SUSPICIOUS DEATH-ST HELENS Person of interest Portland woman’s death taken to Oregon ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a person of interest in the death of a Portland woman is in custody in Oregon after being apprehended in California. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release […]
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All drivers must stop; human remains found near Gardiner; RAIN celebrates 1 year; Our Town to talk physicians; Transfer sites switch to winter hours; Coho limits clarified
All Drivers Must Stop When Lights Flash… School bus drivers in the area are saying many drivers are ignoring the warning lights and signs on their school buses as they are dropping off students. That’s prompted Florence Police Chief Tom Turner to answer the question about “who needs to stop […]
Athlete of the Week; XC polls; Prep volleyball schedules
Rose slams into Athlete of the Week Viking volleyball standout Elyssa Rose is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the week. The senior middle-blocker scored 19 kills, leading the team, in a four-set victory over the South Umpqua Lancers. The victory put Siuslaw alone, back on top of the Far West […]
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SEAHAWKS-BREAK TIME Seahawks coach Pete Carroll full of optimism entering the bye week RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is full of optimism entering the bye week, his team now 3-1 and coming off consecutive impressive victories. But it was a declaration about what this Seahawks team […]
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EARTHQUAKE-WOODBURN Officials: 3.1-magnitude earthquake hits north of Salem WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake has hit about 16 miles northeast of Salem. The agency says a magnitude-3.1 temblor struck at about 9:29 p.m. Monday with an epicenter about three miles northwest of Woodburn. The […]
Tougher Curriculum Standards; Coast Guard Appreciation; Dunes City CAC; Coquille woman dies in crash; Coho fishery on local lakes open
State test results show impact of tougher curriculum standards The initial look at state test scores for students at Siuslaw schools last week revealed that grades in each level tested remained fairly even… or showed some improvement. But, according to Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak, the 8th grade math scores showed a […]
XC results; prep and college football
Woahink Invitational draws dozens of teams Siuslaw’s Celie Mans finished second behind Bandon’s Sailor Hutton at Saturday’s Woahink Invitational Cross Country meet. Hutton won the individual girls’ with 19-minutes and 2-tenths of a seconds; Mans finished in 19-minutes, 26.4 seconds. Central Catholic dominated both team competitions for the boys and […]
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WASHINGTON’S WAKE UP Scare for No. 5 Washington fuels rout of Stanford SEATTLE (AP) — In hindsight, Washington needed the scare that it received two weeks ago in the desert. Otherwise, Friday night’s beat down of Stanford may not have taken place. “We actually needed that Arizona game to […]