Time to make a decision on dump
BEAVER HILL It s time for the county to start thinking about where it is going to put its garbage, since space is getting tight at the Beaver Hill incineration facility. There are three possibilities for the future of the Beaver Hill Disposal Site:...
 3.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 61.0 Roseburg selling off two timber tracts
Three Coos County timber tracts are on the auction block, with two being sold by Roseburg Timber Products. John Rosenthal, president of Realty Marketing/Northwest said Roseburg isn t selling out. It s just selling off smaller, scattered tracts and fo...
1.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 108.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 109.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.dbabluemoon.com . Battle of the Bands Three Rivers. Competition runs Nov. 6-Dec. 12. 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Prize is contract to perform regularly at...
10.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 158.0 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 410.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 4, 8:09 a.m. police cited a minor for possessing tobacco on the west end of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 4, 10:23 a.m., suspicious activity and possible fraud was reported in...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 108.0 ON THE DOCKET
These felony cases are on the Coos County Circuit Court docket. The list reflects preliminary information from the court, not guilt or conviction. Friday Michael A. Edwards Sentencing hearing on second-degree burglary, first-degree theft, first-de...
0.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 61.0 Horse abuser's sentencing is set for Friday
A North Bend woman convicted of neglecting and abusing her Tennessee Walker horses will hear her sentence Friday morning in Coos County Court. Last month, a six-person jury found Bobbye L. Cikanek guilty of one count first-degree animal abuse and 10...
0.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 96.0 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 108.0 Coos Bay man is arrested
Coos Bay police officers arrested a Coos Bay man on Tuesday after a woman complained her husband wouldn t let her leave her home and her son also was inside. At about 7:41 p.m., officers responded to 1396 California Ave., where they learned that Kada...
0.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 100.0 Police look into report of abuse
Juvenile authorities took a 15-year-old girl into custody Tuesday, after receiving a sex assault report from staff at the Wineva Johnson Center for Girls near Coos Bay. At about 11:12 a.m., a Coos County deputy went to the center to investigate a re...
0.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 108.0 Small deals don't require big payoffs
Taxpayers find plenty of reasons to chastise local officials over how they spend the public s money. Sometimes they deserve the needling, but they also deserve pats on the back when they make wise fiscal decisions. So thank you, Coos County commissio...
1.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 463.0 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 315.0 James W. Harrison
A memorial service will be held for James Jim W. Harrison, 94, of Rogue Valley at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Rogue Valley Manor Sunrise Room. Jim was born March 19, 1915, in Clarendon, Texas, to William and Nona Harrison. He was one of eight ...
1.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 122.0 Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 91.0 H1N1 clinics scheduled for rural schools
Coos County Public Health, in collaboration with the school districts, has scheduled H1N1 immunization clinics this week for students in Powers and Myrtle Point. The vaccine will be given free of charge to students whose parents have signed and retur...
1.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 244.0 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 405.0 Area agencies won't surrender to flu bug
NORTH BEND It may seem like a remote possibility now, but if Coos County were struck by an especially severe influenza outbreak, the city of North Bend would be prepared. Police Chief Steve Scibelli said each city department has developed an operat...
4.6K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 421.0 Coming Soon
Chili cook off Lakeside Lions Club will host its third annual Western Chili Cook Off Friday at 6 p.m. There is no entry fee to compete. Contestants need to make enough to serve 25 average size bowls of chili. Contestants can enter more than one type ...
1.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 96.0 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 61.0 | 
