Delays Likely East of Walton Beginning today crews with the Oregon Department of Transportation will be working on a section of Highway 126 that was recently affected by rains. Just east of Walton a portion of the north side hill slid at between milepost 36 and 36.7 where ODOT had […]
Author: George Henry
Viking Basketball; Viking Wrestling; Sailor Basketball; Duck/Beavers
Viking Basketball Siuslaw Viking boy’s basketball is now 6-6 on the season after a pair of loses over the weekend. On Friday the Vikings fell to Hidden Valley 45-40. Brody Terry put up 20 points in the Loss. On Saturday the boys faced Mazama losing 67-58 Brody Terry put up […]
Local COVID-19 Numbers Surging; OHA/Lane County Change Florence Vaccination Clinic Hours; Junction City Resident to Seek Commissioner Seat; Longtime Community Leader Passes
Local COVID-19 Numbers Surging There were 22 more COVID-19 cases identified in the 97439 zip code on Friday. Lane County is reporting multilple daily cases for the Florence area and there have been 86 cases reported in the last two weeks. The total continues to inch towards the 1,000 mark […]
Wrestlers Victorious; Viking Basketball; Mapleton Basketball
Wrestlers Victorious The Siuslaw Viking were the winners of the Sky-Em Dual meet yesterday at Siuslaw High School. individual winners against Cottage Grove were Wilson Zhen, Yoskar Delamora, Ryan Clark, Leo Robertson, Henter Petterson Jacob Welton, John Corser, Mason Buss, Joel Sissel and Dayne Muller. Against Elmira Zhen won by […]
Storm Results; Spiking COVID Numbers; Oregon COVID Cases Break Record; Cure for Pandemic Blues?
Storm Results Last night’s wind event had a much smaller impact than the one earlier in the week. While there is still a high wind warning until 10 am this morning the instances of power outages is much less Central Lincoln PUD is reporting about 200 customers without power this […]
Our Town for January 2022
Greg Wood Discusses First Step – Transitional Housing Efforts: Andy Vbora – Dune Restoration Project Update Dr. Willie Foster – Peace Harbor Covid Update Jodi O’Mara – on Retirement and Cancer Rachel Pearson and Kirk Mlinek – Winter Music Festival Jason Davis Lane County Public Health Cheri Payne – Peace […]
Pharmacy Issues Continue; Weather Advisories; Travel Concerns; 19 Cases in Single Day for Florence; C.R.O.W. Auditions
Pharmacy Issues Continue The Florence area continue to deal with long waits and limited access to their medications as the new year has not resolved the issues with pharmacies. Peace Harbor Director of Medical Group Operations, Cheri Payne says they are seeing some smoothing out of the issue but there […]
Weekend Basketball – Siuslaw; Mask Mandate to be Strict; Rivalry Game Postponed
Weekend Basketball – Siuslaw This weekend’s crossover basketball tournament will see the Siuslaw boys playing Hidden Valley at Hidden valley on Friday and the girls will play at home against Henley. The girls will play in the main gym at 6pm and tickets are available online through the schools website. […]