Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Food Drive Numbers Low The Letter Carriers Food Drive on Saturday netted about 2500 pounds of food. A much lower amount than in previous years. According to Patrick Lewis with the USPS here in Florence it was less than they had hoped for. He says there are still some last […]
Athlete of the Week 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. Sam locked down an 800 meter run with a personal record first place finish of 1:58.68. he secured qualifying runs […]
Beachcomber Closing for Rhody Days One of Florence’s popular destinations for the Rhododendron Festival weekend will be closed. Due to a lack of available security options the Beachcomber will be closed on Friday and Saturday during the festival. Owner Scott Weiss said it was not something that he wanted to […]
Viking Sports The Siuslaw Vikings Baseball and Softball teams will finish up their season after Friday’s cancellation of games due to weather. Both teams will have a double header today against Marshfield. Games begin at 3 pm and Coast Radio will cover the second game of the baseball Double-Header beginning […]
Beloved Chief of Florence Police Passes The Florence community suffered a great loss this week. The City of Florence released the news of the passing of Florence Police Chief Tom Turner. Turner was surrounded by family on Wednesday. Turner had been the Chief of Police for 7 years. He had […]
Fire Destroys 5th Wheel Siuslaw Valley fire and Rescue responded to a 991 call of a trailer on fire yesterday morning east of Florence on Highway 125. A person on the scene made the call at approximately 9:17 and reported seeing smoke coming from a 5th wheel. Crews arriving on […]
Siuslaw Over Cottage Grove The Siuslaw Viking rebounded after their loss to Elmira with an 8-3 victory over Cottage Grove. The Vikings began the game with a 3 run first inning and added two more in the 3rd and 4th innings. 3 Vikings had multiple hits. Andrew Jensen-Norman gets the […]
Pitcher Ready for New Role Interim Police Chief John Pitcher says he is honored to take the lead role of the Florence Police Department. Pitcher was quick to give a lot of the credit to retired Chief Tom Turner. “He came with a great resume and I was able to […]
