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Mussel Poisoning The Oregon Health Authority is reporting that at least 20 people have become ill from mussels they consumed. Yesterday the OHA said at least 20 people have been struck with paralytic shellfish poisoning. The Oregon Department of Agriculture recently closed the central coast to mussel harvesting after a […]
Tounament Goes on Without Oregon Teams Both the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers are out of the running for the Pac-12 title. Arizona’s loss to Cal yesterday sealed the Beaver’s fate. Oregon State needed a win from Arizona to continue on in the tournament. The Beavers defeated Arizona […]
Students Bank Scholarships More than three dozen Siuslaw students collected $296-thousand dollars in the form of 142 local scholarships Wednesday night. Counselor Bob Orr expressed his gratitude. “We have an incredibly generous community. I would say that communities much larger than ours don’t have this much in scholarships from local […]
Crash Information Information on the Sunday afternoon crash that shut down Highway 126 near milepost 21 has been released by the Oregon State Police. According to Captain Kyle Kennedy the single vehicle accident was traveling eastbound on Highway 126 when the Honda CRV left the road for unknown reasons and […]
Athlete of the Year The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate two senior Siuslaw Viking Students as this year’s Athlete of the Year. At a presentation Thursday at Siuslaw High School 14 Siuslaw and 2 Mapleton students were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in the sports […]
All-League Players A pair of Siuslaw Baseball players were named to the Mountain Valley Conference All-League list. For the infield it was junior Maximus Reynolds and for the outfield it was senior Mathias Wilson. Baseball Today begins the Pac 12 tournament in Baseball. The Oregon State Beavers are up first […]
FURA Meeting The Florence Urban Renewal Agency will meet this evening at City hall at 5:30. The agency will hear the latest information on the Quince Street hotel project. Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer will brief the agency on the current status of the project and will reference a letter […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate sophomore Kale Jensen as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Kale took home the state championship in the high jump clearing 6 feet and was second in the long jump clearing 21.06 feet. Honorable mention […]
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