Coos County Animal Shelter Pets of the Week
Meet this week s dog and cat available for adoption at the Coos County Animal Shelter in The World s feature, Pets of the Week. This week s pets are: Dog of the Week Mandy, who s described as a sweet, 6-year-old spayed female Chocolate Lab mix, with...
 0.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 183.0 Pacific Cove Pets of the Week
Pacific Cove Humane Society is featuring a dog and cat of the week, available for adoption through its People-to-People pet-matching service. Toby, a 7-month-old, neutered male tabby cat, is small and shy, and needs a protective and understanding f...
0.6K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 124.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Coastal Douglas Has Talent!, a talent show and fundraiser for the Reedsport Rotary Club, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Pacific Auditorium in Reedsport. About a dozen performers of a variety of ages will compete, and PBA...
4.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 79.0 Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 79.0 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 79.0 A different kind of pet rescue
NEWPORT (AP) By day, Duane Parton III is known as the dog whisperer; and his cohort James Erdman, the cat whisperer. Both earned those designations for their winning ways with the critters at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. By night, however the...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 79.0 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 124.0 Bolt sponsors baby cheetah
NAIROBI, Kenya The world s fastest man adopted the animal kingdom s fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life. The Jamaican sprinter s sponsorship of the 3-month-old male cheetah is part o...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 158.0 Tree of Giving program begins
Tree of Giving is an annual program that lets the community provide a gift for a local child at Christmas. It also provides a way for someone to adopt an entire family of children. This is a great activity for a family, a work group or for someone ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 251.0 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 79.0 Officials outline emergency plans for LNG terminal
Staff Reports Coos Bay officials haven t endorsed the local liquefied natural gas terminal project, but they have been working with the developer on emergency plans if the facility gets built. The Coos Bay City Council will discuss Tuesday whether to...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 79.0 Pacific Cove features pets of the week
Pacific Cove Humane Society is featuring a dog and cat of the week, available for adoption through its People-to-People pet-matching service. Tasha, a 2-year-old tabby/tortoiseshell female cat. She is spayed and her shots current. She's described a...
0.8K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 124.0 Animal Shelter features Pets of the Week
Meet this week s dog and cat available for adoption at the Coos County Animal Shelter in The World s feature, Pets of the Week. A reference number is provided with the photo for each pet. This week s pets are: Dutch, a young adult neutered male long...
0.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 158.0 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 124.0 Agencies ban smoking
The North Bend City and Coos-Curry Housing Authorities have adopted a no-smoking policy for the apartments and buildings they own. Also, the Woodland Apartments Preservation and Powers Housing Development adopted a no-smoking policy earlier this mont...
1.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 183.0 Beth Eastwood Lake
A celebration of life will be held for Beth Eastwood Lake, 83, of Redding, Calif., at noon on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Christian Science Church of Redding. Beth was born April 15, 1926, in Redding. She died Oct. 27, 2009, in Coos Bay. She was married t...
1.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 79.0 Obama mulls a reduce troop plan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is considering a scaled-down version of the war plan advanced by his top Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. officials say. Such a narrowed military mission would increase American forces to accom...
5.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 79.0 Report: State standards are set low
WASHINGTON Many states set achievement standards so low that they can say their students are reading and doing math at their grade level when they haven t truly mastered the subjects, the Education Department asserted today. The Obama administratio...
4.2K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 124.0 A Nobel for showing freedom works
Pundits and politicians act as if government can solve almost any problem. At the slightest hint of trouble, the ruling class reflexively assumes that knowledgeable, wise and public-spirited government regulators are capable of riding to the rescue. ...
3.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 79.0 Window decorators aim to brighten downtown CB
During the discontent of the 1960s and 70s, people found inspiration in music. In today s economic turbulence, artists again are lifting up the community. This time it is through windows of hope. The Coos Bay Oregon Coast Etsy Artist Network, OCEAN,...
3.2K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 79.0 | 
