Air Quality Alert The Air Quality Index for Florence took a sharp turn towards the better after a change in wind direction began yesterday afternoon.  Levels that far exceeded LRAPA’s AQI chart permeated the coast yesterday causing Hazardous Air alerts for most of the Oregon Coast as wildfires continue to […]

Air Quality Alert The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency is indicating a hazardous air quality level for the Florence and Mapleton Area.  The Air Quality Index has exceeded the 500 level which indicates Hazardous conditions.  The Florence level has now increased to 593 in the most recent update and the […]

Sweet Creek Milepost 2 Fire Update Fires crews continue to see progress in the Sweet Creek Area near Mapleton.  At the last update the Oregon Department of Forestry declared the fire 64% contained.  Mop up operations according to the latest report have reached as much as 250 feet into the […]

This morning at 10:35 the Lane County sheriff’s office released update evacuation notices and they have been downgraded.  For the area of Hadsall Creek road it is not a level 2 evacuation notice which means be set to leave.  The sweet Creek road evacuation level has been downgraded to a […]

Mapleton Fire Update Firefighters completed a successful burnout operation on the Sweet Creek Milepost 2 fire overnight Wednesday into Thursday.  Crews removed about 10 acres of unburned fuel between the fire perimeter and established fire line according to the ODF daily briefing.  As of yesterday the fire is reportedly 30% […]

Air Quality in Mapleton Degraded Air quality for residents in the area surrounding the Sweet Creek Milepost 2 fire is degraded.  Travis Knudsen from the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency says even without sensors in the area the presence of heavy smoke is a danger to health. “It’s pretty easy […]

Lane County has announced the closing of Sweet Creek Road to milepost 3 in Mapleton due to increasingly dangerous conditions on the roadway.  Debris continues to drop on the road as a result of fire and firefighting efforts in the area.  A detour has been set up that accesses Sweet […]