Author: Bob

Vikings pursue defense of two state titles… Pac 12 football schedules for the weekend

Mans and Viking Girls won titles at last year’s meet The Siuslaw Girls Cross Country Team will be on the state 4A Championship course tomorrow at Lane Community College in Eugene.  Celie Mans is the defending individual state champion… she and fellow senior Destinie Tatum are leading five freshmen on […]

HIV in Florence; Food backpacks for kids; Parks smoking ban denied; Mail your ballot; Rhody logo selected; Higher costs and fewer selections for indivudual health coverage in ’17

Cluster of HIV cases in Florence causing concern Recent news that five cases of HIV/AIDS have been diagnosed in the Florence area in the past few weeks has public health officials concerned.  Jason Davis is with the Lane County Public Health Department.  He says the five cases are “clustered” together […]

Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment

  MAN ON FIRE Man hospitalized after suffering burns in Corvallis field (Information from: Gazette-Times, http://www.gtconnect.com) CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Police in Corvallis say a man has suffered life-threatening injuries after being burned in a field east of the Highway 34 bypass. The Gazette-Times reports that police had responded Wednesday […]

Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports

  MLS-SOUNDERS-SCHMETZER Seattle takes away interim tag, makes Schmetzer head coach SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Sounders have taken away the interim tag and named Brian Schmetzer head coach. Seattle made the announcement at its annual meeting with season-ticket holders Wednesday night. Schmetzer took over as the interim head coach […]

Ballots coming back; tsunami signs will multiply; Eco finds a new home; Port dealing with winter debris; County parks smoking ban rejected; Rhody logo selected

Voters are returning ballots… More than 80-percent of Lane County registered voters are expected to return ballots for next week’s general election.  That means election workers are going to have a busy week. As of yesterday, 81-thousand ballots had been returned… that’s right at 33-percent.  That means they could see […]