Date: 03/05/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/260 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Police in Eugene, Ore., say a man and a woman refused service at a pizza shop because they were intoxicated came back later and tried to set the shop […]
Local News
Police train for “active shooter”
4 March 2014 Practice Makes Perfect It had all the makings of a tense situation. A report of an armed subject, possibly holding hostages inside a vacant restaurant building in Old Town Florence last week drew a large and heavily armed response. It was just a drill. Interim Florence Police […]
Two Viking Girls; No Boys; On All Far West Squad
Far West League Honors Two Siuslaw Viking girls earned All-Far-West League Honors this week for their work on the basketball court. Senior Ashlee Cole was named to the first-team by Far West coaches; Mikaela Siegel earned Honorable Mention. No Viking boys made the list. On the schedule today… College basketball… […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 03/04/2014 09:27 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/287 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland hospital nursing supervisor says a man rescued from a caved-in utility trench is listed in serious but stable condition in intensive care. The Oregonian reports that 21-year-old […]
NW Sports from the AP
Date: 03/04/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/255 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Kent Bazemore threw an alley-oop to Wesley Johnson for the go-ahead dunk with 6.9 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers […]
1st Oregon News Minute from the AP
Date: 03/04/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Gov. John Kitzhaber is expressing pessimism about the ability for Cover Oregon to get its website fully functioning before the March 31 deadline for people to sign up for […]
Florence Considering Input on Garbage Tipping Fees
3 March 2014 City Council Asked to Weigh in on Waste Proposal A proposal by Lane County to increase the fees charged to commercial waste haulers at the Florence Transfer Site has drawn attention. Lane County’s Waste Management Division is seeking a ten-dollars-per-ton hike in “tipping fees”, the amount charged […]
Sixth Place Trophy for Viking Grappler
Taking a look at Coast Radio Sports… Viking 126 pounder finishes sixth. Siuslaw’s Isaiah Burkhalter pinned his first two opponents over the weekend at the State 4A Wrestling Tournament. The 126-pound sophomore was then pinned in the semi-final round by Brent Bannon of Crook County and sent to the consolation […]




