Local News, Sports and Everything Florence
FURA Meeting The Florence Urban Renewal Agency is set to meet tomorrow evening at 5:30. On the agenda is a discussion of the Quince Street property. The City of Florence hopes to draft a timeline on marketing the property for sale as well as nail down specific marketing strategies. They […]
AOTW: Brody Terry The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Viking sophomore basketball player Brody Terry as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Terry had an exceptional week on the basketball court scoring 16 points in the overtime win against Cottage Grove and 18 points in […]
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Fight Spills Over to Social Media The Florence Police Department responded to a fight on 8th street Thursday evening. Two parties were involved in what police are calling a mutual combat situation on 8th street adjacent to the Safeway. Upon arrival police determined that no arrests would be made as […]
Siuslaw Basketball The Cottage Grove Lions hosted the Siuslaw Vikings on Friday night and it was a wild one. The Viking boys went back and forth with the Lions taking the game to overtime. Sophomore Chad Hughes only had 6 points on the night in regulation, but with two seconds […]
Commercial Fisherman Sentenced A 39 year old commercial fisherman from Winchester bay will serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to assault. Brandon Michael Vanderploeg will also serve two years supervised release for assaulting his then girlfriend while operating a commercial vessel under the influence of alcohol. It […]
Mapleton Wins League Opener The Mapleton sailors were in Alsea last night for Mountain West League action. The girls were up first. Coach Molly Dooley says she is seeing improvement every game. She says defense was key last night as Mapleton led in takeaways. They outscored the eagles 37-29. Briena […]
Fishermen Rescued Three fishermen are safe after their boat capsized Tuesday evening. The incident off the North Jetty of Coos Bay had the U.S. Coast Guard along with the North Bay and Hauser Fire Districts responding. At the time of the rescue waves were breaking at 8-10 feet and responders […]
The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate Viking sophomore basketball player Brody Terry as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Terry had an exceptional week on the basketball court scoring 16 points in the overtime win against Cottage Grove and 18 points in the 52-43 win against Mazama.
Honorable mention goes to Viking Wrestler Hayden Muller who finished in first place in the 135 pound weight category at Saturday’s Nick Lutz Invitational.
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Join us this Thursday as we catch up with Siuslaw Viking Wrestling Coach, Neil Wartnik.
