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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 […]
Beavers Host Auburn This weekend the Oregon State Beavers will host Auburn in the College World Series Super Regionals. the series is a best of three contest with the first game being broadcast tomorrow evening at 7 pm with a 6:30 pregame on KCFM. Game to will be at 7 […]
Local Surfer Found Dead At approximately 10:30pm Wednesday night the Lane County Sheriff’s Office received a call about an overdue surfer near Heceta Beach north of Florence. Lane County Sheriff Search and Rescue and United States Coast Guard personnel responded with a search of the area. Around noon yesterday, Coast […]
