Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Housing Housing shortages continue to be a problem for Florence, but the City of Florence is working on ways to solve the shortage through Florence HIP, the Housing Implementation Project. Opportunities for housing and particularly affordable housing is slim in the area and the City is looking for a chance […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate senior harrier Sam Ulrich as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Sam led the charge for the Vikings in last Week’s Fugate Farm Invitational helping his team win the overall title with a time of […]
Fire Dangers There are beginning changes to the weather as the season looks to fall this week, but the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Fire Protection division Chief Mike Shaw says the fire season is far from over. He says while they are prepared for fire starts the fewer caused human […]
Vikings/Hawks The Siuslaw Vikings couldn’t catch the La Pine Hawks in Friday night’s matchup at Redmond High School. The Hawks doubled up the Vikings 28-14 in the first league game of the season. This Friday the Vikings will play at home and take on the Harrisburg Eagles. Volleyball Viking Volley […]
Sailor’s Victory The Mapleton Sailors got their first victory in 6 man football last night defeating McKenzie 21-13. Two of the three touchdowns by the Sailors came from Keevyn Walker. Walker had a two yard run on offense and ran back a kick 64 yards for his third touchdown in […]
Record Month for Food Share Food insecurity is an issue for many families along the Oregon Coast and here in Florence the Florence Food Share is having a positive impact on that issue. Florence Food Share Executive Director Colin Morgan says august was a record month for food distribution. “We […]
COVID-19 Update There were only 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report for the Florence area raising the total to 1988 all time for the virus. This week the Oregon Health Authority began doling out the new vaccines for the BA4 and BA5 strains of the virus. The Florence Events […]
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