Pirates can share league title with win
Marshfield has come a long way since a loss to Churchill to open the Midwestern League season. After three straight wins, the Pirates have a chance to tie for the league title when they host Thurston in the regular-season finale Friday. We re excited...
 2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 36.0 Libraries celebrate 30 years of progress
Dora residents celebrated the grand opening of a new library in August. Coos Bay may be on the verge of opening a coffee shop in its library, while Coquille s is also looking to expand. In a time when businesses are scaling back and scrambling to com...
3.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 36.0 Bandon turns down semi-truck ban request
BANDON Grumbly neighbors weren t persuasive enough to convince Bandon s city councilors to ban semi-truck parking in city limits. The City Council decided on a 4-2 vote Monday not to prohibit truck drivers from parking their semis in residential ne...
2.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 895.0 Museum will host Veterans Day program
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several veterans will tal...
1.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 145.0 Vikings eye two cross country crowns
Siuslaw has built a tradition as one of the best cross country schools in the state under veteran coach Chris Johnson. But in the past few years, the girls have been taking most of the headlines. The Vikings are taking aim at their sixth straight Cla...
4.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 84.0 Tigers take Sunset s No. 2 seed
BANDON Bandon s volleyball team is picking a great time to peak. The Tigers played their best ball of the season in the first two games of their Sunset Conference playoff match against Coquille on Tuesday and walked off the court with the league s ...
5.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 138.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 3, 8:17 a.m., police cited a man for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on Fulton. Nov. 3, 9:19 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported in the Coos Ba...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 36.0 CLUB NOTES
The Bay Area Sunrise Rotary Club 7 a.m., Thursdays, Red Lion Hotel, 1313 N. Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay. (756-5401) South Coast Singles Bowling 9:15 a.m., Thursdays, North Bend Lanes, 1225 Virginia Ave., North Bend. (267-3443) Environmental Manage...
1.4K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 36.0 Bandon police levy fails
Bandon voters narrowly defeated a measure that would have provided more money to the city s police department. The Coos County Elections Office released totals Tuesday night that showed 51.5 percent of voters were opposed to the tax, while 48.5 favor...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 495.0 Coquille tops MP in Sunset playoffs
COQUILLE The Coquille volleyball team is surging into the Class 3A playoffs on a wave of momentum spurred by good teamwork. The Red Devils, who had to overcome an 0-3 start to the Sunset Conference season and later beat Rogue River in the regular-s...
4.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 36.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 57.0 Vaccines still in short supply
H1N1 flu vaccine has arrived in Coos County, but the supply continues to fall far short of demand. Coos County Public Health has received 4,400 doses since the first shipment Oct. 5, said Public Health Director Frances Smith. Most of the vaccine has ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 36.0 Challengers shut out Reedsport
Cascade Christian earned at least a share of the league title and the Sunset Conference s top seed for the Class 3A football playoffs by blanking visiting Reedsport 52-0 on Saturday. The win by the Challengers also finalizes the rest of the league s ...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 187.0 Johnson 50th Anniversary
Gary and Betsy (Spear) Johnson, of Bandon, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 29. Gary was a North Bend boy, the son of Melvin and Ruth Johnson. Betsy was a Coos Bay girl, the daughter of Charlie and Elizabeth Spear. Growing up, they knew...
1.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 57.0 Bandon sweeps cross country team titles
BANDON Isaac Taylor led the Bandon boys to a surprising district cross country title on Saturday and said the pinnacle of the Tigers season still is to come. I think we re doing great, Taylor said. We ve still got our best race ahead of us. Band...
5.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 552.0 Fox takes first in billiards tourney
Several local pool players had high finishes in the Western BCA Regional Tournament in Lincoln City last weekend. The event is the largest regional tournament in the United States. In the largest field in the tournament, Rik Couch, who played for Jes...
1.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 36.0 Hawthorne wins Crossings Cup
Julie Hawthorne, who lives near Port Orford, captured the second-annual Crossings Cup on Friday, beating Charlie Sriutis in th championship match 5 4. She played amazing, said Bandon Crossings pro Chris Young. There wasn t really anything Charlie...
1.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 72.0 Community Sports, Fast Breaks for Oct. 31: Underdown earns junior black belt
Max Underdown of Bandon earned his junior black belt on Oct. 24 at a ceremony at Coquille Community Center. Max, age 12, has been working more than four years toward the achievement. His next step is to learn the adult self defenses, which include de...
2.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 102.0 Football Recap: Pirates clinch spot in playoffs
Marshfield clinched a playoff spot with a 50-7 win at Springfield on Friday. It s a big win, said Marshfield coach Justin Ainsworth. We played really well. Marshfield improved to 3-1 in the Midwestern League standings and will host Thurston on Frid...
6.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 84.0 Fish mouth of Elk River for king salmon
The local hot spot for king salmon has been the mouth of the Elk River. A lot of salmon are starting to stage, preparing for more rain to open the entire river system. A few salmon have started to push their way into the lower Sixes River. Many fishe...
3.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 36.0 | 
