Local Cases A day before the mask mandate lifts Lane County Public health is reporting a significant drop in cases.  The seven day average has dropped to 46 cases with 46 new cases reported yesterday.  The case per 100,000 dropped to 68.2.  for the Florence area the two week running […]

Councilor Chosen The Florence city Council last night decided on who they would be placing in the open city council seat.  By unanimous decision the councilors have chosen Rob Ward as the replacement for  former council member Maggie Wisniewski.  Ward is the president of Northwest Land Surveying inc and member […]

Potential Scam Individuals representing an out of town roofing company, possibly from Portland, have been going from house to house telling homeowners that they have noticed some damage to the exterior of their homes and offer to take a close look to see how bad the damage is.  They then […]

Decision On School Masking Parents and Students will not have to wait until March 9th for a decision on mask wearing in Siuslaw Schools.  Siuslaw Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak released a letter to families, students and staff.  Beginning on March 12th the student body and staff will no longer be required […]

ODE New Update With the COVID-19 pandemic waning and changes set to come regarding mask mandates on the 12th of March the Oregon Department of education sat down with school superintendents yesterday to go over the updates to the RSSL resiliency framework.  The extensive document distributed goes into detail about […]

HYAK Completes Old Town Fiber The build out of fiber internet services has been completed in the Old Town Area of Florence.  HYAK announced the completion yesterday.  Several businesses have already signed up for the service including 1285 Restobar.  Owner Kurt Hargens says they became one of the first subscribers […]

Rescinding of Mask Mandate Moves One Week Closer The Governor’s of Washington, California and Oregon have agreed to simultaneously lift their mask mandate to indoor spaces, this means that Oregon will be moving up its release from March 19th to march 12th.  While the statewide mandate governing masks will be […]

Port Commissioner Terry Duman Seeks County Commissioner Seat Local businessman and current Port of Siuslaw commissioner Terry Duman is one of four candidates seeking the West Lane County Commissioner seat that will come open upon the completion of current commissioner Jay Bozievich’s term.  Duman, a life-long Florence resident says he […]