A second suspected death in Lane County from the coronavirus was reported by Lane County Health Officials.  The 59 year old male died last night in the hospital.  He suffered from pre-existing medical conditions and was from the Eugene/Springfield area.  That brings the death toll in Oregon to 84. 2,679 […]

New COVID-19 Related Deaths The state of Oregon has now tested more than 44 thousand people for the coronavirus.  New numbers out yesterday have moved the total number of confirmed cases to 2,127.  50 cases have been reported in Lane County and all but four of those cases have been […]

Two New Cases in Lane County Two more cases of COVID-19 have jumped up for lane county.  One case is a female in her 40’s from the Eugene/Springfield area and the other is currently not listed by gender but is reportedly from rural Lane county.  Neither of these cases are […]

No New Cases, Day 4 There have been 57 new cases of the coronavirus around the state, but a glitch in the reporting system on the Oregon Health Authority’s website has left the overall numbers “Pending” as they work to repair the problem.  Lane county is moving into its fourth […]

Rapid Testing For Coronavirus at Peace Harbor Though testing was sparse early on due to the lack of available tests, Peace Harbor hospital has ramped up their testing and now are using the rapid response tests that were filtered down from the federal government earlier in the month.  For the […]

Wings and Wheels Cancelled The latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic is the annual Wings and Wheels Car Show and Fly-in.   The event was not scheduled until July 11th, but organizers thought that, even if a full recovery from the pandemic happened in May, there would still be businesses that […]

PPP Loan Update Businesses in Florence have reacted positively to the Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Plan Loans.  Oregon Pacific Bank has reported that they have made 87 loans totaling almost 5.5 million dollars.  Unfortunately for the time being, the funds have dried up and local banks like OPB and […]

Local Banks Lend Record Amount Local banks have confirmed that the amount of money allocated through the Payroll Protection Plan is in the millions.  Over the past two weeks banks have been accepting loan applications for businesses that need help in keeping their employees on the payroll and the PPP, […]