Month: December 2016

PeaceHealth adds additional practitioners; fire leaves family homeless; commercial crabbing season partially opens; Annexation request; Japanese radiation detected; and gift tree benefits high school students

PeaceHealth Cuts orphan patient list in half An update on the process of recruiting and hiring additional physicians for the Florence area was the topic Friday afternoon at the Florence Events Center.  Leading the way was PeaceHealth Senior V. P. and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Adams. Dr. Mark Adams […]

Prep sports and college basketball results

Suislaw Grapplers compete in North Bend Two Viking wrestlers placed in the weekend’s Army Strong Coast Classic tournament at North Bend High School.  Richard Huff won his first two matches at 120 pounds, before falling in the semifinal.  He won the next match but lost in the consolation final to […]

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  LEAD-ARMORY SALE Lead testing, oil tanks delay sale of Astoria armory (Information from: The Daily Astorian, http://www.dailyastorian.com) ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Testing for lead contamination is helping delay the sale of the Astoria National Guard Armory building. The Daily Astorian reports that the Friends of the Astoria Armory is […]

Cold Weather Shelter; Crohn’s and Colitis; Gifts for students; Fukushima Radiation; DeFazio wants to drain the swamp; Gingerbread library

Cold Weather Shelter expected to open again next week The Florence Cold Weather Shelter opened earlier this week for two nights, providing a warm and dry place for people who otherwise didn’t have anywhere to go.  Reverend Greg Woods with the Presbyterian Church of the Siuslaw said Monday they sheltered […]

Prep and college sports for the weekend

Prep sports: Siuslaw wrestlers are on the mats in North Bend today and tomorrow for the Coast Classic Wrestling Tourney. Viking basketball is at the Junction City Harrisburg Booster Les Schwab Holiday tournament today and tomorrow.  The Viking girls top off at 5:15 today in Junction City; the boys immediately […]