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 […]
Author: George Henry
No Students Injured in Bus Accident; School Addresses Recent Texas Shooting; COVID-19; Safe Boating
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; Ducks Eliminated
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; Free Boat Inspections; Charging Infrastructure Improved; COVID-19 Cases
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; Beavers Overtake Huskies; Ducks Fall to Arizona
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 […]
COVID-19; Wildfire Awareness Month; Bad Peanut Butter; Art Quest Kick-off; No Spring Chinook; Gas Prices
COVID-19 Oregon is reporting some of the highest numbers of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started more than two years ago. The Oregon Health Authority reported nearly 12,000 new cases last week and the state is averaging 1,685 new cases a day. That’s higher than all but 12 weeks […]
Two Vikings Commit to SOU; Pac-12 Tournament
Two Vikings Commit to SOU Siuslaw seniors Henry Rankin and Avery Hart are headed to Southern Oregon University. Last night the two committed to play football for the Raiders by signing with the school at a ceremony at Siuslaw High School. Pac-12 Tournament Today is the beginning of the Pac-12 […]
Safe Rhody Weekend; Scholarship Night; Top Gun Ties in Florence; COVID-19
Safe Rhody Weekend Florence Police Sergeant Len Larson said that despite the crowds it was a very safe weekend for the Rhododendron Festival. Sgt. Larson said everyone seemed to have a good time. There were a few incidents of burning tires during the classic Car Cruise, some of it provoked […]