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Tsunami Awareness Grants The state of Oregon has been awarded $325 Thousand dollars to outfit coastal cities along the Cascadia Subduction Zone with the latest signage and materials to show Tsunami safe zones. Much of the work that the grant covers has already been done in Florence. The painting of […]
Ducks Head To Stanford Ducks Head Coach willie taggart says the late start to this Saturday’s football game against Stanford is not a problem for his team. Taggart says he will just let the players sleep in a little longer but the 8 pm start is not much different than […]
Fiber Groundbreaking It will rival the fastest internet in the state. Robbie Wright with Siuslaw Broadband says the arrival of fiber optic internet service will bring 1 gigabyte speeds to homes and 10 gigabyte service to some businesses and at a price that is in line with current internet charges […]
Lady Vikings Last night in North Bend the Viking volleyball team was defeated in three straight sets. 25-15, 25-20, 25-20. Siuslaw will stay on the road to take on South Umpqua next on Thursday evening. And Mapleton will visit McKenzie. Schools Out, But Football’s On The Viking football team will […]
Lane County Copies City Restrictions Lane County has joined the City of Florence in banning plastics and plastic coated containers from its recycling stations in its Florence and Swisshome locations. Other county recycling operations will not be affected by this change. The County’s press release says that it is trying […]
AOTW This week’s Athlete of the Week Honors goes to sophomore Distance runner Hannah Rannow. Hannah continues to break her personal-best records finishing the 5,000 meters in Saturday’s Paul Mariman Invitational in a time of 19:39.56. Hannah’s third place finish helped to propel the girls to a second place finish […]
Vikings Outmanned The Siuslaw Viking Football team struggled on both sides of the ball on Friday, but played tough against the number 1 team in the Division. The Marshfield Pirates marched onto Hans Peterson field and Scored 42 points in the first half against the Vikings on their way to […]
DEQ Fines Coos Bay Man The state Department of Environmental Quality has fined a Coos Bay man $25,000 and ordered his property cleaned up by mid November. The problem is that Willy Joe Jenkins cannot respond to the demand from the state because he is serving a sentence for weapons […]
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