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Hoberg’s to Shut Doors Friday will see the end of a family business spanning nearly 8 decades in Florence. Kevin and Shasta McMullen will be closing the doors of Hoberg’s Complete Auto Repair at the end of the day. The couple purchased the business over 30 years ago from Shasta’s […]
El Jefe High School sports has just about wrapped up for the year. This Saturday there is a special invitation meet for some track and field athletes. El Jefe is scheduled for this Saturday at south Eugene High School with events beginning at 2:15. College Baseball Regionals The Road to […]
Fire Out Fire crews continued to mop up a 300-acre wildfire yesterday 10-miles southeast of Veneta. Firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry Western Lane District have been working around the clock since Friday to contain the blaze, burning in public and private forest land. Lane County’s Perkins Peninsula Park […]
Track and Field Results The team of Raymond Brito Xilot, Jacob Blankenship, Hunter Petterson and Sam Ulrich are the state champions in the 4×400 meter relay. The team beat out Banks by just over a second at 3:26 flat. Sam Ulrich also took the state championship in the 800 meter […]
COVID-19 After a rise in cases earlier this year the Oregon Health Authority is reporting fewer cases of COVID-19. Over the past several weeks the number of reported cases have declined. The majority of the cases being reported are in the 65 and older population with significantly fewer numbers in […]
Track and Field Championships Day one of the OSAA 3A state championships has already produced one state champion for Siuslaw. Kyle Hughes set a personal record best of 15’ in the Pole Vault to take the prize. Freshman Will Johnson and sophomore Justin Allen followed in 6th and 7th place. […]
Hydrant Sheared A distracted driver on Wednesday took out a fire hydrant on Rhododendron Drive near the water treatment plant. The accident caused a temporary shutdown of the water main and broke a 6 inch pipe that was connected to the larger water main. Assistant city manager Megan Messmer said […]
Vikings Fall to Cascade Christian The Siuslaw Vikings played the number one team in the 3A division and were outgunned from the start. A series of walks and errors got the Vikings in an early hole trailing 4-0. Cascade Christian scored another 6 runs in the 2nd and added 3 […]
