Slow Reporting from Lane County Lane County Public Health has yet to update their website that reports COVID-19 cases. The site has been inactive since Friday of last week. The Oregon Health Authorities report yesterday evening reports 360 cases for the county but not breakdown by zip code was available […]
Author: George Henry
Viking Wrestling-State Championships; College Hoops
Viking Wrestling-State Championships The Siuslaw Girls Championship Wrestling event will be tomorrow. Two Viking ladies will be participating. Senior Hayden Muller will be wrestling at 135 pounds and Freshman Macali Lade will be wrestling at the 110 mark. Lade will meet freshman Zoey Beam from Grant Union in the first […]
Lesley Seeks Commissioner’s Seat; COVID Numbers Continue Decline; Cold Weather Shelter Opens
Lesley Seeks Commissioner’s Seat There are a couple of primary races that are coming in May, one that could determine who will be the next commissioner for west Lane County. On Saturday one of the candidates, Dawn Lesley of Eugene was in town knocking on doors introducing herself to Florence […]
Athlete of the Week; Viking Wrestling
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio sports congratulate senior Mapleton Basketball Player Jahala Blake as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Jahala worked to help get the Sailors into the 1A basketball playoffs and contributed 10 points 4 blocked shots and 14 rebounds […]
Wine and Chowder; Names of Shooting Victims Released; COVID-19 Numbers; Cold Weather Shelter to Open
Wine and Chowder This weekend’s wine and Chowder and Glass float festival was a huge success according to Florence Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bettina Hannigan. Hannigan says the conversation that she had with local businesses was one of thankfulness for a summertime like crowd. As was the […]
Cheer Championships; Vikings End Basketball Season; Mapleton Sailors Basketball; College Hoops in the Desert
Cheer Championships Over the weekend the Siuslaw Viking cheer team competed in state competition and the co-ed team took 4th place overall. The competition took place at the Salem Pavillion. The team consist of 4 seniors, 2 juniors, 3 sophomores and 3 freshman. Vikings End Basketball Season The Siuslaw Vikings […]
Doc Talk – Sara Flores, NP
COVID Cases Continue Decline; COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase; Names Could Be Released Today; Vote For Best Of
COVID Cases Continue Decline The mounting cases of COVID-19 for the Florence area seems to be diminishing with each report released by Lane County Public Health. The two week number of cases has dropped to 113 and there were 3 new cases reported for the area yesterday. After 2 week […]




