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AOTW: Alyssa Richards Senior volleyball player Alyssa Richards is this week Athlete of the Week. Alyssa had 10 kills on 19 sets and one dig in the Vikings match against Pleasant Hill on Thursday. Honorable mention goes to distance runner Kiger Johnson for leading the Viking Cross Country team at […]
Fire Consumes Sand Dunes Frontier Building It will likely be some time before we know what caused a fire at Sand Dunes Frontier this morning. At 5:12 a.m. Siuslaw valley Fire and rescue responded to a 911 call and arrived at the business that was engulfed in flames. Nearby residents […]
School Bond Advisory Board Making Final Push With the November election quickly approaching the Siuslaw School Bond Advisory Board is working on convincing the public of the need for a new school. That will be an important discussion for the Siuslaw School Board this Wednesday when they meet for their […]
Viking’s Cross Country-Saxon Invite Junior Kiger Johnson finished in the top 40 of 130 cross country runners on Saturday at the Saxon Invite in Salem. The junior runner’s time was 17:24.65. Junior Brendon Jenson finished 5 places behind Johnson with a time of 17:36.67. In the men’s Junior Varsity 5000m, […]
Information Sought on Missing Woman The Lane County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in finding Kathryn Green. She was last seen on August third in the area of Washburne State Park just north of Florence off of Highway 101. Green is known to frequent coastal areas of Oregon. […]
Park Plans Move Ahead Plans are moving forward to convert a stretch of land along the banks of the Siuslaw river into a city park. The property just west of the water treatment facility is being planned for a day use park that will include a picnic shelter, walking trails […]
Casey Calls it Quits With a blue handkerchief in hand and a noticeable quiver in his voice, Oregon State Beaver Head Baseball coach , Pat Casey announced his retirement yesterday afternoon. The coach told reporters that the decision came after he realized that he could no longer give the attention […]
Accident Slows Traffic An accident with injuries impeded traffic along highway 101 at 35th street yesterday afternoon. Oregon state police, Florence Police , western Lane Ambulance and Siuslaw valley fire and rescue were all on the scene. The accident occurred about 2:30 and traffic was heavy at the time. A […]
