Driving could be a real challenge today… Emergency responders and tow-truck operators were kept busy in Western Oregon yesterday and overnight as snow and rain mixed to create hazardous conditions. Highway 126 in the Veneta area was closed for several hours as officials there investigated a fatal crash near milepost […]
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Local News – Winter Folk; Crab; MLK; Nick Lutz Invitational
The tenth annual Florence Winter Folk Festival is underway. It started yesterday at the Events Center with Saturday-night-headliner Tom Chapin and Friends. They performed two interactive concerts with more than 800 primary and elementary school students. The concerts are a very big thing for the students says fourth grade teacher […]
Local News – Folk Festival; Gas Prices; State of the County; Our Town; and prep scores
Two legendary groups to headline 2012 Folk Festival Before flower-power, the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane the “San Francisco Sound” meant harmonic vocals, a blending of acoustic and electric guitars and rock music with a bit of jazz and a lot of folk. The vocal group that originated that sound… […]
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Prep Basketball: The Siuslaw boys fell on the road in Newport last night to the Cubs in a 53 / 21 final…In the Mountain West League opener for both Mapleton and Triangle Lake it was a 57 / 32 final with the Lakers on top, Brody Ford led Sailor scoring […]
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Siuslaw Wrestling standout Jason Graber has been named Coast Radio Sports’ Athlete of the week. The Viking senior captured 2nd place in the 135 pound weight class at the 14 team Willamette Wrestling Invitational. This week’s honorable mention goes to junior grappler Jesse Kuntz who captured third place at 182 pounds […]
Local News – River Level; Minimum Wage; Christmas Trees; Pedestrian Safety
After a long dry spell the pendulum swings… The Siuslaw River crested just below flood stage above Mapleton late last night and is headed downward, but more rain today could slow that decline or cause a brief rise in the river level. According to the National Weather Service, though, it’s […]
Local News – Stormy weather; New Laws; Gas Prices
Plenty more rain… About an inch-and-a-half of rain fell in the Florence area over the past 24-hours and weather forecasters say there’s more on the way. A series of storms moving in rapid succession will continue to sweep in from the south west between now and late tomorrow night bringing […]
Local News: Florence man dies following Occupy Eugene fight; Christmas Trees extreme hazard; Dry December; Police say no wrong done
Florence man dies following Occupy Eugene fight About 30-people gathered over the weekend for a vigil to remember a Florence man who died last week after a fight at the Occupy Eugene encampment. Occupy leader Kristen Carpenter said she was sorry they couldn’t stop “the violence in the system sooner” […]
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