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  OREGON QUARTERBACKS Coach suggests Oregon’s Herbert Prukop is competing for start EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Oregon coach Mark Helfrich suggested that quarterbacks Dakota Prukop and Justin Herbert are competing to start against No. 5 Washington on Saturday. Prukop has started this season for the Ducks, who have lost their […]

All drivers must stop; human remains found near Gardiner; RAIN celebrates 1 year; Our Town to talk physicians; Transfer sites switch to winter hours; Coho limits clarified

All Drivers Must Stop When Lights Flash… School bus drivers in the area are saying many drivers are ignoring the warning lights and signs on their school buses as they are dropping off students.  That’s prompted Florence Police Chief Tom Turner to answer the question about “who needs to stop […]

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  SEAHAWKS-BREAK TIME Seahawks coach Pete Carroll full of optimism entering the bye week RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is full of optimism entering the bye week, his team now 3-1 and coming off consecutive impressive victories. But it was a declaration about what this Seahawks team […]

Tougher Curriculum Standards; Coast Guard Appreciation; Dunes City CAC; Coquille woman dies in crash; Coho fishery on local lakes open

State test results show impact of tougher curriculum standards The initial look at state test scores for students at Siuslaw schools last week revealed that grades in each level tested remained fairly even… or showed some improvement. But, according to Superintendent Andy Grzeskowiak, the 8th grade math scores showed a […]