Treasure revealed
ALLEGANY The Allegany community has spent the last year renovating a serene family sanctuary nestled deep in the woods along the West Fork of the Millicoma River. The community wants to share it with others. We want everyone to see our hidden treas...
 2.9K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 123.0 Oregon's 1 percent 'liquidation' sale
Two pieces of bad news this week about trees and their role in Oregon s economy: First, state officials reported a decline in timber revenue from state forests. That means less money for Oregon schools. Second, a gang of tree-climbing activists wants...
2.3K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 860.0 Slow timber harvest means less money for schools fund
It's business as usual for the Department of State Lands as the department continues to sell timber. But the rough economy will mean less money for local schools. The money from these timber harvests goes into the Common School Fund, which pipes mone...
2.0K - Jul. 30, 2009; scored 720.0 Cheers and Jeers
Smell that cotton candy! Cheers for county fairs, especially Coos County's annual hootenanny next week in Myrtle Point. Things to do, prizewinning animals to admire, old friends to visit, and a familiar cacophony of sounds and smells. What would summ...
1.9K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 146.0 Cheers & Jeers
Smell that cotton candy! Cheers for county fairs, especially Coos County's annual hootenanny next week in Myrtle Point. Things to do, prizewinning animals to admire, old friends to visit, and a familiar cacophony of sounds and smells. What would summ...
1.9K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 146.0 See you in the forest
BUNKER HILL A politically precocious preschooler stole the show Wednesday, as Oregon Department of Forestry officials opened bids for two Elliott State Forest timber sales. A couple-dozen environmental activists attended the event, held in the agen...
3.1K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 301.0 State timber pays for public education
After reading about the protest in the Elliott State Forest, I would hope thinking Oregonians would understand that these kids are terribly misinformed. Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky was quoted as saying they were trying to stop the liquidation of the for...
1.0K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 211.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coquille July 11, 1:06 a.m., a small fire was reported in the back parking lot of the Coquille Community Building, 155 N. Birch St. A few firefighters were able t...
4.5K - Jul. 15, 2009; scored 146.0 Elliott trees fund schools, make jobs
The story about protesters stopping harvest of an Elliott State Forest timber sale (The World, July 7) needs to be grounded in some economic reality. First is the fact that in Douglas County our unemployment rate is hovering around 18 percent and has...
1.0K - Jul. 11, 2009; scored 211.0 Arrested
Arrested Here is a list of 23 of the 27 protesters arrested at the Elliott State Forest logging site about 20 miles from Reedsport. Police charged all of them with one count of interference with agricultural operations. One teenage boy was lodged at ...
1.4K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 123.0 Arrests clear site of protest
REEDSPORT Timber operators are free to return to work on the Umpcoos Ridge No. 2 timber sale on the Elliott State Forest. But 27 demonstrators who disrupted logging this week at the remote site 20 miles from Reedsport are headed to court, charged w...
2.6K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 767.0 Activists: Blockade won't end
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST Environmental groups said they were calling in reinforcements after police arrested activists who blockaded a remote logging site nearly 20 miles from Reedsport. Police handcuffed at least 23 activists on Wednesday and drove th...
4.9K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 1000.0 Sanctimony in a treehouse
If you want to look down on other people, climbing a tree is a good start. You just perch yourself in a makeshift crow s nest and smugly survey the earthbound working stiffs whose livelihoods you re disrupting. Out in the Elliott State Forest, a band...
2.1K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 243.0 Police handcuff timber sale protesters
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST Police have taken control of a logging site in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport, arresting at least 15 protesters. Oregon State Police and the Douglas County Sheriff s Office sent a team to the 79-acre timber sale at mid...
2.3K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 867.0 Protesters report arrest at timber sale
Police officers have converged on the site of an anti-logging protest in the Elliott State Forest near Reedsport. Two callers reported this morning that police began arresting activists at the 79-acre timber sale, but Oregon State Police officials ha...
3.2K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 648.0 Activists barricade logging road
REEDSPORT Roseburg Forest Products foresters expected to hear chain saws this week in the Umpcoos Ridge No. 2 timber sale on the Elliott State Forest. Instead, activists with Earth First! and Cascadia Rising Tide barricaded a logging road about 16 ...
3.6K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 795.0 Storm brings big waves, snow
CHARLESTON The South Coast got it all over the weekend: big waves, some snow and hail, puddles of rain and freezing temperatures. What more could any storm-watching lover ask for? Or a kid hoping to throw a snowball during the holidays? Folks dress...
3.6K - Dec. 15, 2008; scored 123.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. North Bend Dec. 5, 8:40 p.m., a man was grabbing, shoving and yelling at a woman in the 3400 block of Sherman Avenue. Dec. 5, 9:53 p.m., a bike was found in the 2...
5.8K - Dec. 9, 2008; scored 146.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay Dec. 1, 9:12 a.m., a juvenile problem was reported at Marshfield High School, 1098 Ingersoll Ave. Dec. 1, 12:03 p.m., staff found a student with marijuan...
5.2K - Dec. 2, 2008; scored 146.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay n Nov. 28, 5:53 a.m., a vehicle was broken into in the 900 block of Michigan Avenue. n Nov. 28, 8:43 a.m., a burglary was reported in the 1600 block of S...
7.9K - Dec. 1, 2008; scored 146.0 | 
