Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
It was also a banner year in sports for Florence. This was the year that the OSAA re-designated schools for a new districting plan and at first it looked that Suislaw would stay in a conference with much fiercer competition than their talent allowed for. Being a smaller school with […]
New Taxes Mean New Fees The state of Oregon will need to cover 5.3 billion dollars in funding for transportation needs and it will come in the form of new taxes for the new year. Some of the most notable changes that will occur is a new 4 cent tax […]
High School Hoops Siuslaw is back on the boards this afternoon for non league basketball against Corbett. Double header play begins with the girls tipping off at 4 o’clock at Siuslaw High School. The boys game tips off at 5:30…Mapleton will be at home this evening duking it out against […]
Tomorrow Night College hoops will be back in action tomorrow night. Oregon will be on the hardwood of Matthew Knight Arena hosting Utah in their Pac Twelve opener. Airtime Friday evening on KCST is 6:30, tip off between the Utes and Ducks is at 7 o’clock,…. In Corvallis tomorrow night […]
Group Wants to See Showers Reopened A group calling themselves “A Place to Belong” has offered its services to the port of Siuslaw with the hopes of having their showers reopened to the public. The port had closed it showers to the general public after several instances of vandalism caused […]
Media Shunning Global Warming Topic? With almost a half million acres of charred land across Oregon one watchdog group says that the topic of global warming was one of the least covered stories for 2017. Lisa Hymas with media matters says with the total amount of devastating weather stories across […]
Special Division Planned According to a report first released by Exploding Whale Sports there is likely to be a split division in high school sports next year. Siuslaw Viking Football may be moved into a special division created by the Oregon Schools Activity Association. Based on size and winning percentage […]
Humane Society Suspends Dollman The Oregon Coast Humane Society has decided to place shelter employee, Heather Dollman on leave pending an investigation into charges that she neglected two horses with which she was caring for at her Mapleton Residence. The horses were taken from Dollman’s residence to be evaluated by […]
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