Eyesore Removed From Port Mooring The Creola has been a fixture on the Port of Siuslaw Docks for as long as Administrative Assistant, Kelly Stewart can remember. And, depending upon one’s perspective, it’s been an eyesore OR, generally said with more excitement, “the ghost ship”. Yesterday, the dilapidated 55 foot Chris-Craft […]
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Siuslaw News Scales Back; Tournament Fills Quickly; Aquarium Adds New Features; Hotel Plans Change; Winter Music Festival Lineup Announced
Siuslaw News Scales Back The Siuslaw News has reported that they will soon be returning to a weekly paper beginning in July 6th. Publisher Jenna Bartlett says the move is a consolidation to in part bring more focus to their digital media. “It’s gonna allow us to enhance our digital […]
Rehab Center Expansion Planned; COVID-19; Poacher Sought; Gas Prices; Heat Wave
Rehab Center Expansion Planned Peace Harbor hospital is in the middle of a 1.3 million dollar capital campaign led by the Peace Harbor foundation. Gretchen Klein, the new executive director of the foundation says the money will go to upgrade and modernize the rehab center on highway 101. “(we) continue […]
Miller Leaving SVFR for State Post; City Council Approves Desire for State Funds; Chamber Announces Siuslaw Award Nominees
Miller Leaving SVFR for State Post Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue will be losing its Fire Marshall. Chief Michael Schick announced yesterday that FM Tony Miller has accepted a position with the state of Oregon as a deputy Fire Marshall. “He is going to be in charge of Polk and […]
Seasonal Flu; City Council Meeting; Preserving Historic Places; School Board Meeting
Seasonal Flu The seasonal flu has been hanging on over the past 90 days but the Oregon Health Authority is reporting a decreasing trend over the past three weeks with numbers dipping slightly while positive test results drop significantly. Cases were their most virulent at the end of April and […]
Covid – Father’s Day and Juneteenth Festivities – 4th of July Preview
More than two years into the pandemic, amid summer travel and looser behavioral restrictions, COVID-19 continues to circulate in our communities, as well as a surprising summer surge in other viruses more commonly seen in fall and winter, including influenza and other respiratory viruses. Physicians are seeing an increase in […]
Chainsaw Championships in Reedsdport – SAT Address Housing – Summer School is Upcoming
The air in Old Town Reedsport will be buzzing this weekend as chainsaw sculpting artist converge on the Umpqua waterfront for the 2022 Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Carving Championships. 33 Carvers are participating this year according to Phyllis Devers for the Reedsport / Winchester Bay Chamber of commerce. “This year because […]
Rust Re-enters the Political Arena – Gas Prices – Schools Out
Jerry Rust running for House District 9 Jerry Rust announced yesterday that he will be campaigning as the Democratic nominee throughout House District 9 from now until November. Rust, a previous Lane County Commissioner from 1977-1997, said he is running because people want and deserve a choice, and he believes that he […]
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