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Siuslaw Football Coach Sam Johnson says despite losing 11 player to graduation last year, he is very excited about the new season of Viking football. Johnson says things are slowly coming together and he hopes to have the starting lineups set by Friday. One of the returning players has stood […]
Local Races Local Races for Florence City Council and Mayor have been set. Two candidates have applied for the position of Mayor. Former councilor Joshua Greene and current city councilor Rob Ward. For the 2 positions that will be available for the Florence City Council there are 4 candidates. Local […]
School Prepares For Return Siuslaw School Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak says there are no surprises for the new school year. ODE directory Colt Gill recently released guidelines for the upcoming school year, but Grzeskowiak says there was nothing in them that change the way Siuslaw schools will approach the new year. […]
Siuslaw Soccer This Thursday there will be a Siuslaw varsity girls soccer game at Sweet Home. The game is an OSAA Endowment Game so there will be an admission charge of $6 for adults and $4 for students. The Varsity boys game was cancelled due to not enough Sweet Home […]
Viking Football Siuslaw Viking Head Football Coach Sam Johnson says he is excited for the beginning of football season. The players will be participating in team camp all this week and Johnson says the teams are coming together. This year the coaching staff has added Jackson Johnson and Bob Teter […]
New Report of Scam The Lane County Sheriff’s department is warning of a new scam involving persons impersonating Sheriff’s office employees. According to Sergeant Tom Speldrich the scammers are identifying themselves either verbally, by text or by email as employees of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office even going so far […]
Skarlatos Visits Florence 4th district congressional candidate Alek Skarlatos visited Florence yesterday on his latest bid to be the next representative from one of the largest districts in Oregon. Skarlatos met with supporters and potential supporters at ICM Restaurant. He spoke with Coast Radio News prior to his luncheon. He […]
Eugene Emeralds starting pitcher Mason Black was pummeled in his appearance last night against the Hillsboro Hops. Black pitched 3 and a third innings giving up 8 runs on 9 hits on the Hops way to a victory. The Hops would add 2 more runs for the 10-1 victory. The […]
