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Former Duck Coach Named to Hall of Fame Former Oregon Ducks Men’s Basketball Coach Ernie Kent has been listed as one of this year’s inductees into the school’s 2022 hall of fame. Kent became the winningest coach in program history in his 13 year tenure posting 235 wins and 174 […]
Siuslaw News Scales Back The Siuslaw News has reported that they will soon be returning to a weekly paper beginning in July 6th. Publisher Jenna Bartlett says the move is a consolidation to in part bring more focus to their digital media. “It’s gonna allow us to enhance our digital […]
Rehab Center Expansion Planned Peace Harbor hospital is in the middle of a 1.3 million dollar capital campaign led by the Peace Harbor foundation. Gretchen Klein, the new executive director of the foundation says the money will go to upgrade and modernize the rehab center on highway 101. “(we) continue […]
More Honors for Hjerpe/Melton OSU baseball players continue to receive awards for their play this past year. Yesterday the College Baseball foundation honored left handed pitcher Cooper Hjerpe and outfielder Jacob Melton. The duo are just the 5th and 6th players in OSU history to receive 5 or more First […]
Miller Leaving SVFR for State Post Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue will be losing its Fire Marshall. Chief Michael Schick announced yesterday that FM Tony Miller has accepted a position with the state of Oregon as a deputy Fire Marshall. “He is going to be in charge of Polk and […]
Concert to Support Siuslaw Football A country music recording artist with 65 appearances at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry will be on stage later this summer in Florence. Ray Scott’s August 17th concert at the Florence Events Center will benefit the Siuslaw Football Program. Viking assistant coach Jeff Gray says Scott […]
Seasonal Flu The seasonal flu has been hanging on over the past 90 days but the Oregon Health Authority is reporting a decreasing trend over the past three weeks with numbers dipping slightly while positive test results drop significantly. Cases were their most virulent at the end of April and […]
The Oregon State Beavers were proud to announce that two of their athletes have been named First-Team All Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Left-handed pitcher Cooper Hjerpe and outfielder Jacob Melton have both been honored. Hjerpe and Melton were both previously honored by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers […]
