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Toys for Tots The United States Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign is celebrating 72 years of providing children with a toy during the holiday season. Fire fighters with the Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue, Siuslaw River Coast Guard members and Florence Police are teaming up with area business and […]
Ducks and Beavers Sweep Weekend Sports The Oregon Ducks had an easy time on Saturday on the grid-iron as they hosted the Arizona Wildcats. Oregon jumped out to a 21-6 lead in the first half and a pair of field goals would be all that the Wildcats would score. Final […]
Taylor Jones had 24 points and nine rebounds, and No. 7 Oregon State exploited a significant height advantage to beat No. 18 DePaul 98-77 in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT. Jones, a 6-foot-4 freshman, scored the Beavers’ first eight points and added three blocks. She scored 15 first-half points, […]
Oregon Arts Commission Appoints local Harlan Springer; Florence Public Arts Community Chair, Harlan Springer has been appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission. A founding member and past president of the Florence Regional Arts Alliance was appointed by Oregon Governor Kate Brown earlier this autumn and will serve four years on […]
Holiday Travel Plans? If you are planning on getting away this thanksgiving, be prepared for traffic, that, according to AAA Oregon. Marie Dodds with AAA says travel volume will be at its highest since 2005. An expected 55.3 million people will be on the road or in the air this […]
Lady Ducks Have a Night! It was a night of milestones for the lady Ducks last night as Sabrina Ionescu became only the fourth women in Duck history to reach 2000 points in her career and she was one rebound shy of her 19th career triple couble. Ruthy Hebard had […]
More Road Construction Set To Begin Construction is set to begin today on an extension of utilities along Highway 126. The City of Florence is extending the water system from Upas Street to just east of the Vine Street right-of-way. The project will include the installation of a 12 inch […]
All-League Honors The fall sports programs have announced their All-League honors. In Cross Country First Team All League Honors go to Brendon Jensen, Sam Ulrich, Hannah Rannow, Rylee Colton and Brea Blankenship. And second team honors go to Kiger Johnson, Kyle Hughes, Jaxson Jensen, Gracie Freudenthal, Chloe Madden and Anne […]
The Sports Club, The Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Hector Garcia as this week's Athlete of the Week. Against a tough Hidden Valley defense on Friday night Hector racked up 176 yards and a touchdown in Siuslaw High School's first playoff in 5 years. Garcia averaged 5.3 yards per carry against the Mustangs defense.
Honorable Mention goes to senior cross country runner Hannah Rannow whose third place finish in the State Championships’ on Saturday cemented the Vikings second place finish at state.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
