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 901.0 Day Planner
Today Surplus Sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Reedsport School District Warehouse, 100 Ranch Road. (541-271-3656 ext. 2) ABC s of Home Buying 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. North Bend Housing Authority, 1700 Monroe St. (267-6505) Explore the Shores 9-11 a.m., Charles...
17.0K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 994.0 Day Planner
Today Susan Applegate Art Exhibit Elkton Community Education Center. (541-584-2692) National Watercolor Society exhibition Through Sept. 26, Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. (267-2693) Bingo 5 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 A...
17.5K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 1000.0 Day Planner
Today Bingo 6:45 p.m., Coos Bay Eagles, No. 538, 568 S. Second St., Coos Bay. (267-6613) Friday Susan Applegate Art Exhibit Elkton Community Education Center. (541-584-2692) National Watercolor Society exhibition Through Sept. 26, Coos Art Musu...
15.5K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 883.0 Frances H. Vandervelden
Memorial services will be held for Frances W. Vandervelden, 77, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 11, at Bay Area Foursquare Church, Fifth and Donnelly, Coos Bay. Pastor David Scanlon will officiate. Cremation rites were held at Ocean View Memo...
3.5K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 813.0 DA hopes to commit Cozad
COQUILLE - Coos County's district attorney aims to place Henry Cozad in a mental facility for at least a year if he can't pursue murder charges. The DA says the 18-year-old, who has a mental condition described as mental retardation with moderate aut...
3.5K - May. 21, 2009; scored 604.0 Post office readies for elections
The U.S. Postal Service will be in the elections business over the next couple weeks. And senders beware. Postal workers will be moving recall ballots that are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday. Then they'll be delivering special election ballots for the May 19 ...
1.6K - May. 2, 2009; scored 709.0 Cozad heads for hospital
COQUILLE - It's off to the state hospital for Henry L. Cozad, where doctors will decide if the murder suspect will ever be fit to stand trial. At this point, according to Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier and a Bandon psychiatrist's repor...
4.1K - Mar. 31, 2009; scored 656.0 Senator works to keep money on coast
COOS BAY Today, the Oregon Senate will begin working on the governor s transportation package, also known as the Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009. Sen. Joanne Verger plans to be there. The Coos Bay Democrat, who is a member of the Senate Transpo...
4.0K - Mar. 2, 2009; scored 877.0 Years ago
Here's a look back from The World's archives at stories in the news during this week in history. 1924 Monday, Feb. 25: Judge J. C. Kendall left Coquille this afternoon to go to Curry County to hear the report of the grand jury which was to begin it...
5.2K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 546.0 Eye on government
Today Coos Soil and Water Conservation District 7 p.m., extension office, Oregon State University, 631 Alder St., Myrtle Point; annual awards and meeting. Monday, Dec. 8 Southwestern Oregon Community College Board of Education and Finance Committe...
2.7K - Dec. 5, 2008; scored 802.0 Library helps patrons measure power use at home
Some people go to the library to check out books or a DVD. Others go to the North Bend Public Library to get a consumer power meter to measure their power usage. Really. The library now has electricity usage monitors available for check out. The moni...
3.8K - Nov. 15, 2008; scored 726.0 Cheers and Jeers
Young hearts Cheers to young people who look beyond themselves to contribute to the needs of others. This week s papers featured local Boy Scouts and the North Bend High School Key Club working on behalf of local food pantries. They set a good exampl...
2.5K - Nov. 8, 2008; scored 604.0 | 
