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COVID-19 Updates The more infectious, less virulent Omicron Variant of the coronavirus is the main variant present in cases according to health authorities. It has been the cause of rising hospitalizations through the county and state. Florence has seen another 3 cases yesterday as the overall total has risen to […]
Delays Likely East of Walton Beginning today crews with the Oregon Department of Transportation will be working on a section of Highway 126 that was recently affected by rains. Just east of Walton a portion of the north side hill slid at between milepost 36 and 36.7 where ODOT had […]
Local COVID-19 Numbers Surging There were 22 more COVID-19 cases identified in the 97439 zip code on Friday. Lane County is reporting multilple daily cases for the Florence area and there have been 86 cases reported in the last two weeks. The total continues to inch towards the 1,000 mark […]
Storm Results Last night’s wind event had a much smaller impact than the one earlier in the week. While there is still a high wind warning until 10 am this morning the instances of power outages is much less Central Lincoln PUD is reporting about 200 customers without power this […]
Pharmacy Issues Continue The Florence area continue to deal with long waits and limited access to their medications as the new year has not resolved the issues with pharmacies. Peace Harbor Director of Medical Group Operations, Cheri Payne says they are seeing some smoothing out of the issue but there […]
Bridge Accident An accident yesterday afternoon caused a back up of traffic along Highway 101. Emergency crews responded to a two vehicle wreck on the Siuslaw River Bridge at approximately 4:15. Both lanes of the bridge were affected and the bridge was closed down until about 5:30. There was no […]
Remnants of Storm Siltcoos Station Road remains closed as a result of Sunday’s high winds. Downed trees and power lines have caused the closure and work crews continue to work to reopen it. Thompson Creek Road near Brickerville also remains closed. Central Lincoln PUD is reporting it still has about […]
Some Outages May Take Days to Repair Central Lincoln PUD is reporting about 6 thousand outages in their coverage area, but only about 1300 of those are in the Florence area. Chris Chandler with Central Lincoln PUD says while most customers in the Florence area will have power back on […]
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