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Mapleton Track Results A computer glitch was the reason that there were no Mapleton track and field results from Tuesday’s meet, but that has been fixed. Brier Shird took first place in the 800 meter race with a time of 3:04.9 and Opal Burruss finished first in the 3000 meter […]
Trapp To Retire as Lane County Sheriff Lane County Sheriff, Byron Trapp announced yesterday that he will be stepping down from his post and officially retiring as Sheriff. The effective date will be April 16th. Trapp has served as Lane County Sheriff for the last four years and he told […]
Games Moved to This Afternoon Yesterday’s baseball and softball games versus Douglas had to be postponed due to field conditions. The rain stopped yesterday afternoon but the fields were too wet to play games. The games have been rescheduled for this afternoon at 3 pm, but that may change if […]
Mural Permit Passes 3-2 After three and a half hours of testimony in support and opposition of the proposed mural on the Central Lincoln PUD maintenance building, the city council closed the public portion of the meeting to discuss the options. Last night’s city council meeting began with some recognitions […]
Athlete Of The Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate sophomore Siuslaw Viking baseball player Dalton Stinger as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Stinger came out of relief to start for the Vikings on the mound with poise and determination with 5 strikeouts and […]
City Hall Meeting At FEC It has the potential of being one of the most contentious meetings in recent years as the city council convenes this evening at 5:30 at the Florence Event Center. The venue was changed from the newly remodeled city hall in anticipation of a large crowd. […]
Duck Women’s First Final Four The Oregon Duck Women are celebrating after defeating Mississippi State in the NCAA tournament. The win gives them a seat in the Final Four. Most of the game would have been considered a nail biter with 11 ties and 15 lead changes, but with 10 […]
City Council Work Session / Monday Council Meeting The Florence City Council will continue their discussion of their goals and work plan at Monday morning’s work session at 10:30 at city hall. The council was poised to go through the document at their last work session meeting that was cut […]
