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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive The poundage of food collected on Saturday for the annual mail carriers food drive was a record. According to Patrick Lewis with the Postal service the day was a resounding success with more than 10,650 pounds collected. Lewis said the drive has never surpassed the […]
Track and Field District Championships The Siuslaw Viking Track and Field teams completed the special district championships on Friday. The Viking Boys were crowned champions for the district with the girls finishing in second place. The boys dominated, scoring 85 points more than their closest rival Sisters. Wesley Nicholls finished […]
District Track and Field Championships Day one of the 3A Special District 4 Championships are completed. 9 events have been run with 4 for the boys and 5 for the girls and currently the Siuslaw Vikings are in first place. The boys have 64 points and lead Elmira in second […]
State Settles Wireless Suit State Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced yesterday that the state has agreed to a settlement with a list of wireless carriers as part of a 50-jurisdiction agreement. The state will receive just under 400,000 dollars from 6 different carriers that were found to have used deceptive […]
Hall of Fame: Eric Daniel The list of Siuslaw Hall of Fame inductees continues to be released. Eric Daniel is the latest to be recognized. Daniel was a Vaulter, tossed the javelin, ran cross country and played basketball for the Vikings. In the bio submitted by Siuslaw Athletic Director Chris […]
Stamp Out Hunger In two days, local letter carriers will be collecting food from local residents as part of their Stamp out Hunger initiative. This year marks the 31st year that the US Postal service has been collecting food. Here in Florence there are more than 500 families that suffer […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate junior Mapleton Track and field’s Alex Burnett as this week’s athlete of the week. Alex tossed the javelin 125’8” for a first place finish at last week’s McKenzie End of Season tournament which is just […]
Heceta Beach Road Flooding The underlying cause of flooding on Heceta Beach Road near Rhododendron Drive has not been officially noted, but Public Works Director Mike Miller says they believe it was possibly a beaver dam or some restricting dike that gave way. What he did say is that we […]
