Rare Light Day of COVID-19 Cases It was a lighter day of COVID-19 cases yesterday in Lane County.  Lane County Public Health only reported 13 new cases for a total of 2,467.   There was also a drop in persons considered infectious.  That number dropped by 21 to 148.  There were […]

424 More COVID-19 Cases Another very heavy day of coronavirus cases for the State of Oregon.  There were 424 new cases with Multnomah County hitting 110 in a single day.  There are now a total of 43,228 cases that have occurred in the state.  There were also 7 new deaths […]

Drop Off Ballots Rather Than Mail Election Day is just around the corner, with less than a week to go Lane County Clerk Cheryl Betschart says if you want your ballot to be counted it is probably best not to put it in the mail.  Even though there is still […]

FURA Considers Property Options The Florence urban renewal agency will meet in executive session on Wednesday to look at several inquiries into the city’s property on Quince Street across from the Florence Events Center.  Over the past two years the city has received several informal inquiries into the property, but […]

New Florence Area COVID-19 Case Lane County Public Health has added one more COVID-19 case to the 97439 zip code.  The Florence area now has 31 known cases to date.  Restrictions relating to privacy prevents Lane County from further giving details on the case.  This is the 6th new case […]

County “High” Virus Level The entire month of October has one of increasing numbers in coronavirus cases across Lane County.  Lane County Public Health has been managing a system to indicate the level of risk to the community using several factors to establish an alert level system.  The system takes […]