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Honoring Vets; Heart to Heart; Celebrate Arts!

12 November 2013 Remembering Those Who Served A parade in November is always chancy at best, but the weather provided a sunny and dry backdrop yesterday for the eight annual Veteran’s Day Parade in Florence. Hundreds of people lined both sides of the route through Old Town, cheering and applauding, […]

Athlete of the Week; All Far West Volleyball

Siuslaw Football standout Christian Jakobsen is Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the Week.  The Viking running back sparked a third quarter comeback attempt in last week’s playoff loss to Gladstone, carrying the ball ten times for 70-yards. Honorable Mention goes to Siuslaw outside hitter Brittany Long.  The freshman was named […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/12/2013 09:28 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/288 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Jurors awarded $101,000 to a Happy Valley woman who was a victim of identity theft and wrongly arrested by Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies in 2009. The Oregonian reports jurors […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 11/12/2013 05:00 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/238 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Damian Lillard scored 25 points, making five 3-pointers, and the Portland Trail Blazers held off the Detroit Pistons 109-103 last night. LaMarcus Aldridge added 18 points […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/12/2013 04:00 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/271 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Eugene police say they continue to investigate the death of a 4-month-old baby who was killed a year ago. A medical examiner ruled the boy’s death a homicide. Police […]

Vikings Fall in Gladstone; Ducks Beat Georgetown; Coppin State Beats the Beavers

The Gladstone defense stymied the Siuslaw Vikings Friday night, jumping out to a 19-nothing halftime lead before handing the Vikings a 29-9 loss in the OSAA 4A football playoffs.  The Vikings mounted a rally in the third quarter, cutting the difference to 19-9 before the Gladiators responded. The loss ended […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 11/11/2013 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/245 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A phone conversation overheard by another passenger led to a bomb scare on an Amtrak train that authorities stopped yesterday at Eugene. Police say passengers were taken off, and […]