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District XC Championships Today Today the Siuslaw Viking Cross Country team will be in Eugene at Lane Community College for the Sky-Em District Championships. Races will begin in the noon hour. Volleyball Playoff Viking Volleyball will be on the road tomorrow for the first game in the Playoff series. They […]
Death Investigation The Florence Police along with the Lane County Medical Examiner’s office are investigating the death of a woman who was discovered under a canopy near the front door of a closed business. About 2:30 on Monday police received a report of a female lying on the ground near […]
Viking Volleyball Advances (update The Siuslaw Vikings will advance to the playoffs after defeating Banks last night. Coach Kari Blake says despite the win there were some issues. Blake says it was a slow start filled with errors on the part of the team as they struggled to keep up […]
97439 Cases Three more COVID-19 cases for the 97439 zip code as Florence closes in on the 700th case since the beginning of the pandemic. 699 cases have been recorded in Florence, which does not account for cases that have not been diagnosed within the community. Efforts to mandate mask […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Mylee Blake as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Mylee had a stellar week culminating in 16 kills and 22 digs against Cottage Grove with an additional 31 attacks on play with only 4 hitting […]
Viking Football The Siuslaw Vikings are 7-0 on the season after a 21-14 win over Santiam Christian on Friday. The Vikings led 21-0 in the first half and held the eagles to two scores in the second half. Viking qb Beau Erickson connected with Braydon Thornton twice for touchdowns and […]
Storm Issues The Florence area came through this weekend’s first storm fairly well. Crews from the city as well as Central Lincoln PUD were on alert but there were minimal issues reported. There was a brief outage last night south of the Siuslaw River Bridge and this morning another outage […]
School Board Resignation Another School Board Member has resigned his post. Dennis King held position 5 on the Siuslaw School District Board. King’s term was slated to expire in June of 2023. No immediate reasons were given for his resignation, but King had not been attending the in-person meetings. The […]
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