COVID Number Likely Underreported The rate of COVID-19 infections is indeterminate that according to Lane County Public Health Liaison Jason Davis.  Davis says that the numbers that are being recorded for the 97439  zip code  are likely incomplete due in part to the increase of home testing kits. Davis says […]

Truck Driver Arrested in Fatal Crash The Oregon State police have released their investigation into the crash of September 20th that claimed the life of Western Lane Ambulance EMT Emily Susman.  OSP arrested the driver of the logging truck yesterday.  64 year old Shane Tyler McVay was taken into custody […]

Bozievich Announces Retirement Plans West Lane County Commissioner Jay Bozievich has announced that his current term will be his last term.  Bozievich says he is proud of what Lane County has accomplished while he served.  Including helping improve the county’s finances and credit rating. “Through some very diligent prioritizing of […]

Slide Closes 126 Between Mapleton and Florence Torrential rains over the past several days have caused yet another landslide, this one closes highway 126 at milepost 9.4 between Florence and Mapleton, hundreds of yard of debris have collapsed from the hillside onto the roadway.  It started falling around 4 pm […]

Blood Needed in Lane County Lane County Public Health is reporting that blood supplies are historically low for this time of year.  Statistics show that the holiday season is one of the times in the year that blood supplies become limited, but since the beginning of the pandemic is has […]

School Responds to Tik-Tok Post A Tik-Tok video threatening schools has caused concern for school districts around the nation.  The posting was originally to get students to skip school on the final day of classes but evolved into suggesting bomb threats and shooting threats.  The threats are not believed to […]

Florence Police Arrest Two in Robbery The Florence Police has made an arrest of two robbery suspects in connection with the December 9th armed robbery at the 7-11 store on 9th street and Highway 101.  Florence police discovered a trailer associated with the persons they believed were responsible off of […]

Police Investigate Robberies The Florence Police department are looking to secure a warrant for the arrest of two individuals they believe to be involved in an armed robbery on Thursday December 9th.  at approximately 11:43 pm that evening police responded to the report of an armed robbery at the 7-11 […]