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Accident Details The accident that caused the shutdown of highway 101 for more than 6 hours yesterday took the life of two individuals and injured two more. Oregon State police say that at about 7:20 am they responded to a two vehicle crash around milepost 196. Their preliminary investigation show […]
Unvaccinated Concerns Locally COVID-19 is having its worst impact in Lane County since earlier this year according to Jason Davis with Lane County Public Health. And it is driven in part that the 97439 zip code is experiencing the most cases since the beginning of the pandemic. The other driving […]
Lane County Public health is reporting another 10 cases of COVID-19 for the Florence Area this morning. that is in addition to 17 cases that were reported from over the weekend bringing the total number of cases to 319. Over the previous two weeks there have been 58 cases for […]
27 Florence COVID Cases Since Friday The 8 am morning update from Lane County added another 10 cases this morning making the total case count at 319. That is 27 cases since Friday in Florence and 58 cases in the past two weeks. Cases in lane county are up over […]
Fire and EMS Consider Consolidation Expanding on the successful administrative consolidation of Western Lane Fire and EMS Authority, the Board of Directors for Western Lane Ambulance District and Siuslaw Fire & Rescue are considering consolidation of Operations at their next joint board meeting on August 26th. This is a move […]
Siuslaw Awards The Florence area business community celebrated the contributions of business during a very difficult time. The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce chose to use several different categories for their annual Siuslaw Awards that highlighted the resilience, determination and caring through what has been a difficult and unique period […]
COVID-19 Update Lane County Public health reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, none for the 97439 zip code. While 19 is a relatively low number the week over week totals continue to rise. The latest information from the Oregon Health Authority is showing a 54% increase from the previous […]
Fire Dangers Severe Governor Kate Brown in a press conference yesterday says Oregon Residents should prepare for a potentially devastating fire season. Regardless of where you are in the state Brown says each family should have an emergency plan in place. According to Doug Grafe, Chief of Fire Protection for […]
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