Power has been restored in Mapleton.  As of about 11:15 this morning most of the Mapleton area has power again after almost 24 hours of being without.  The issue started yesterday afternoon when major damage occurred at the central Lincoln PUD sub station and a concurrent episode at the nearby […]

Track and Field Results The team of Raymond Brito Xilot, Jacob Blankenship, Hunter Petterson and Sam Ulrich are the state champions in the 4×400 meter relay. The team beat out Banks by just over a second at 3:26 flat. Sam Ulrich also took the state championship in the 800 meter […]

Driver Hits Hydrant At about 940 this morning a motorist ran into a fire hydrant near the wastewater treatment plant.  The driver said he looked away momentarily and struck the hydrant.  The accident broke a 6 inch water line from the 16” water main to the hydrant.  The water main […]

Viking Baseball/Softball The Siuslaw Vikings will be back on the diamond tomorrow against Harrisburg.  The softball and baseball team will travel for the single game.  The Viking Baseball game will be broadcast on KCST beginning at 4:15. Track and Field Over the weekend senior Track and field athlete Kyle Hughes […]

More concern over scams as chief John Pitcher with the Florence police department has provided information that another florence resident has been cheated out of thousands of dollars as recently as this week.  He says that people spoofing the local police number and using the name of an actual employee […]

OPB Reports Targeted Fraud Against Customers The President and CEO of Oregon Pacific Bank says that opb is currently aware of a targeted attack against its customers primarily in the Florence area.  Ron Green says it started as just a few but has grown to about 25 individuals. “these fraudsters […]