Israel commandos seize ship loaded with guns
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli commandos seized a ship today that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons bound for Lebanon s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. The Israeli ...
 5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 136.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 76.0 I want to know: Who pays for backflow prevention and why?
Question: Why do some residents of Coos Bay and North Bend have to pay for backflow prevention into the public water system and others do not? Answer: Because only some homes and businesses are at risk of contaminating the water system. Backflow prev...
1.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 582.0 I want to know: Who pays for backflow prevention and why?
Question: Why do some residents of Coos Bay and North Bend have to pay for backflow prevention into the public water system and others do not? Answer: Because only some homes and businesses are at risk of contaminating the water system. Backflow prev...
1.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 582.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 76.0 I want to know: Who pays for backflow prevention and why?
Question: Why do some residents of Coos Bay and North Bend have to pay for backflow prevention into the public water system and others do not? Answer: Because only some homes and businesses are at risk of contaminating the water system. Backflow prev...
1.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 582.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are reports from police logs. Bandon Oct. 21, 11:47 a.m., an assault was reported in the 700 block of 11th Street Southwest. Oct. 21, 9:45 p.m., a Colt .357-caliber firearm was stolen in the first block of North Avenue. Coos Bay Oct. 22...
3.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 76.0 Property owners along Rogue bemoan removal of dam
ROGUE RIVER Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio and dock on what used to be Savage Lake, looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below. The dock was a fishing platform and diving board for the past 10 summers when Savage R...
5.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 148.0 Weakened tropical storm Rick nears Mexico resorts
LOS CABOS, Mexico Once-powerful Hurricane Rick lost most of its punch as it headed toward Mexican resort regions as a tropical storm today, but local authorities still prepared for evacuations due to flooding. Rick had been the strongest hurricane ...
2.5K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 98.0 Water contact advisories for local beaches
Public health advisories were issued Thursday for Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park beach due to higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters. Direct contact with the water should be avoided until the advisories are lif...
2.0K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 114.0 Water contact advisories for local beaches
Public health advisories were issued Thursday for Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park beach due to higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters. Direct contact with the water should be avoided until the advisories are lif...
2.0K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 114.0 Two industries see job growth
WASHINGTON Businesses in the South and Southwest benefited most from the first federal contracts awarded under President Barack Obama s stimulus program, according to initial data released by a government oversight board. Military construction and...
6.5K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 114.0 Freeman lands job in Wash
Coos Bay s former city manager has found a job as manager of an irrigation district in eastern Washington. The Kennewick Irrigation District offered a $105,000 contract to Chuck Freeman on Tuesday morning to head the organization. He is slated t...
2.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 98.0 MEETINGS
Today Lighthouse School Board 7 p.m., school, 93670 Viking Way, Hauser; regular meeting. Bunker Hill Sanitary District 7:30 p.m., district office, 93685 E. Howard Lane, Coos Bay; regular meeting. Thursday, Oct. 15 Coos Bay/North Bend Water Boar...
1.2K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 145.0 Ryder Cup will be tougher challenge
SAN FRANCISCO This had all the trappings of an international incident, at least by golf s standards. Retief Goosen removed his cap and appeared to be conceding a 3-foot putt. Goosen realized he had the score wrong and the putt meant something, so h...
5.6K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 76.0 Garden club to meet with water board
Rob Shaub, general manager of the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board, will give a short presentation on the water board s plans to the North Bend Garden Club at its upcoming meeting. The group will gather at noon Wednesday at the North Bend Housing Auth...
0.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 855.0 School seeks information about thefts
With a reward fund totaling nearly $4,400, the Port Orford/Langlois School District is offering more details about vandalism at Pacific High School, in an effort to catch the perpetrators. Police have few leads and are hoping people in the c...
2.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 126.0 Cruising undersea - virtually
What are some of the interesting things you have seen so far? asked a student from Lighthouse Charter School in North Bend. From aboard a 200-foot research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, GK-12 fellow Kira Triebergs posted her answer online. She liste...
3.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 98.0 A fresher fish
MEDFORD After nearly a decade of cooperation with scientists, government entities and conservation groups, Aaron Longton can bring his sustainable fish to market. Direct sale to Rogue Valley consumers is the culmination of efforts by the Port Orf...
4.6K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 76.0 Wall of water kills 100 people
APIA, Samoa A massive tsunami unleashed by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing today. The death toll was expected to rise. Survivors fled the fast-chur...
7.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 98.0 | 
