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Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Mylee Blake as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Mylee had a stellar week culminating in 16 kills and 22 digs against Cottage Grove with an additional 31 attacks on play with only 4 hitting […]
Viking Football The Siuslaw Vikings are 7-0 on the season after a 21-14 win over Santiam Christian on Friday. The Vikings led 21-0 in the first half and held the eagles to two scores in the second half. Viking qb Beau Erickson connected with Braydon Thornton twice for touchdowns and […]
Storm Issues The Florence area came through this weekend’s first storm fairly well. Crews from the city as well as Central Lincoln PUD were on alert but there were minimal issues reported. There was a brief outage last night south of the Siuslaw River Bridge and this morning another outage […]
School Board Resignation Another School Board Member has resigned his post. Dennis King held position 5 on the Siuslaw School District Board. King’s term was slated to expire in June of 2023. No immediate reasons were given for his resignation, but King had not been attending the in-person meetings. The […]
Volleyball Results and Play-in Viking Volleyball last night fought to the end in a 5 set battle. The Vikings took the first set 25-21 and then Cottage Grove battled back taking the next two sets 15-25 and 18-25. It came down to the wire with Cottage Grove taking the final […]
Safe Routes to School Work continues on the Safe Routes to School construction on Oak Street as new sidewalks are being put in place. The grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation is being put to use to upgrade areas near and around the schools. The project is just one […]
Viking Soccer Season Ends Last night the Siuslaw Vikings were in Cottage Grove for the final soccer game of the season. Despite the 6-0 defeat coach Londi Tomaro said the team showed a lot of improvement over the year. They held the lions to just two goals in the first […]
Vax Rates Declining/Numbers The Oregon Health Authority is reporting that vaccination rates are still steady across the state and they are still being driven by third doses and booster doses. Primary dose numbers have been decreasing with just 793 reported yesterday and 732 second doses reported. There were just under […]
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