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City Council Approves Grant Money Last night the Florence city Council approved the acceptance of a grant of $80,000 from Lane County Public health to support upgrades in the Miller Park play ground area. The project itself will be over 200,000 dollars but money has already been received from another […]
City Council Meeting The Florence City Council will meet for the final time this evening for the 2022 cycle. The meeting will come after an executive session that will focus on staff evaluations. Executive sessions are not open to the public. At 5:30 Mayor Joe Henry will hold his final […]
Donations Needed Fund raising for the Community Christmas Basket project is close to the target goal, but more is needed. “I need about $6,000 right now”. Carol Bennett spearheads the annual effort coordinated by the Florence Chapter of Soroptimist International. Because many families in our community are “food-insecure” they likely […]
Governor EO to Bolster Hospitals Governor Kate Brown issued an executive order giving hospitals the flexibility and support to combat the surges in RSV, Influenza and COVID-19. That flexibility comes in the form of allowing hospitals to draw from a pool of medical volunteer doctors and nurses. The state is […]
Gas Prices Gas prices continue to plummet as the west coast sees the largest drops in the nation according to AAA. Marie Dodds with AAA Oregon says the national average tumbled 14 cents bringing it down to $3.38 a gallon. While Oregon’s average is at $4.16 it has gone down […]
An early morning single vehicle accident caused the closure of 9th street near the 7/11 store. The vehicle received heavy damage and snapped a power pole causing an outage in the area. There are no reports of serious injury. Central Lincoln PUD is on the scene replacing the pole.
Committee Members Sought The US Forest Service is conducting a recruitment for a federal advisory board that will provide input on modernizing the landscape management for national forests in Oregon, California and Washington. The 20 member committee would serve for two years. The forest service will represent a diverse cross […]
Ballot Measure Postponement Possible The Oregon office of Attorney General released a statement yesterday that it will be seeking a postponement of some of the provisions in the Oregon Ballot Measure 114 that is scheduled to go into effect this Thursday. Attorney General Rosenblum says that local law enforcement agencies […]
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