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Siuslaw Golf Ryan Klampe finished the 2023 golf season with an 8th place finish in the state golf championships. Ryan shot an 81 yesterday after being in the lead on Monday. The Vikings finished in 7th place. Freshman Will Johnson shot an 83. Baseball Playoffs It will likely be late […]
Election Results Brian Lacouture and Diana Pimlott will retain their seats on the Siuslaw School Board and Tamara Cole and Josh Haberly will be the newcomers. Election results are calculated, and Cole will replace Bob Sneddon with 52.4% of the vote. Haberly will replace Frank Armendariz with 61% of the […]
Future First Citizen Announced The organizers of the Marteen Wick Future First Citizen scholarship have made the announcement on their decision for this year’s Future First Citizen. The recipient of the $2,500.00 scholarship will be Siuslaw Viking senior Ian Sissel. Sissel holds a 4.0 GPA at Siuslaw High School and […]
Burn Piles The U.S. Forest Service at the Siuslaw National Forest has announced that it will be starting 4 burn piles beginning today and lasting through Friday. The closest one to Florence is the Eel Creek area just south of the Lane County Line. There could be residual smoke coming […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate sophomore golfer Ryan Klampe as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Ryan led the Vikings to the Special District Championship with a two-day score of 152. The Vikings took the tournament by 41 strokes. Klampe […]
Short-lived Heat Wave Scorching heat blazed through the Oregon Coast yesterday with temperatures flirting with 100 degrees. The Florence police department reported several calls for animals left unattended in vehicles. Temperatures were predicted to be in the upper 80’s, but that quickly proved to be less than accurate as the […]
Viking Baseball The Siuslaw Vikings on Friday split the double-header with Pleasant Hill. The Billies took the first game 9-1 on just 3 hits. Errors plagued the Vikings and only two hits on offense. But game two saw a different team with 10 hits, 12 runs, and just two errors […]
Stamp Our Hunger Tomorrow is the Letter carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” food Drive. Food insecurity is an issue with over 700 families in the Siuslaw Region and often summer time there can be an increased need with students at home. Last year collections suffered due, most likely, to weather conditions. […]
