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Mapleton Senior Joe Shepard was honored in a school-wide ceremony on Friday for setting a new school record in the tripe-jump. Shepard finished sixth in the state in the high jump and broke the Mapleton record in the triple jump with a 43 foot 1 inch jump. >>> In NCAA […]
Florence man identified in last week’s drowning Authorities identified 31 year old Stefen Ray Nutter of Florence as that of the deceased person who was located Thursday in the ocean north of Florence. Nutter was reported missing Wednesday after not returning from a surfing trip in the area. At this […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports Congratulate junior Siuslaw Track and Field Standout Sam Ulrich as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Ulrich had two first place finishes at Saturday’s AMJ Invitational. In the first race, the 1500 meters, he set a season record with a […]
Vaccination and Testing Clinic Wednesday Case numbers for COVID-19 have been relatively low along the coast for several weeks with one new case reported (1509) as part of Monday’s daily briefing, but the City of Florence in conjunction with Lane County Public Health continue to offer vaccination and COVID tested […]
Two Siuslaw Football Standouts have been named Player of the 2021 season Braydon Thornton was recognized as the Offensive Player of the year, while Camp Lacouture as selected as the defensive player of the year in the 2021 Oregon 3a Football All State Awards. Thornton was also named to the […]
Suspect Arrested in Connection withThanksgiving Stabbing Florence Police this morning arrested Robert Bowers in connection with from a stabbing of two people on Thanksgiving Day. This morning the Florence PD received a tip from an area resident that Bowers was at a storage facility in the 3300 block off Highway. […]
The Ducks are looking to avenge their loss to the Utah Utes two weeks ago as number 10 Oregon has made it to the Pac-12 title game for the third straight year. The Ducks are looking to improve to 5-0 all-time in the championship game and get back to the […]
Board of Commissioners select new district maps The Lane County Board of Commissioners Wednesday night chose a revised map that roughly divides the county into five districts. An independent redistricting committee was given the task of evaluating the boundaries of each district that determine the constituency for each of the […]
