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  PRESIDENTS DAY-PROTESTS Thousands of demonstrators across US say ‘Not My President’ Thousands of demonstrators across the U.S. have turned out to challenge Donald Trump in a Presidents’ Day protest dubbed Not My President’s Day. The numbers weren’t close to the million-plus who thronged the streets following Trump’s inauguration a […]

School board to hear positive behavior; lots of rain so far; Port Commission to discuss auction; Toxins in shellfish; PTA goes around the world

School Board to hear positive behavior presentation Members of the Siuslaw School Board will meet twice this week in special sessions. The first meeting, tomorrow afternoon at Siuslaw Middle School, will be to view a presentation of a program called Positive Behavior Support Intervention.  That’s a program aimed at improving […]

Prep basektball – Vikings advance to play in round; College ball: Oregon gets revenge, Oregon State gets first win

Prep basketball – Mapleton bounced from post season The Mapleton Sailors were eliminated from any further post season play in the Mountain West League Boys’ tournament Saturday, falling to the Lowell Devils 45-20 at Northwest Christian University in Eugene. Viking boys back into Play In round In the Far West […]

Rain to ease Saturday, return Sunday; Hwy 36 closed again by slide; Oregon Pacific Bank shows improved profits; Port Commissioner expresses concerns

A brief respite from the rain… Florence has already received more than twice as much rain this month than it got in all of February last year… and more is likely to fall in the next ten days. According to data on the Florence Public Works website, a total of […]

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  PORTLAND POLICE-MISCONDUCT Report: Portland officer fired over threats at poker game (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A newly released report on investigations into misconduct by Portland police says any officer resigned under threat of firing for driving drunk in a patrol car while on duty […]