Community Events

Chief Turner Honored – Covid Numbers Up – Candidates Announce for Council – Signs Recognize Seniors

A memorial service for Florence Police Chief and Former Lane County Sheriff, Tom Turner, will be this afternoon at First Baptist Church in Eugene at 1:00pm. Turner gave his communities over 40 years of service with the Eugene and Florence Police Departments, as well as the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. […]

Siuslaw River Bridge

Covid 19 Numbers Low – 9th Street Project Hampered – Mapleton Schools Seek New Chief

Vaccination and Testing Clinic Wednesday Case numbers for COVID-19 have been relatively low along the coast for several weeks with one new case reported (1509) as part of Monday’s daily briefing, but the City of Florence in conjunction with Lane County Public Health continue to offer vaccination and COVID tested […]

Florence Bi Plane

County Redistricts Boundries – Covid Numbers hit 808 – Empty Bowls – Merry & Bright

Board of Commissioners select new district maps The Lane County Board of Commissioners Wednesday night chose a revised map that roughly divides the county into five districts. An independent redistricting committee was given the task of evaluating the boundaries of each district that determine the constituency for each of the […]

Siuslaw Bridge and Sealion

Lane County Risk Lowers Friday – City Cancels Parade – May Our Town – Siuslaw School Board Candidate

Lane County gets reprieve and moves back to High Risk Friday To the relief of cash-strapped restaurants and residents desperate for a return to normalcy despite a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, Oregon Governor Kate Brown on Tuesday announced that by the end of the week she’ll lift a set of “extreme […]

Covid 19 Affects Area Business – Douglas County Sees Big One Day Numbers – Beck Retires Saturday – Pancakes Togo

The Covid 19 era Grows but who is affected? Last weekend Lane County suffered 40 new cases of Covid 19 bringing the county’s total yesterday to 419, of those 15 cases have been found in Florence.   Several area businesses, in an abundance of caution, had to close for deep cleaning […]