Reverse Parade Planned by City Despite the cancellation of the annual Rhododendron Festival the city of Florence has announced that it will be sponsoring the annual Rhododendron Grand Floral Parade.  However it will have a bit of a different twist.  Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer announced yesterday that the parade […]

Lane County to Learn Risk Level Today is the day that Lane County will find out just where they will be in the state’s risk level for COVID-19 infections.  Currently the county is in a two week grace period and has remained at low risk despite the rising number of […]

Weekend Coronavirus Numbers Over the weekend coronavirus cases continued to mount for Lane County.  The three day period from Friday to Sunday saw one of the heaviest periods in recent months.  160 new cases were reported  that included 3 new cases for the Florence area.  Bringing the Florence total to […]

WLFEA Adresses Privatization Query A call to privatization of the Western Lane Ambulance District was met with a response from the Western Lane Fire and EMS Authority.  In an Our Town interview on Coast Radio  Chief Michael Schick was asked if the pay for experienced EMT’s and those trained in […]

New Variant Website There has been enough talk about variants of the COVID-19 virus that the Oregon Health Authority has established a new dashboard website to cover the cumulative count of variant strains of the virus.  The site will include a map of variant cases broken down by region along […]

Concern Over EMAC Continues At Monday evening’s City Council Meeting councilor Sally Wantz expressed concern over the lack of a quorum at March 30th’s EMAC Meeting.  Wantz quoted two members of the committee that expressed a desire to have the committee dissolved.  The committee has been embroiled in controversy regarding […]

Council Approves Annexation The Florence City council has passed the ordinance approving the annexation of the Benedick Holdings, LLC and the rezoning of the 48.82 acres to a low density residential area.  Some concerns were raised by councilor Meyer regarding the city’s liability in the event that engineering proposals did […]

New COVID-19 Cases Despite many individuals receiving the COVID-19 vaccine the coronavirus is letting us know that it is still around.  Over the weekend the Florence Area continued to show more instances of the virus with 4 more residents testing positive for it.  The case count in Florence is now […]