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City to Open Election Window June 1st signifies the beginning the City of Florence election process for city council and Mayor. Three positions are coming up in the November election and include seats currently held by Woody Woodbury and newly appointed Rob Ward as well as the Mayor’s seat currently […]
Regional Matches – Posted The Oregon State Beavers will start off their run for the College World Series on Friday against New Mexico State. the Beavers are the host of the Regionals. Game time is set for 7pm with a pregame on KCFM beginning at 6:30. New Mexico State is […]
WLFEA Chief’s Contract Extended A joint executive board meeting of Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue and Western Lane Ambulance met on Thursday to discuss the tenure of Chief Michael Schick and the impact he has had on the organization. Immediately following that meeting the boards met in regular session and […]
Beaver Baseball The Oregon State Beavers had a rocky weekend as the fought for the right to compete in the championship round. The Beavers led the UCLA Bruins by 9 runs in the 9th inning on Saturday afternoon and squandered their lead with the Bruins tying the game before finishing […]
No Students Injured in Bus Accident Florence police are looking into what caused a pick-up truck to strike the rear of a Siuslaw school bus sending the driver of the truck to the hospital. No students were injured in the collision and the driver of the bus was ok. According […]
Late Night for the Beavers The Oregon State Beavers had to wait until 10:15 last night to take the field against the Cal Bears. The Stanford Cardinal-Arizona Wildcat game lasted until 9:36 pm. 23 runs were scored in the game lasting 4:24 minutes with Stanford defeating Arizona 15-8. The Beavers […]
Retirees Honored 8 retirees accounting for a total of 149 years of experience in the Siuslaw School District were honored last week during an “all staff” gathering at Hans Peterson Field. The longest amount of service was Ward Large who retires with an official 35 years on the janitorial staff. […]
Viking Players Honored Several Siuslaw Vikings were named to the 2022 Sky-Em All-League Baseball roster. Second team honors went to Siuslaw senior Ethan Halpin for pitching and junior Ian Sissel received honors for the outfield. There were also several honorable Mentions which included Ethan Halpin for first base, senior Beau […]
