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College Basketball Action In Starksville Mississippi last night the #5 Mississippi State Bulldogs defeated the #9 ranked Lady Ducks 90 – The OSU women defeated Savannah State 84-36 The Ducks move to 8-3 on the season as they defeated Portland State last night at home 95-84. Red shirt Senior Elijah […]
Caregiver Protectors Recognized A-A-R-P Oregon is honoring lawmakers who supported family caregivers during the 2017 Legislative session. Dubbed “Capitol Caregivers,” the legislators were chosen for their efforts to protect older Oregonians. Coming into this year’s session, the organization was concerned that the state’s large budget deficit would put senior services […]
Vikings Home Opener Dampened Visiting Cottage Grove dampened the season opener for the Vikings. The Viks opened a 5 game home stand but had trouble finding their feet without senior starter Trent Reavis who will miss the entire season due to an injury sustained in competition last week. The final […]
Packing to Move It is still in the planning stages, but after the first of the year the city will be vacating its offices in order to prepare for a remodel. This will mean that some services will be relocated temporarily. Already moving to the new public works facility on […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, The Siuslaw New and Coast Radio congratulate Siuslaw Viking senior grappler Richard Huff as this week’s Athlete of the Week. The 126 pounder finished in third place in this past weekend’s North Bend Classic winning 5 of his 6 matches over the weekend […]
Meeting Security No Longer Free It was initially offered as a courtesy to help control possible volatie situations that may occur, but providing an officer’ s presence to local board meetings has become a challenge to the limited amount of personnel available at the Florence Police Department. For the past […]
Viking Sports: The Siuslaw Viking boy’s basketball team improved to 4-2 over the weekend in the Les Schwab Eagle Booster Classic by defeating Colton in the finale 55-45. The Vikings will play their next 5 games at home beginning tomorrow evening at 5:45 on KCST. The Vking Girl’s Basketball team […]
Lock Your Car-Take Your Keys The Florence Police Dept. has taken 11 reports of stolen vehicles within the City limits of Florence from late August to today’s date. In 7 of those incidents the keys were left inside the vehicles making the vehicle an easy opportunity for theft. Commander John […]
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