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Oregon workers are getting a bump in the minimum wage but will also pay a new statewide transit tax. Workers in the Portland area on Sunday saw the minimum wage jump to $12 per hour, or a 75-cent increase. While workers in Marion and Polk counties got a 50 cent […]
Coast Radio New’s George Henry Spoke briefly with new Head Football Coach Chad Smith: From Chris Johnson, Siuslaw High School Athletic Director: Coach Smith has been a head football coach at two other high schools in Oregon. He was the Head Coach at La Grande High School in 2014 and […]
OSAA Wrestling Championship Results: The OSAA Wrestling Championships are under way in Portland. In the first round Brady Libby in the 106 pound weight division was defeated by fall in a 1:19 seconds to Tillamooks Keegan Haggerty. Libby will now face North Marion’s Justin McConkey. In the 120 pound […]
Florence Man Arrested 54 year old Scott Williams was arrested this morning and charged with Menacing, Disorderly Conduct, Pointing a Firearm at another, and Unlawful Use of a Weapon. At about 8 pm last night Oregon State Troopers responded to Rhododendron Trailer park in Florence and located Williams at the […]
Greg Reynolds Named Viking Girls Head Coach – Basketball Siuslaw Viking Athletic Director, Chris Johnson, has announced that they have hired a new head coach to take the reins of the girls varsity basketball team. Johnson told Coast Radio Sports that the school has chosen interim coach and JV basketball […]
Victim’s Name Released The Lane County Sheriff’s office has released the name of the victim in Saturday’s boating accident on Siltcoos Lake as Gordon Bradford. of Florence. Witnesses told the sheriff’s office that prior to the accident the boat’s engine was heard revving before the craft crashed into the doc […]
Early Wednesday morning the Buds For U cannabis store was burglarized. Sgt. Brandon Ott with the Florence Police Department reports that the alarm went off at 3:25 Wednesday morning and they responded. Florence Police did not encounter any suspects at the time. Dustin Foskett, the manager at Buds 4 U […]
Dune City Mayor Passes Mayor Joe Henry said that the passing of Dune City Mayor Becky Ruede was a great loss to our community. Becky Ruede lost her battle to cancer at 8 oclock Thursday Morning. She was a community leader not just in Dune city, but Florence as well. […]
