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Council Approves Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Last night the Florence City Council approved a temporary cold weather shelter for homeless individuals. Members of the the Florence Temporary Emergency Cold Weather Shelter agency outlined their proposal for the council which would be located on the property at 5300 Highway 101. Historically […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday a statewide two-week “freeze” that includes limiting restaurants and bars to takeout only and shuttering gyms, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities. The freeze, which will be in effect from November 18th through December 2nd, aims to limit group activities and reduce the spread of […]
Winds Drop Power Lines The early morning storm that swept along the coast was responsible for more than 2000 power outages from Dunes City to Newport and east to Veneta according to Chris Chandler from Central Lincoln PUD. Chandler says that all of their crews are currently out working on […]
Slash Burns Elicit 911 calls With the recent fires around the state and including Mapleton, smoke and fire can quickly cause fear in residents, such has been the case recently as forest land owners begin the fall process of slash pile burning. Chet Behling with the Oregon Department of Forestry’s […]
Another COVID-19 Case For Florence The Florence area continues to see small increases in COVID-19 cases as one more was added to the list yesterday. The total is now 36 for the 97439 zip code. Lane County does not break down the instances surrounding local cases unless it is part […]
Council Moves On PUD Plan Last night in a special session of the Florence City Council the council, after almost two hours of reviewing appeals made by residents for the Planned Unit Development at rhododendron and 35th street, went through all of the information line by line, accepting portions of […]
Florence Case – Lane County 172 Weekend Cases A new case of COVID-19 has been reported for the Florence area making the sum total of cases 35. The new reporting comes as Governor Kate Brown issues a “stay of activities” for 5 counties in the state. Lane County was not […]
Record Setting Day For COVID-19 Thursday was another record setting day for new coronavirus cases across the state. There were 805 new cases yesterday exceeding the previous record total by almost 200 cases. The Oregon Health Authority is reporting that the majority of new cases are coming from small informal […]
