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Viking Basketball Over the weekend the Lady Vikings basketball participated in the Harrisburg Booster Club Tournament. The team was defeated by Monroe on Friday 56-19. In the consolation game on Saturday Blanchet Catholic won 34-16. The Siuslaw boys withdrew from the tournament with not enough players due to illness. Mapleton […]
Rain and Wind have contributed to a failure of a portion of hillside just north of Sea Lion Caves forcing the closure of both lanes. there is not timeframe for reopening the area. Drivers are asked to use alternate routes around the area.
Athlete of the Week: Brody Terry The Sports Club, the Siuslaw News and Coast Radio Sports congratulate senior Siuslaw basketball player Brody Terry as this week’s Athlete of the Week. Terry led the team in the two opening games this past week scoring 15 against Bandon in the 55-47 win […]
Search for Stabbing Suspect The Lane County sheriff’s office was involved in a search for a stabbing suspect on thanksgiving evening. The report did not give details on the stabbing only that they were searching for a male suspect described as being between 5’8” and 6’0” tall with long blonde […]
Viking Volleyball Wins: First Playoff Game Siuslaw Viking Volleyball had a tough battle in the first round of the State Championships, but they did not give an inch to the North Marion Huskies. Desi Tupua led the charge with 18 kills in the three set win 27-25, 25-20 and 25-14. […]
Vikings Boys Grab Sky-Em Championship, Girls Take Second 5 Viking men’s cross country runners placed in the top ten slots in this afternoons Sky-Em Championships. Senior Chad Hughes took second place overall with a time of 16:42.1, 17 seconds behind Marshfield’s Alex Garcia-silver. Junior Sam Ulrich finished in third place […]
Safe Routes to School Work continues on the Safe Routes to School construction on Oak Street as new sidewalks are being put in place. The grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation is being put to use to upgrade areas near and around the schools. The project is just one […]
The person responsible for driving up and down highway 101 and highway 126 packing up trash and leaving the bags with sad faces and sayings has been arrested by the Florence Police Department with assistance by the Douglas County sheriff’s office. Raymond Furr, AKA Raymond Block was arrested yesterday on […]
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