Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
 6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 224.0 College needs to first solve crimes
This is about the article concerning smokers (The World, Oct. 28) College May Snuff out Smokers. Why? This is still the United States of America and we should still have some rights left, without having intimidation hanging over our heads. Nonsmoke...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 228.0 Man rescued after truck goes into river
DAMASCUS (AP) A 57-year-old man whose pickup drifted off state Highway 224, then crashed down an 80-foot embankment and into the Clackamas River has been plucked to safety by a Clackamas County water rescue team. Oregon State Police said Richard Sa...
0.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 210.0 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 330.0 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 198.0 Hang up and drive law comes Jan. 1
SALEM As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be enforced? Orego...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 408.0 Lab Band leaders head to trial
COQUILLE The founder of Oregon Coast Lab Band and his wife plan to fight charges they stole from the nonprofit organization. The two, Greg and Patricia Young, appeared in Coos County Circuit Court this morning before Judge Michael Gillespie, who se...
2.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 164.0 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 422.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 218.0 Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups
LOS ANGELES It was bound to happen: Some people who aren t at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health problem...
5.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 164.0 Logging activists win court battle
PORTLAND People against logging old growth forests won an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday that struck down a state law on grounds it treats an environmental dispute differently. The case grew out of arrests in March 2005 in the Siskiyou Na...
3.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 210.0 Teens arrested in school vandalism
Curry County deputies have arrested three Port Orford teenagers on crimes related to theft and vandalism at Pacific High School the first week of the month. Deputies took a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl to the county s ju...
1.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 138.0 Former Coos lawyer up for U.S. attorney
PORTLAND (AP) A former Coos County prosecutor is among the final three candidates for U.S. attorney for Oregon. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden s office has announced the finalists Tuesday. Their names are being forwarded to President Obama. The list includes ...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 228.0 Accident sends woman to hospital
Medics took a Coos Bay woman to the hospital Monday night after she lost control of her car, sliding into a ditch. The tan Buick Century, driven by 60-year-old Karen Woods, was eastbound on Cape Arago Highway near Painter Avenue, when it left the roa...
0.6K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 164.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are reports from police logs. Coquille Oct. 23, 11:44 a.m., police arrested a teenager on charges of theft and unauthorized entry into a vehicle at Coquille High School. Oct. 23, 1:32 p.m., a fork lift was found in a ditch and reported ...
5.4K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 270.0 Oregon driver falls asleep, hits troopers
THE DALLES (AP) The driver of a minivan on Interstate 84 fell asleep and veered off the freeway. If that wasn t bad enough, the driven then slammed into a parked Oregon State Police car injuring two troopers and three in the van. The troopers were ...
0.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 552.0 Two killed in crash near Roseburg
TENMILE (AP) An Oregon man and a Minnesota woman have died in a single car crash near Tenmile. Oregon State Police say 37-year-old Jason Wiess, of Tenmile, was westbound on state Highway 42 at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday, when he lost control of his C...
0.9K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 190.0 Scruffy helps catch poachers
If you re an avid hunter, you ve probably heard about Scruffy. Still, hunters get caught each year shooting illegally at the decoy animal set up by the Oregon State Police. Scruffy, the black-tailed deer decoy, was shot twice on opening day, just hou...
2.8K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 304.0 Scruffy helps catch poachers
If you re an avid hunter, you ve probably heard about Scruffy. Still, hunters get caught each year shooting illegally at the decoy animal set up by the Oregon State Police. Scruffy, the black-tailed deer decoy, was shot twice on opening day, just hou...
2.8K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 304.0 Gardiner crash sends 1 to hospital
A Florence man remained in the hospital this morning, after crashing on U.S. Highway 101 in Gardiner on Wednesday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., a 1983 Toyota RN5, driven by Jason Perrington, 39, was northbound on Highway 101 near Fivemile Road. The vehic...
0.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 164.0 | 
