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Reverse Parade Planned by City Despite the cancellation of the annual Rhododendron Festival the city of Florence has announced that it will be sponsoring the annual Rhododendron Grand Floral Parade. However it will have a bit of a different twist. Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer announced yesterday that the parade […]
Lane County to Learn Risk Level Today is the day that Lane County will find out just where they will be in the state’s risk level for COVID-19 infections. Currently the county is in a two week grace period and has remained at low risk despite the rising number of […]
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports Congratulate junior Cross country runner Rylee Colton as this week’s Athlete of the Week. At Saturday’s 4A state championships Rylee finished 5th overall with her best time of the season of 19:34.7 to help the Ladies […]
Weekend Coronavirus Numbers Over the weekend coronavirus cases continued to mount for Lane County. The three day period from Friday to Sunday saw one of the heaviest periods in recent months. 160 new cases were reported that included 3 new cases for the Florence area. Bringing the Florence total to […]
Cross Country Claims State Title The Siuslaw Viking Cross Country team ended the season with a State Championship. Both the men and women’s team were victorious and were brought home with the sound of sirens and a small cavalcade through the streets of old town and up highway 101 to […]
Congratulations to the Men’s and Women’s Cross country teams. The Siuslaw Vikings have become the State Champions. Siuslaw Men scored an 70 Beating their closest opponent, Philomath, by 7. the Siuslaw Women scored an 81 beating their closest opponent, Sisters, by 6. GO VIKS!
WLFEA Adresses Privatization Query A call to privatization of the Western Lane Ambulance District was met with a response from the Western Lane Fire and EMS Authority. In an Our Town interview on Coast Radio Chief Michael Schick was asked if the pay for experienced EMT’s and those trained in […]
Sports Schedules The Siuslaw Vikings will host Sutherlin in football this evening. The Vikings are 2-3 on the season and hope to hit the break even point tonight against the 2-1 Bulldogs. Coverage of tonight’s game begins at 6:45 on KCST. The Mapleton Sailors are 2-2 on the season […]
