Candidate Forum Candidates for Florence City Council, Florence Mayor and West Lane County Commissioner shared their views with the Florence community yesterday afternoon at the Florence Events Center.  The four city council candidates were asked about topics ranging from homelessness to  climate change.  The candidates were agreeable on many of […]

Gas Prices Continue to Rise Gas Prices continue to rise in Oregon with refineries still taxed and undergoing maintenance.  Oregon had another 31 cent increase with an average price of a gallon of regular gas sitting at $5.46 a gallon.  The Florence area has historically been below the state average […]

Caregiver Shortage It is a problem that all communities are dealing with, and with Florence retirement numbers increasing it is a concern for those working with the elderly. With the election a little over a month away, some say caregiving and long-term care are issues too big for candidates in […]

City Council Meeting The Florence City council will recognize Domestic Violence Awareness month as well as National Arts and Humanities month and fire prevention Week at the beginning of this evenings council meeting.  The proclamations will be followed by consideration for several grant resolutions including the request for approval for […]

Sky High Gas Prices Over the past week gas prices have increased monumentally with the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Florence nearing $5.20 a gallon, that’s about .86 cents more than last week.  Marie Dodds with AAA Oregon says it has been the perfect storm with […]

COVID-19 It will still be another two weeks before we know how many cases of COVID-19 have impacted the community.  Oregon is now updating zip code information once a month and that means it will be October 12th or possibly the 19th before the next reporting.  The Oregon Health Authority […]

TLT Increase Passes Community members and business owner from all over Lane County contributed to the discussion of the potential increase and use of the Transient Lodging Tax proposed by the Lane County Commissioners.  After hearing much testimony from the public the commissioners voted to increase the TLT by 2%.  […]

Vehicular Death Investigation The Florence Police have released the preliminary investigative report from Saturday’s motorcycle fatality on Highway 126.  According to the report a motorcycle, operated by 20 year old Ghage Robinette of North Bend was traveling east bound on highway 126 when it collided with the front of an […]