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Mapleton Loss After a series of wins the Mapleton Boys basketball team struggled against Triangle Lake. Last night’s game was missing a cohesive offense according to head coach Eric Wolgamatt. The Sailor’s high scorer was Keevyn Walker with 7 points. The Sailors fall to 6-4 in league play, but have […]
Accident Shuts Down Bridge The Siuslaw river Bridge was closed for about an hour and a half last night as police, fire and EMS responded to an apparent head on collision at about 7:57 pm. Deputy Chief Matt House with Western Lane Fire and EMS said two of the injured […]
Former Veneta Resident Arrested A man who formally lived in the Veneta area has been arrested for having images of Child pornography and for attempting to solicit sex from a 13 year old. 45 year old Lon Curtis Coffey was taken into custody after sheriff’s deputies received information from the […]
Senior Night Wrestling Last night was senior night for the Siuslaw viking wrestlers. For the boys Dayne Muller went 3-0 for the night in the 195 pound weight class. Jacob Mann also went 3-0 in the 182 pound class. Joel sissel in the 170 pound weight class went 3-0. Terry […]
Sailors Defeat Eagles The Mapleton Sailors continue their winning ways on the basketball court. Last night the Sailor boys defeated McKenzie 54-22 on the prowess of junior Keevyn Walker who scored 20 and senior Tristan Stewart who added 17 for the sailors. Tristan also had 12 rebounds for a double-double. […]
Chamber President/CEO News Florence Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bettina Hannigan is three fourths through a 4 year course with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Organization Management. Raymond Towle is the U.S. Chamber’s Vice President and says that institute graduates are recognized across the country as […]
Vikings/Billies The Viking boy’s basketball team faced the #7 Billies of Pleasant Hill last night. The Billies showed no mercy to the struggling Viks pouring on 85 points allowing the Vikings just 36. It is their biggest scoring gap of the season. The lady Vikings were also in Pleasant Hill […]
New Director For Peace Harbor Foundation PeaceHealth has announced that it has hired a full time director for the Peace Harbor Medical Center Foundation. This is the second time in a year the position has been filled. The foundation has announced the hiring of Dave Rigsby. Rigsby formerly worked with […]
