Mom Accuses Baseball League of Discrimination An incident involving the Florence Littlefoot baseball program locally became an issue for one Florence mom on racism and awareness.  Teri Webb whose son participates in youth baseball on the local team was upset that the uniforms were printed with a flag containing a […]

Lane County Health Rankings A national program that ranks the health of counties based on a variety of measures has released its annual rankings.  CountyHealthRankings.org looks at health factors, policies and programs and overall health outcomes and considers health behaviors, socio-economic factors and the physical environment which includes air quality, […]

Stolen Backhoe It must have been a bad night to be a heavy equipment thief in the Eugene area Monday night.  Lane County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a report of an abandoned backhoe just off Highway 126, about a half-mile west of Greenhill Road Tuesday morning before eight AM.  […]

Affordable Housing Units Dents are being made in the scarcity of affordable housing in Florence with a project well underway on highway 101 near the Presbyterian Church of the Siuslaw with continuing efforts to bring even more on line.  A separate project that hopes to be underway in the next […]

More on “Shots Fired” The Lane County Sheriff’s Office released more details about a report of a person firing a weapon inside a house on Rustic Lane north of Florence.  A 9-1-1 call came in shortly after 7 AM Saturday morning that an intoxicated male was shooting a gun inside […]

Mask Mandate Ends The Mask Mandate for hospital settings ended today and hospitals are now at liberty to drop the masks.  Joe Waltasi with PeaceHealth had initially said that they had not decided whether or not to drop the masks in their hospitals, but on Saturday he confirmed that it […]