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Power Back on By Late Afternoon Yesterday’s accident on Highway 101 near Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue left more than 750 businesses and residences in the area without power for part of the day. A power pole was severed causing extensive damage to the lines. Chris Chandler with Central Lincoln […]
COVID-19 Affecting Schedules More basketball games are being postponed. While the Oregon State Beavers will be on the court this evening against Utah games involving the OSU women against Colorado and Utah this weekend have been postponed. The Oregon Ducks game against Utah will also go on as scheduled for […]
Alamo Bowl The Oregon Ducks will take on Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl today. Both teams will be headed by interim coaches and will be without their complete roster of players with several sitting out due to having entered the NFL pool. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:15 and the pregame […]
Accident Closes 101 Temporarily Highway 101 remained closed for more than two and a half hours this morning after an accident that caused a power line to go down across the highway. The vehicle also took out a fire hydrant. The driver of the vehicle was transported to Peace Harbor […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate senior Mapleton basketball player Opal Burress as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Opal has been a leading scorer for the Sailors this season and capped it off in last week’s 41-17 win against Alsea. […]
Ambulance and Tree Collide Early this morning a Western Lane Ambulance collided with a tree on Highway 126. The tree fell directly in front of the ambulance doing considerable damage to the vehicle. The only occupants in the vehicle were the two WLAD employees. There were no injuries reported. The […]
Weather Advisory Extended The wintry weather that impacted the coast continues to be an issue as we roll into the week. The National Weather Service is predicting extremely cold conditions as a Canadian Cold Front takes hold over the next several days. A winter weather advisory has been extended for […]
Games Against Colorado Postponed The Colorado Buffaloes are the latest team to be affected by COVID-19 and due to protocols the game scheduled with the Oregon Ducks in Eugene on Thursday has been postponed. The Ducks communication office has said they will try to reschedule the game and will let […]
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