Road Construction Reminder It will be more than a year before the completion of the Rhododendron Drive realignment project is ready for regular traffic, for the time being the travel over the popular stretch of scenic roadway for the Florence area closed to regular traffic.  The exception is for those […]

Temporary Road Closure The City of Florence will be working on a portion of 21st Street all day today to repair the street’s surface.  21st street will be closed from Highway 101 to Pine Street  until 5 pm today. Damage to the street occurred in March when a directional drilling […]

Highway 20 Paving A section of Highway 20 just east of Newport will be experiencing delays. Last night paving of a 5 mile section of the roadway began and the Oregon Department of Transportation is letting drivers know that the area will be down to one lane with delays.  The […]

Guilty Except by Sanity In June of 2023, Lane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Mapleton after 66-year-old Marsha Quesnell called 911 and stated she had murdered her mother. Upon arrival, deputies found Quesnell’s 85-year-old mother deceased with multiple stab wounds. Quesnell was taken into custody and lodged at the Lane […]