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County Program Teaches Youth Alcohol Awareness The Lane County Health Department’s Healthy Directions Coalition is expanding its services to include Western Lane County. For months now Emily Bear has been working locally to bring much needed services to the area especially in the area of underage drinking education. A recent […]
Siuslaw standout pitcher and Oregon State University’s star hurler, Jake Thompson, has been moved up the ranks in the Major League Baseball system. After a brief stint with the Lowell Spinners after last year’s draft, Thompson has been moved to single A ball in Salem Virginia with the Salem Red […]
Distracted Driver Awareness Month April has been designated as Distracted Driving Awareness month. ODOT reports that in a period of 6 years studied there were over 1040 crashes that were directly related to drives that were distracted by operating a cell phone causing 19 fatalities and over 4400 injuries. Oregon’s […]
Vikings Take Double Header Viking baseball was on the road yesterday in Kaiser where they played at Volcano Stadium. Game one of the double header against Jefferson saw a lot of walks and 6 errors but the Viking boys fought through their mistakes to bounce back into the lead. They […]
Florence Civic Leader and First Citizen Passes Iconic long-time civic leader and former Mayor, Wilbur Turnyik passed away on Sunday. Ternyik moved to Florence at the age of 21. Originally from Astoria his family lineage traces back to pioneer Solomon Smith and Helen Coboway, daughter of the Clatsop Indian Tribes, […]
Athlete of the Week This week’s Athlete of the Week goes to Junior Siuslaw Softball player Hayley Meier who went 4 for 9 with 3 singles and a triple in last week’s battle for the beach in Newport. Hayley hit .444 for the tournament that included 1 RBI and 3 […]
Accident Blocks Casino Entrance A two vehicle accident with injuries shut down the west bound portion of 126 yesterday evening at the entrance to Three Rivers Casino Resort. Police, fire and Western Lane Ambulance responded. There have been no updates this morning on injuries, but at least one person was […]
Utah Bests Beavers 2-1 in Series Utah has proven to be a formidable opponent for the Oregon State Beavers. The Utes took the three game series two to one. The Beavers took Friday night’s game 9-5 at Smith’s Ballpark but Utah put together 18 hits on Saturday for an 11-8 […]
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