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City Council Meets The Florence City Council will hold its first meeting of 2025 this evening, January 6, beginning a new chapter with several key agenda items. The meeting will open with the ceremonial oath of office for Mayor Rob Ward and re-elected councilors Bill Meyer and Sally Wantz. Following […]
New Laws Take Effect The Oregon Legislature approved several bills during the “short” session early in 2024 that took effect this week. Two of them have a direct impact on local school districts. House Bill 4147 allows schools to install cameras on school buses to record when drivers fail to […]
Viking Basketball The Siuslaw Viking girl’s basketball team lost to Bandon last night at the Bandon Dunes Tournament. 58-12. Game two for the girls is against South Umpqua at noon today. The Viking Boys were on the court against Santiam Christian yesterday afternoon. It was an epic battle with the […]
Right to Repair Law Takes Effect Oregon’s Right to Repair law, which increases consumers’ ability to repair their own electronics, takes effect this week. The law requires manufacturers to provide access to replacement parts, tools, manuals, as well as digital keys needed so people can fix their own devices. Charlie […]
OSU Blows Out Oregon in Rose Bowl It was difficult to watch as the Ohio State Buckeyes dominated the Oregon Ducks from their first drive down the field. it had the sense that the Buckeyes had a grudge to bear and they were not going to give the Ducks an […]
Rose Bowl Preview While it is not the national Championship, it is one of the most heralded sporting events on the college docket. The annual Rose Bowl game will play its 111th game today featuring the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Oregon Ducks. Despite being undefeated and having previously beating […]
Golf Course Owners Plan Changes The new owners of Florence Golf Links, Tara Bahl and Andrew Arredondo have contracted the Rees Jones Inc., the original course architect to provide input on upcoming improvements on the links. Jones is the son of “legendary” golf course designer Robert Jones and founded his […]
Viking Basketball Siuslaw Girls Basketball falls to 1-7 on the season in a tough loss to North Bend at home last night the Bulldogs scored 42 to the Vikings 13. For the Viking Boys it was also a tough battle falling to the Bulldogs 50-63. Gave DeKeon led the Vikings […]
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