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Beloved Chief of Florence Police Passes; Glowacki Named Future First Citizen; COVID-19 Cases; Parks Open Up For Input; SOS Postpones Golf Tournament;

Beloved Chief of Florence Police Passes The Florence community suffered a great loss this week.  The City of Florence released the news of the passing of Florence Police Chief Tom Turner.  Turner was surrounded by family on Wednesday.  Turner had been the Chief of Police for 7 years.  He had […]

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Siuslaw Over Cottage Grove; Ducks Break Streak

Siuslaw Over Cottage Grove The Siuslaw Viking rebounded after their loss to Elmira with an 8-3 victory over Cottage Grove.  The Vikings began the game with a 3 run first inning and added two more in the 3rd and 4th innings.  3 Vikings had multiple hits.  Andrew Jensen-Norman gets the […]

Athlete of the Week; Vikings/Spartans; Viking Softball

Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports Congratulate junior Jonathan Rose as this week’s Athlete of the Week.  Rose won three field events in last week’s Sky-Em Meet.  The shot put at 41’-0.75”, the discus at 140’8” a personal record, and the Javelin […]

Chief Turner Retires; Humane Society Donation Drive; Vote Early; Lane County Changes Up COVID Reporting

Chief Turner Retires The City of Florence has announced that effective this month Florence Police Chief Tom Turner will retire.  Chief Turner recently dealt with some health issues that played a role in his announcement according to Public Information Officer/Assistant City Manager Megan Messmer.  In a release published yesterday commander […]

Siuslaw Baseball/Softball; Mapleton Track and Field

Siuslaw Baseball/Softball Siuslaw has scheduled a baseball game today at 5pm.  The game will be a continuation of the Marist game that had to be called due to weather last week.  The game was stalled after 3 ½ innings.  The game schedule is weather permitting and it will be played […]