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Rods and Rhodies deemed success

14 August 2015 Huge crowd fills Old Town As far as community events go, the annual Rods and Rhodies hot rod show in Florence was a big success says Cal Applebee. Cal Applebee – “The crowd, both on Saturday and Sunday was just phenomenal. People were down there in droves, […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 09/14/2015 05:00 AM AP-NW–Sports Right Now/259 Latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports LOUIS (AP) – Greg Zuerlein kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime and the St. Louis Rams survived an 18-point fourth quarter rally by the Seattle Seahawks, beating the two-time defending NFC champions 34-31 yesterday. The Seahawks […]

Air gun triggers school lockdown

11 September 2015 Incident was over almost as soon as it began A report of an unknown person carrying what appeared to be a handgun on the sidewalk near Siuslaw Middle School yesterday morning triggered an immediate lockdown of schools. It also brought a very quick response from Florence Police […]

Sports: prep volleyball and football; college football

11 September 2015 Viking Volleyball splits on the road The Siuslaw Vikings came away from a long night last night with a non-league split on the volleyball court in Newport. They opened with a tough 5-game loss to Junction City in which Ali Scheer had 12 perfect serve-receive passes and […]