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Sewage Seeps into Siuslaw The city of Florence Public works department issued a statement that several thousand gallons of sewage overflowed after a blockage created by solidified grease caused the backup off of first street on the Ivy street right of way. Mike Miller with public works issued the statement […]
Vikings Split Double Header On the Diamond Saturday Siluslaw managed to get a double header in with the Marshfield Pirates before the rain. In the first game Gabe Simington pitched 6 and 2/3’s innings striking out 16 batters allowing only 2 runs and three hits. In the second game Marshfield […]
Wyden/Merkley Secure Emergency Funds Last year’s record wildfires devastated communities across Oregon and impacted the landscape and economies of rural communities. Even Florence was affected when it sent members of the Siuslaw Valley Fire and rescue to help on several of the Oregon fires and even ones in Southern California. […]
Mapleton Has Good Showing At Cinder Classic Mapleton freshman JJ Neece took third place in the 100 meters at the Cinder Classic yesterday at Crow High School. He finished with a time of 12.67 seconds. Freshman Robert Burnett finished second in the 3000 meters with a personal record of 15:27.00. […]
Fatalities Plague Central Coast Highways In just the past month there have been 9 fatalities on the roads in the central Oregon coast. 126 and 101 have been plagued in recent weeks with a rash of crashes that have resulted in life ending events. A report in the NewsGuard says […]
Today Mapleton Track and field this afternoon has Mapleton’s Sailors in Crow for the Cinder Classic Meet. Siuslaw is off until Friday’s Oregon Relays at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. Tomorrow Looking at Prep Baseball for Friday, weather permitting Siuslaw will take on Marshfield for a Far West […]
Public Safety Telecommunicators Week By proclamation Governor Brown has named this week Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. In Oregon 9-1-1 operators field nearly 2 million calls a year and are the lifeline in many emergencies across the state. Florence Police Chief, Tom Turner, recognizes the important responsibility of our local workers. […]
The Siuslaw Viking baseball team wins on the road last night in Coos Bay. The Vikings met with Marshfield for the league opener. According to Coach Tom Shinn it was an ugly win with too many strike outs but in the end the Vik’s came out on top. Marshfield went […]
