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Rutschman Wins Golden Glove There is yet another honor for OSU catcher Adley Rutschman. Rutschman has earned a Golden Glove given by the American Baseball Coaches Association. He joins Nick Madrigal as the only two winners of the award from Oregon State. Ems Win Another Against Vancouver The Eugene Emeralds […]
Brief Power Outage High winds yesterday was the apparent cause of a power outage south of the Siuslaw River Bridge. According to Central Lincoln PUD a tree landed across power lines causing about 700 homes and businesses to be without power for a brief period yesterday. The initial outage happened […]
Ems Win The Eugene Emeralds held on to a close victory in British Columbia last night. The Ems fell behind early in the bottom of the first inning when Vancouver scored two runs, but in the top of the fourth the Emeralds struck back with a 3 run inning. The […]
City Council Meeting The Florence City Council last night approved the extension of the waivers and deferrals for system development charges on new properties. The waiver that covers the building of Accessory Dwelling Units within the city limits was not affected by that extension since it is an ongoing deferral. […]
Siuslaw News Adds Anderson to Sports Siuslaw news reporter Jared Anderson will be assuming the position of Sports Reporter for the Siuslaw News. After 21 years of sports reporting, Ned Hickson will hand over the responsibilities to Anderson. Hickson says his added responsibilities of managing editor of the Cottage Grove […]
Escapee Arrested in Portland The youth that authorities believe may have jumped into the Siuslaw River to avoid capture two weeks ago has turned up in Portland. Portland Police arrested 20 year old Brendon Hansen on Saturday for reckless driving, driving a stolen vehicle and for his outstanding warrant for […]
Ems Start Season 1-2 Over the weekend the Eugene Emeralds opened their 2019 Northwest Baseball League Short Season. The Ems hosted the Hillsboro Hops for three games. The first on Friday evening They defeated the Hops 2-0, Saturday they lost to Hillsboro 4-0. On the field Sunday the Hops were […]
Beavers Select Head Baseball Coach OSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes announced yesterday that the Beavers have selected All-America catcher and two-time national champion Mitch Canham as their new head baseball coach. Canham says he is eager to get back to OSU and do the family […]
