Rhododendron Festival Suspended The Florence Area Chamber of Commerce has decided that the 114th Rhododendron Festival should be suspended.  Just two weeks after it announced that the annual Rhody Court would not happen the board has made the decision that there are too many variables with the current state of […]

Get Signed Up for Vaccines The number of available vaccines is severely limited in Oregon as it is in many other states across the nation.  City Manager Erin Reynolds says that it is important to make sure that those who want the vaccine fill out the form that has been […]

Cases Dip For State and County Over the weekend the number of coronavirus cases across the state and across Lane County has mimicked the nationwide total with fewer cases being reported.  In Lane County there were 173 cases for the three day total which is almost 50% less than the […]

Vaccine Registration Available for Lane County Lane County Public Health has opened an online link for individuals to get registered for the coronavirus vaccine.  In less than 24 hours over 10,000 Lane County residents have already filled out the form.  The address for the form is long and Coast Radio […]

Florence Numbers and Vaccine Concerns The Daily number of COVID-19 cases, while slower in the past week still continue to plague Lane County with occasional spikes.  There were another 117 cases reported yesterday for the county and the Florence number is inching towards 150 with a new case yesterday bringing […]

Annexation Public Hearing Last night Florence City Council meeting was dedicated to a public hearing over the potential annexation of property in the northern Florence Urban Growth Boundary.  There was an extensive review of the proposal by Wendy Farley Campbell followed by comments from the developer and from opponents of […]