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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 […]
Vikings Falter Late The Siuslaw Vikings seemingly had the game against Elmira under control leading 4-1 after 5 innings but then gave up 5 runs in the top of the 6th. Coach Tom Shinn said the team hit the ball well, but often right at the opposing players. Beau Erickson […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports Congratulate junior Jonathan Rose as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Rose won three field events in last week’s Sky-Em Meet. The shot put at 41’-0.75”, the discus at 140’8” a personal record, and the Javelin […]
Chief Turner Retires The City of Florence has announced that effective this month Florence Police Chief Tom Turner will retire. Chief Turner recently dealt with some health issues that played a role in his announcement according to Public Information Officer/Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer. In a release published yesterday commander […]
