Oregon Duck women’s basketball standout Sabrina Ionescu has been named the ESPNW and Pac 12 Player of the Week. Ionescu helped the Ducks to three wins, highlighted by an 82-74 victory over No. 4 Mississippi State, snapping the Bulldogs’ 46-game non-conference winning streak. She tallied 29 points, five assists and […]
Local News
Move to Hire New Chief On; Deep Pockets for Charitable Donations; Tree Pick Up; Bridge Work Continues January 2nd
Move to Hire New Chief On Interim fire chief Steve Abel says the groundwork has been laid for the hiring of a permanent Intergovernmental Agency chief administrator. A new job description along with some salary grades have been approved by both boards and now the search begins. “The advertising will […]
Athlete of the Week; Vikings Win Tourney; UO/OSU Take Losses; Lady Ducks Trounce UC Irving
Athlete of the Week The Sports Club, The Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate sophomore Viking basketball player Jacob Foskett as this week’s Athlete of the Week. In last week’s Bandon Dunes Invitational Jacob scored a combined 24 points with 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 steals in the […]
Completion Date For City Hall Nears; Grants Offered For Revitalization; Closed For Holiday; No Impact From Storm
Completion Date For City Hall Nears The City of Florence is moving closer to occupying the newly remodeled City Hall. The final walk through with the contractors and the architect happened yesterday. Megan Messmer with the city says they are now working on the detailed punch list of things to […]
Vikings Post Win Over Douglas; Sailors Battle Reedsport; Ionescu Sets NCAA Record; Beavers Defeat Blue Devils; Scheduled Hoop Action
Vikings Post Win Over Douglas The Vikings rolled out on to the court last night with purpose in the Bandon Dunes Holiday invitational. They ourscored Douglas in round one of the tournament 62-43. They will face Bandon this evening. On the ladies side Douglas outscored the Vikings 33-20 the lady […]
Storm Issues; Whale Watching; Auxiliary Toy Drive; Rail Bridge Rehab; Road Re-opened
Storm Issues By noon yesterday afternoon Central Lincoln PUD had announced that outages caused by Monday nights storm had been repaired. The last significant outage on the north side of Mercer Lake had been repaired by 1 pm yesterday. More severe weather is expected to occur throughout the day today […]
Mapleton vs Crow; Siuslaw Vikings Travel to Bandon; College Women’s Basketball
Mapleton vs Crow Mapleton Hosted Crow at home last night. The sailors stayed close through most of the game but couldn’t shut down the crow offense. Final score 41-30 Crow. For the lady Sailors, Crow was able to outscore them 39-18. Siuslaw Vikings Travel to Bandon Siuslaw is on the […]
Scammer Alert; Storm Causes Outages; Road Closure; Beach and Headland Warning
Scammer Alert The Lane County Sheriff’s Department is once again putting out a warning. Scammers are back on the phones pretending to be a Lieutenant from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office warrants section. A community member was contacted and asked to return a call to 541-658-7006 extension 13 and received […]




