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Siuslaw Track and Field Wesley Nicholls was the top finisher in the 200 meters at the Wally Ciochetti invitational on Friday. Nicholls finished 4th. he place a little higher in the 400 meter race at third. Dylan Jensen and Derrick Vanduch finished 4th and 5th respectively in the 800 meters. […]
Proposed Property Sale At this evening’s Florence City Council Meeting the council will consider a sale of a portion of city property located to the Northwest of the Justice Center on 9th street. The two tax lots make up approximately 1.48 acres. The property has been deemed as surplus property […]
Viking Baseball It was a tough day on the mound for Siuslaw yesterday as they hosted the Sisters Outlaws. In game on the Vikings gave up five runs in one inning and that was all the Outlaws would need – holding the Vikings to just 2 runs. Game two saw […]
Flower Baskets Need No matter what happens, all 140 pole mounted flower baskets on Florence’s main streets will be up and blooming all summer. That’s according to Bettina Hannigan, President and CEO of the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce. “The Chamber pays for those baskets. If we don’t get them […]
Viking Sports The Siuslaw Vikings are scheduled to host the Sisters Outlaws in double-header baseball and softball this afternoon. First pitch for both contests begin at 2 pm and the second game is scheduled to follow soon after the completion of the first. Thugh rain is in the forecast it […]
Backflow Testing The City of Florence has announced several points of interest happening in the month of May. One of the key events is the annual residential backflow device testing that will begin on May 20th. The testing is required through city code and Oregon Administrative rule for the protection […]
Viking Baseball The Siuslaw Vikings fought through some weird weather conditions yesterday on the mound as the Viking Baseball team took on The Outlaws of Sisters in the mountains. Snow, rain, wind and ultimately sunshine made for a tough outing with the Outlaws coming out on top 10-2. The two […]
City Looking to Finalize Camping Codes Even though only two people provided verbal input at Monday’s special Florence City Council meeting about the draft ordinance regulating homeless camping. Mayor Rob Ward was pleased with the response. He said there were seven written comments submitted. “Well, a lot of it was […]
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