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Peace Health Celebrates 30 July marks 30 years since the opening of Peace Harbor hospital in Florence. The history of PeaceHealth in Florence dates back 40 years when they were contracted to provide management services to Western Lane Hospital. The hospital plans a low key celebration of the event on […]
Shutte Defers to 2020 Siuslaw Athletic Director, Chris Johnson announced that there is an additional deferment to the Hall of Fame inductions. Jesse Schutte was to be part of the 2019 class, but he is scheduled to be in a PGA event that week. Schutte is a member of the […]
June Doc Talk: With Dr. Ronald Shearer, Community Health Chair Ron Green, and CAO of Peace Harbor Jason Hawkins
Quakes Rock Gently Saturday Morning A series of 8 earthquakes in a cluster located off the Oregon coast happened early Saturday morning. The quakes ranged from 3.2 to 5.4 in magnitude. The quakes were centered around 200 miles west of Coos Bay and occurred over a three and a half […]
Ems Win 2 of 3 Over the weekend the Eugene Emeralds went 2-1 against the Tri-City Dust Devils. On Friday night the Ems kicked it off with a 3 run second inning and the Dust Devils tied it up with one in the top of the 5th and 2 more […]
Port Approves Budget The Port of Siuslaw Board of Commissioners unanimously approved their fiscal budget for 2019/2020. The port’s budget committee recommended the 2,981,523 budget. Included in the budget was a 230,000 capital expense to raise the blue storage buildings to provide more camp spaces and $325,000 for dredging around […]
Eugene Emeralds Win Third in a Row The Eugene Emeralds wrapped up their 4 game stand in Vancouver last night by defeating the Canadians for the third straight night. The Ems shut out Vancouver and held them to just 5 hits. The Ems managed 3 runs on 8 hits. Ems […]
Animal Abuser Sentenced Preston Hancock was sentenced to 10 days in jail, 2 years probation and 5 years of not being allowed companion animals after pleading No Contest to animal abuse charges in Florence. Hancock was initially arrested in November of 2018 after he was seen abusing his 7 year […]
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