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School Board Readies for Contract Negotiations Wednesday night’s school board meeting once again involved a lengthy discourse about the continuing discussions with the Siuslaw Valley Charter School’s intention to open a classical academy charter school in Florence. Two of the school board members openly opposed moving forward with a contract […]
Viking Game 5 points separated the Siuslaw Vikings and the Sisters Outlaws in their last meeting with the Outlaws getting the win. The teams are split on the season with the Vikings taking their first meeting 62-50. Tomorrow night’s playoff game will be in hostile territory for the Vikings, who […]
PeaceHealth Promotes Network CMO PeaceHealth awarded its top spot in the Oregon Network to its interim director. It was announced yesterday that Dr. Jim McGovern, who has been interim Chief Executive director for the last eight months will take over as the PeaceHealth Oregon network Chief Medical Officer. The responsibilities […]
Vikings Still Have Playoff Hopes The Siuslaw Vikings and the La Pine Hawks both lost to their opponents last night to end the regular season. The Vikings were at Creswell last night and the Bulldogs outdid the Vikings 61-36. But because of the La Pine loss the Vikings are still […]
Divers Body Discovered It has been two weeks since a Eugene man went missing after he went scuba diving near the mouth of the Umpqua River. Yesterday deputies from Douglas County and Oregon State Troopers responded to a deceased body in the water near the site. The body was that […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate freshman Mapleton Basketball player Roenin Barrows as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Barrows has had a phenomenal year on the court and led the team in scoring on Saturday against the Crow Cougars scoring […]
Wine and Chowder The Wine, Chowder and Glass Float Trail is this weekend in Florence. The annual festival was moved to the February date after the effects of the Covid pandemic forced the Florence Area Chamber of Commerce to shut it down in October of 2020. The move inevitably turned […]
Heated Game for La Pine/Vikings A pair of technical fouls on a frustrated La Pine player Friday night brought a little too much excitement to Glen Butler court. At the end of the game with the Viking up six Chase Campbell was ejected after receiving two technical fouls. Campbell’s father […]
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