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Dietz Leaving School For Nursing Career After nine years as the Human Resources Specialist for the Siuslaw School District, Jennie Dietz will be leaving at the end of July. Dietz says leaving will be — quote — “bittersweet”, but she is making a career change and will be starting nursing […]
Firework Traffic To Get Assistance If you have experienced the fourth of July traffic in Old town following the fireworks celebration, you know it can be a bit strenuous. For the first time in recent history the Florence Police Department and West Lane Fire and EMS will assist in the […]
School Looks to Future of Facilities The Siuslaw School Board of directors met with the Facility Advisory Committee for a special work session on June 22. Participants discussed ways to clarify and focus the Committee’s upcoming efforts toward building improvement. Board Chair Bob Sneddon remarked that the committee has been […]
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 […]
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 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 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 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 […]
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