers Continue Surge; Chamber Cancels After Hours; Code Enforcement Issue; Murder Suspect First Day in Oregon Courts
Numbers Continue Surge Lane County continues to have high numbers of new covid-19 cases as they added another 118 to the list. There were however no new cases reported for the Florence area. The State reported 1382 new cases. What is causing concern aside from the volume of new infections […]
Governor to Support PeaceHealth Requirement; More COVID for Florence; Chorus Cancelled; Air Quality Alert
Governor to Support PeaceHealth Requirement On the heels of a controversial decision to require all its health care workers to be vaccinated PeaceHealth received some support late yesterday from the state. Governor Kate Brown has directed the the Oregon Health Authority to enact a new rule that circumvents the state […]
PeaceHealth to Require Healthcare Worker Vaccinations; City Celebrates; More COVID-19 Cases Impact Florence; Air Quality Alert Continues
PeaceHealth to Require Healthcare Worker Vaccinations Late yesterday morning the PeaceHealth Hospital system released information that they were going to require all healthcare workers to be vaccinated. this comes one day after PeaceHealth announced that it would be reinstating its no visitor policy. Dr. David Koukkouk is the Chief physician […]
National Night Out – Ribbon Cutting; Air Quality Alert; COVID-19 Update; Hospital Reinstates Visitor Restrictions
National Night Out – Ribbon Cutting This evening is the third annual National Night out in Florence. The event is intended to shine a light on awareness of police programs such as drug prevention, town watch, neighborhood watch, and other anti-crime efforts. The event will be held from 6-9 pm […]
Vaccination Clinic Numbers; Lane Striping in Florence; COVID-19 Update
Vaccination Clinic Numbers Although the numbers may not seem high, Nancy Berge with ARC in Eugene Springfield was happy with the turn out on Saturday at the vaccination Clinic at the Siuslaw Middle School. Berge says there was a good sampling of individuals that participated. “We had a couple juveniles, […]
Vaccination is the Key; Art For the Heart Update; Group Pulls Out of Development Deal; Governor Mandates Masks for Schools
Vaccination is the Key Since the beginning of the pandemic the area around Florence has 322 cases of the coronavirus. 20% of those cases have been in the last two weeks according to numbers compiled by Lane County Public Health. The largest condensed number of any two week period since […]
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