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Excessive Heat Warning An excessive heat warning for the Mapleton area has been issued for the next two days as temperatures are expected to be around 105 degrees for the upriver communities of Mapleton, Swiss Home and Deadwood. The Triangle Lake area is expected to be around 107 degrees. The […]
Dunes City Mayor Resigns A special meeting of the Dunes City Council Wednesday night was called with the scheduled intention of deciding whether or not to ask Dunes City voters their thoughts on whether or not to pursue possible disincorporation. The 90-minute meeting really never resolved that question and appeared […]
9th Inning Homer Scores Win for Emeralds It was a solo home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the 9th inning that won it for the Eugene Emeralds last night. It was Ems first baseman Sean Roby’s second dinger of the night that broke the 3-3 […]
Ems Take Another Loss The Eugene Emeralds dropped game two of their 6 game series against the Everett Aqua Sox at PK Park last night. The Aqua Sox built a 9-0 lead by the 5th inning while the Ems scored first in the bottom of the 5th with 2 runs. […]
One Dead on Yaquina Bridge Yesterday afternoon in Newport the police had to shut down the historic Yaquina bridge as they responded to a report of a shooting. The report came in just before 1pm and the police have not released many details of how the incident went down, only […]
Aileen Sapp Amanda Sarles Andy Grzeskowiak Bob Teter Captain Kyle Kennedy
Viking Soccer The Siuslaw Viking boys’ soccer squad began practice for their second season of league play yesterday. Coach Londi Tamaro believes the team has a “real potential for a really good season”. That’s despite losing most of the defense to graduation last year. Last year’s team was 5-5-3 overall […]
Blood Donations Needed A severe shortfall in blood donations has been making it difficult for the American Red Cross to keep hospital shelves stocked with “lifesaving” blood products. According to a recent release, they have seen a shortfall of about 25-thousand donations in June and July. Type O blood, both […]
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