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Local Sports – Vikings Drop Road Baseball and Softball

Prep baseball… the Siuslaw Vikings spotted the Douglas Trojans four runs in the first inning, then battled back to tie it at five-all in the sixth.  Still tied after the regulation seven, Douglas forced a run across in the bottom of the ninth for the 6-5 win… only their second […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–3rd NewsMinute/237 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – One person has been killed in a two-vehicle crash on the Astoria-Megler Bridge. State Police say the Highway 101 bridge at the mouth of the Columbia River will be closed for several hours […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–2nd NewsMinute/313 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Members of the Occupy Portland movement “reclaimed” a foreclosed house while protesters and police engaged in several skirmishes on May Day in Portland. A few thousand people marched through downtown as part of […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–1st NewsMinute/334 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   CRESCENT LAKE, Ore. (AP) – State police say a hostage situation at a southern Oregon cabin has ended with no fatalities. Following hours of negotiations, a police officer shot a man who allegedly kidnapped his former girlfriend […]

NW Sports Minute from the AP

NW–SportsMinute/419 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press   ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Matt Joyce had two of Tampa Bay’s three hits, including a solo homer and RBI triple, to help the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 for […]

Local Sports – Athlete of the Week

Siuslaw Track and Field Standout Matthew Campbell is Coast Radio Sports Athlete of the Week.  The Viking distance runner posted the fastest time in Siuslaw history in the 3,000 meter at the Centennial Invitational in Portland, finishing second with a time of 8:37.22.  That was also the fastest ever recorded […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

OR–3rd NewsMinute/231 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Multnomah County parole officers have issued an arrest warrant for a sex offender who broke his GPS monitoring bracelet. KGW reports 46-year-old Charles Lisle had been on electronic monitoring since March while on […]