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Bay Street Closed Temporarily Saturday It was a very busy weekend in Florence despite the cancellation of the annual Rhododendron Festival. On Saturday large groups of motorcycles lined Bay Street filling up almost every available space and then around 3pm the Free Souls Motorcycle Group came through town taking up […]
Overton Unbelievable In Viking Loss The Siuslaw Viking Softball team finished their season on Saturday against Junction City. The Double header saw the Tigers dominate the Vikings, but that did not stop one Viking athlete from finishing out her season with an exclamation point. Junior Bailey Overton, in game two […]
Weekend Sports Schedules: The Siuslaw Vikings will take the field today in Junction City against the Tigers. The double header will begin at 3 pm and pregame on KCST will begin at 2:45. These are the final two games in the Viking Baseball Season. The Viking Softball team will play […]
Council Meeting Monday The Florence City Council has a big Monday planned beginning with an Executive session in the morning to consult with legal council followed by a 5:30 evening meeting where they will hear testimony on two annexation requests and consider a request from the two Florence garbage haulers […]
Governor Plans Lift for Risk Level Governor Kate Brown has published her goal of having 70% of Oregonians vaccinated by June. And when that happens Brown says she will lift the Risk based formula for opening county commerce. Brown already announced in a press conference on Tuesday that counties that […]
Change in Baseball/Softball Schedule The Siuslaw Viking baseball double header game in junction City has been moved from Saturday to Friday afternoon. The schedule for the game will be a 3pm first pitch with the game being broadcast on KCST beginning at 2:45. Junction City is 7-2 on the season. […]
Meyer to Replace Hickson There will be a change in leadership at the Siulsaw News. At the end of May, managing editor Ned Hickson will be stepping away from responsibilities from the paper as well as his position at the Cottage Grove Sentinel. Here in Florence Chantelle Meyer will be […]
Senior Night Yesterday was senior day for both the Siuslaw Vikings softball and baseball program. Prior to the games yesterday teams recognized their senior players. For the boys, there are 4 players that will play their last game on Saturday: Elijah Blankenship, Chayton James, Clay Kramer and Dalton Stinger. For […]
