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City’s Norms and Procedures In February of this year the Florence City Council along with members of the city’s management team attended a retreat and training from which the council adopted a norms and procedures policy that went into effect on February 27th when the council, including Mayor Rob Ward, […]
Viking’s Win The Siuslaw Vikings will head to Medford on Wednesday to take on Cascade Christian in round two of the State Baseball playoffs. Last night the Vikings held on to defeat North Valley to advance. The Vikings built a big lead through a series of wild pitches and excellent […]
Heading to State: Track and Field More Viking Athletes qualified for the State Championships on Friday. Hunter Petterson qualified in the 200 meters after taking first place in the districts on Friday and for the 400 meter with a second place finish. Siuslaw had 3 qualifiers for the 800 meters. […]
Rhody Weekend It was a weekend full of hundreds of motorcycles, classic cars, and thousands of visitors to Florence. Old Town was filled from end to end for the 116th annual Rhododendron Festival that culminated in the Grand Floral Parade on Sunday. The procession lasted just over 2 hours with […]
The Florence Police Department is reporting that a man believed to be responsible for the armed robbery at the Florence Buds 4 U pot store is in custody. Police in Eugene arrested 38 year old Drew Smith of Mapleton on a probation violation. He was officially arrested for Robbery II […]
Viking Playoffs The Siuslaw Vikings will head to Grants Pass on Monday the 22nd for the 3a state baseball playoffs. The schedule was posted last night. They will be facing the North Valley Knights of the Far West League. The Knights are ranked 16th and have a 13-11 season record […]
Playoffs, Baseball OSAA is in process of posting the playoff schedule for post season baseball. 6A, 5A, and 4A were posted this morning on the OSAA website. 3A postings were not yet available. Siuslaw could potentially have a game on Monday, the first day of the playoffs. Track and Field […]
Rhododendron Festival Today is the start to the Rhododendron Festival in Florence. Davis Shows Northwest will be opening this afternoon and festivities will continue to open tomorrow. This evening the Pioneer Museum will hold its business afterhours with the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce and introduce the Queen Rhododendra Gillian […]
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