Author: Bob

Athlete of the week; prep baseball and softball; non-league civil war baseball

Athlete of the Week a hurler and hitter Siuslaw and Mapleton baseball standout Gabe Simington is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week.  The big sophomore threw six innings of three-hit ball and struck out five in Friday’s Viking victory over the Douglas Trojans.  In other games last week, he […]

Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 37 points before sitting out the final quarter and the Golden State Warriors welcomed back teammate Kevin Durant with a 128-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night to sweep their first-round playoff series. The Warriors advanced to the conference semifinals. […]

Nurses to picket; Sewer line collapses; Big Wave Poetry Fest; Voter Registration Deadline

Nurses set “informational picket” Nurses at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center in Florence voted last week to authorize an “informational picket” following what negotiators on their side of the table termed an “unsuccessful contract mediation session” last week with administrators. Kevin Mealey, a spokesman for the Oregon Nurses Association, said […]

Coast Radio Sports for Monday, April 24th

A day of ‘bests’ at Central Coast Invitational Trent Reavis broke the Siuslaw school record with a discus throw of 160-feet-2-inches Friday afternoon to win the event at the Central Coast Invitational Track and Field meet in Florence.  Reavis also went 49-feet-9-inches to win the shot.  He was second in […]

Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment

  TEEN-CUSTOM SOCKS Oregon teen sells $1 million in custom socks (Information from: KATU-TV, http://www.katu.com/) SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — Seventeen-year-old Oregon resident Brennan Agranoff spends his days going to school, doing chores and running his custom-design sock business. Television station KATU reports that it’s no simple hobby: Agranoff is the […]

Oregon Broadcaster of the Year; Cascadia islands; Sex Abuse charges; Ghost Crab; Free Fishing

Thompson honored by broadcasters association Coast Broadcasting owner and general manager Jon Thompson was recognized this week as the Oregon Association of Broadcasters Broadcaster of the Year for 2016.  O-A-B President Keith Shipman said Thompson had been nominated before, but this year the vote was overwhelmingly in his favor. Keith […]