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Ducks Top Gonzaga The Oregon Ducks were trailing Gonzaga 4-3 when freshman Jacob Walsh hit a line drive double with two men on to lead the Ducks past the Bulldogs. Final 5-4 the Ducks will finish out the season against Arizona beginning tomorrow. Beavers The OSU Beavers will host the […]
Election Results As the dust settles on the May 17th primary election there are some close races for several of the positions available. 189 votes are all that separate west Lane County commissioners Dawn Lesley and Ryan Ceniga. Despite a stout commercial campaign from Ceniga he only leads by 189 […]
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 […]
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