A nose for helping folks feel better
COOS BAY Some of the residents at Baycrest Village Memory Care had a little extra spring to their step. Seniors who might normally fight for a few extra minutes sleep readily climbed out of bed Tuesday morning. They were anticipating special visito...
 4.1K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 556.0 Siuslaw forest gets millions in stimulus dollars for upgrades
Stimulus dollars have made their way to the Siuslaw National Forest. The feds have granted more than $5 million for facilities and trails upgrades, with more than $1 million allocated for use in Coos and Douglas counties. Recreation...
1.7K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 556.0 Bomb scare is false alarm
COOS BAY Friday s bright morning was a pretty backdrop for a show, as groups of bystanders watched from parking lots and street corners. Police had located an abandoned brown leather briefcase standing outside the Coos Bay Public Library s book dro...
3.5K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 717.0 Labor Day picnic centers on health care, union efforts
South Coast labor leaders say this year s Labor Day picnic will emphasize legislation on health care and union organizing rules, along with hamburgers and hot dogs. This Labor Day is the kickoff for a massive push for health care and labor law refor...
1.3K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 556.0 Third parole try for man convicted in 1985 killing
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) A thin dusting of snow and a tattered yellow blanket covered Peggy Hiltons lifeless body on the bank of the Link River Trail. Across town, Mark Allen Reese walked into the Klamath Falls Police Department to report that his friend...
6.5K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 717.0 Lamprey larvae studied for clues to their decline
PORTLAND (AP) Lampreys have survived for 350 million years. They ve adapted to the coming and going of ice ages, continental drift and predators that predate the dinosaurs. Yet, researchers attribute an alarming drop in a West Coast population of...
5.5K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 556.0 Hundreds rescued from Taiwan typhoons
CISHAN, Taiwan (AP) Taiwan s military rescued about 300 people today after a mudslide touched off by Typhoon Morakot consumed a village, but scores remained missing. A helicopter on a relief operation in the area crashed into a mountain with three ...
5.4K - Aug. 11, 2009; scored 556.0 Mudslide buries roughly 600 people
TAIPEI, Taiwan A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said today. Typhoon Morakot dumped up to 80 inches of rain on some communities over the wee...
2.6K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 556.0 Railroad ready for repairs
Contractors could begin repairs to four tunnels on the Coos Bay Rail Link by the end of the month. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay awarded a contract to LRL Construction of Tillamook to do the work, but it has been delayed by paperwork requ...
1.8K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 556.0 Saudi anti-smoking campaign targets grooms
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The catchy slogan, Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us, is meant to entice young grooms to give up smoking by offering an attractive incentive. And, indeed, hundreds have expressed interest in the first anti-sm...
4.2K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 556.0 Bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 18 people
BAGHDAD (AP) - Bombings killed as many as 18 people in the Baghdad area today as violence intensifies ahead of a planned withdrawal next week of U.S. troops from major cities and urban areas. The bombings, nearly all in Shiite areas of the capital, c...
5.5K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 717.0 Stuck in neutral
HAUSER A Coos County Parks Department crew was busy in the bright sunshine Thursday, laying the foundation for a bathroom and shower facility at Riley Ranch County Park. Around them, the grass planted last year had sprouted. Riley Ranch was startin...
5.9K - May. 30, 2009; scored 556.0 Bridging the divide
COQUILLE - Teenagers Izzat Mukattash and Julianne Owens are opening doors and, they hope, understanding of their different cultures in countries a world away from home. Julianne, 15, from Coquille and Izzat, 16, from Jordan are participating in two f...
4.5K - May. 18, 2009; scored 556.0 Bay Area Food events
Wine Walk in downtown Coos Bay Friday Wine Walk starts at various locations each month. Commemorative wine glasses will be sold for $10 each with proceeds benefiting local nonprofit groups. Visit various downtown businesses to taste wine and...
2.6K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 717.0 Stimulus funds target forests
Oregon's U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Tuesday that Oregon will get more than $120 million in stimulus funds for Forest Service projects. The allocation will send millions of dollars to projects in Coos and Curry countie...
1.7K - Apr. 22, 2009; scored 556.0 Navy enlists FBI in rescue of U.S. ship captain
WASHINGTON (AP) - The piracy crisis over a lone hostage in the Indian Ocean took on the familiar air of a cops-and-robbers standoff, with the U.S. Navy seeking advice today from seasoned FBI negotiators. Their goal: Resolve the incident without milit...
5.4K - Apr. 9, 2009; scored 556.0 Krieger visits Coquille students
COQUILLE - Coquille High School student David Simpson has met a politician he likes. The high school junior said Rep. Wayne Krieger is better at answering questions than other lawmakers he's heard. Simpson was among about 30 students at the high scho...
4.7K - Apr. 7, 2009; scored 556.0 Ice shelf about to fracture
PARIS (AP) - A massive ice shelf anchored to the Antarctic coast by a narrow and quickly deteriorating ice bridge could break away soon, the European Space Agency warned Friday. The Paris-based agency said satellite images show the bridge that connec...
1.9K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 1000.0 It's our railroad now
COOS BAY - The Coos Bay rail line officially changes hands and its name today. The new owner, which renamed the line Coos Bay Rail Link, now has to change gears. After spending the past year seeking ownership of the 111-mile railroad, the Oregon Inte...
3.7K - Mar. 13, 2009; scored 717.0 Stimulus includes billions for colleges
DURHAM, N.C. The stimulus plan emerging in Washington could offer an unprecedented, multibillion-dollar boost in financial help for college students trying to pursue a degree while they ride out the recession. It could also hand out billions to the...
5.3K - Feb. 9, 2009; scored 556.0 | 
