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 75.0 Young, Gross named to MWL first team
Four Marshfield volleyball players were named among the Midwestern League s top players when all-league honors were determined by the league s coaches recently. Both outside hitter Kara Young and setter Nikki Gross were named to the all-league first ...
3.0K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 281.0 Jury rejects suspect's insanity defense
EUGENE (AP) A Lane County jury has rejected the insanity defense of a man who confessed to kidnapping and raping a 10-year-old girl. The panel of eight women and four men took less than two hours Wednesday to decide that Malcolm Michael Gerlach bel...
0.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 Deaths Nov. 5
Robert H. Gift 73, of North Bend, died Nov. 3, 2009, in Eugene. Marlynn Deadmond 47, of Florence, died Nov. 2, 2009, in Florence. Arrangements are pending with Burns s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home, (541) 997-3416. JoLee Moore 56, of J...
0.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 Beverly Ann Conway
A farewell gathering will be held for Beverly Ann (Pugh) Conway, 77, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3355 Virginia Ave. in North Bend to thank her for her loving support and bless her...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 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 75.0 Activists rally to OK gay nuptials
SALEM Gay rights backers kicked off a voter education campaign Monday aimed at eventually overturning Oregon s ban on same-sex marriage. Evan Wolfson of the national gay rights group Freedom to Marry said Monday he thinks hearts and minds are chan...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 75.0 ATV accident sends woman to hospital
Medics took a Eugene woman to the hospital Sunday morning after she was injured in an ATV accident. Coos County sheriff s deputies, along with Hauser Fire and Rescue, responded to a single-vehicle ATV accident at the Horsfall area of the Oregon Dunes...
0.7K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 119.0 Ducks crush Trojans
EUGENE As the T-shirts worn in Oregon s student section proclaimed, it was Fright Night at Autzen Stadium. It certainly was for USC. Jeremiah Masoli threw for 222 yards and a touchdown and ran for 164 more yards with another score and the 10th-rank...
5.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 119.0 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 75.0 Flocking to see a rare bird
Coos Bay got a bit of a tourism boost over the last several days, as 200 or so birders came to the bay to see a rare brown booby that is hanging out near Charleston. People came to scope out the tropical bird from places including Eugene, Portland, B...
0.6K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 75.0 J. Melissa Krainich
55, of Florence, died Oct. 30, 2009, in Eugene. A funeral service will be held at noon Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2705 Munsel Lake Road, Florence. Interment will be at Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Sandy...
0.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 75.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 75.0 Shhh, these Ducks defend
EUGENE ” Oregon s resilient defense has received little attention while the rest of the team has made headlines. The season-opening loss to Boise State, LeGarrette Blount s punch, his suspension and his possible reinstatement ” and even...
3.5K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 75.0 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 75.0 Don Schirmer
A celebration of life will be held for Don Schirmer, 79, of Myrtle Point, at 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2, at the Oaks Pavillion at the Coos County Fairgrounds. Pastor Jeff May, of the Broadbent Community Church, will officiate. Don was born Sept. 1, 1930,...
4.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 119.0 Ducks hope Autzen is house of horrors for USC
EUGENE ” Hollywood couldn t have scripted it better: Halloween night, the din of Autzen Stadium, crisp fall temperatures and No. 10 Oregon versus No. 4 USC in arguably the Pac-10 s biggest game of the season. It s going to be crazy, Ducks qua...
4.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 75.0 Vikings sweep FWL titles
LAKESIDE North Bend s girls cross country team has been focusing on finishing strong. On Thursday, that work paid off with a berth to the state cross country meet. With Siuslaw s dominant boys and girls teams and Sutherlin s speedy Chelsea Spencer ...
5.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 75.0 Scene & Heards
Concerts This weekend Amanda Dillon Java Jones. Acoustic folk. 9:30 a.m. Saturday. 888-4477. Ambush Mr. Zack s. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 396-7111. Amy Clawson Coltrane Three Rivers. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.three...
10.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 175.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Haunted Theatre will be open 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Little Theatre on the Bay. $3 first visit, $1 repeat visits, free after fifth time. The North Bend Police Department s haunted house wil...
5.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 75.0 | 
