Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate senior grappler Mason Buss as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Buss was champion in the 195 pound weight category with a perfect 4-0 at Saturday’s Perry Burlison Invitational including a win over fellow Viking […]
Committee Members Sought The US Forest Service is conducting a recruitment for a federal advisory board that will provide input on modernizing the landscape management for national forests in Oregon, California and Washington. The 20 member committee would serve for two years. The forest service will represent a diverse cross […]
Viking Wrestling The Siuslaw Vikings competed in the Perry Burlison Invitational on Saturday at Cascade High School. Mason Buss took the top spot in the 195 pound category going undefeated. Buss had to compete with fellow Viking Dayne Muller for the Championship spot and won by decision. Muller took the […]
Ballot Measure Postponement Possible The Oregon office of Attorney General released a statement yesterday that it will be seeking a postponement of some of the provisions in the Oregon Ballot Measure 114 that is scheduled to go into effect this Thursday. Attorney General Rosenblum says that local law enforcement agencies […]
Siuslaw Basketball The Siuslaw Basketball season started last night with the Viking girls taking the court first against the North Bend Bulldogs. While the girls matched up in size the aggressive play of the bulldogs was too much for the Vikings. Pressure and turnovers continued throughout the game. The Vikings […]
Rig Too Fast for Conditions The Tractor trailer rig that shut down traffic on Highway 101 yesterday morning was apparently going too fast for conditions according to Captain Kyle Kennedy with the Oregon State Police. The empty chip truck driven by Andrew Jacob Vader was traveling southbound near milepost 197 […]
Basketball season begins this evening at Glen Butler Court. The Siuslaw Vikings will take the court against the North Bend Bulldogs. The Viking met the Bulldogs in preseason last year in North Bend. North Bend remains a 4A school while the Vikings have moved to a 3A status. The girls […]
Wind Event The high wind event sweeping along the coast caused limited power interruption for the area. Central Lincoln PUD is showing no significant outages in the Florence area and less than 50 outages in the Lincoln County area. Drivers should be alert for debris on the roadways as there […]
