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Merkley Appropriates Funding for Coastal Communities U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has announced that he has secured key provisions that will help provide jobs and improve infrastructure in Oregon. More than 700 million dollars will go to support small ports for harbor and channel improvements, inland waterways and small ports that […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate junior Viking quarterback Elijah Blankenship. Elijah led the Vikings to a comeback win on Friday night against Philomath with 318 yards passing and 129 yards rushing while connecting on two touchdown passes in the second […]
Paving Scheduled For ReVision Florence Beginning today through Friday the revision Florence project will focus on day work. The project was preparing for paving later in the week, but weather conditions will have to be right for it to progress. Rain is expected in the forecast through Wednesday of this […]
Vikings Victorious The Siuslaw Vikings fought their way out of a 19-0 halftime deficit to defeat the Philomath Warriors. The comeback started in the locker room at half-time with an inspirational speech by coach Sam Johnson and then orchestrated on the field under the leadership of Elijah Blankenship. Siuslaw regained […]
12th Annual Rods N Rhodies Today begins the 12th annual Rods and Rhodies Car Show. Over 125 cars are expected to arrive in Florence today and set up at the Port of Siuslaw Parking Lot beginning at noon. Early morning precipitation is expected to be gone by 11 am. Travelers […]
Soccer Starts 2-0 The young Siuslaw Soccer team is basking in its second win of the season. Siuslaw defeated Elmira 4-3. Coach Londi Tomaro said this win felt different. ” We Scored all our goals sort of in the middle of the game and then just were trying to hang […]
Police Set Pedestrian Enforcement Date The Florence Police Department is planning another pedestrian enforcement operation. Police will be situated near the intersection of 9th and Kingwood on Saturday, September 21st from 11am until 2pm. Police will observe traffic responding to pedestrians attempting to cross the intersection and will likely be […]
Cristobal Says Receivers Still Questionable Duck Coach Mario Cristobal says his injured receivers are still working out but not quite ready to play. He says Cam McCormack is still a couple of weeks out yet, but Juwan Johnson is getting closer. “Juwan is still day to day and going to […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate junior Viking quarterback Elijah Blankenship. Elijah led the Vikings to a comeback win on Friday night against Philomath with 318 yards passing and 129 yards rushing while connecting on two touchdown passes in the second half.
Honorable mention goes to freshman Viking Cross Country runner Samuel Ulrich whose personal record time of 17:17.1 in the 5000 meters at Saturday's Northwest Classic helped Siuslaw move into first place.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
