Sailboat ran aground
Question: What is the story behind the sailboat in Coos River between the area of TnT Market and Sause Bros. barge facility? We noticed it on Oct. 30. At first it looked like it was beached, but then it was on its side taking on water. Answer: The U....
 1.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 225.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 342.0 Museum will host Veterans Day program
The Bandon Historical Society Museum will offer veteran talks and an exhibit in honor of Veterans Day. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, 270 Fillmore and U.S. Highway 101 (by the downtown streetlight). Several veterans will tal...
1.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 191.0 Halloween Happenings
Today Ghost Hunting 11 a.m., Coast Ghost paranormal Research Society, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. $35. 18 and older. Halloween Magic Show 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Coos Bay Library Myrtlewood Room, 525 Anderson Ave....
2.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 282.0 Halloween Happenings
Today Halloween Pooch Pageant Fundraiser for Coos County Animal Shelter $5 and a bag/can of dog food. Life Care Center, 2890 Ocean Blvd., Coos Bay. (267-5433) Community Carving Contest Drop Off and Judging 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cherry Creek F...
3.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 314.0 Finding success with home-based businesses
Low overhead, a flexible schedule and the freedom of being your own boss those are the benefits some local business owners are finding with home as company headquarters. The beauty about a home-based business is you can demonstrate a product or ser...
3.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 272.0 Market vendors donate to food programs
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Farmers Market closed for the season Wednesday. But after making his last sale, vendor Guy Souerbry had one last thing to do. He boxed his leftover bread from his Village Baker stand so it could be delivered to the South Coast...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 927.0 Paper is covering stories that matter
I ve seen several letters recently complaining about the lack of national and world news in The World. The World has always seemed to me to be a paper that was mainly to keep us abreast of our local news, and other news that was related to this area....
1.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 260.0 Halloween Happenings
Today Theater Haunting Investigation 5 and 8 p.m., Paranormal Studies and Investigatons of Oregon, Little Theatre on the Bay, 2100 Sherman Ave., North Bend. $35. 18 and older. Haunted House 6-10 p.m. Monday-Friday; 6 p.m. to midnight Satu...
5.2K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 372.0 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 346.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Pride of the Sawdust League, or Three Strikes and You re Out returns to the Sawdust Theatre in Coquille for one night only. Benefit to send Doug Veysey of Myrtle Point to Boston Marathon. Show time is 8 p.m. Saturday. &...
5.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 304.0 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 258.0 All Aboard Travel has new location
Full-service travel agent Julie Stoddard recently opened an office in downtown Coos Bay. All Aboard Travel was previously a home-based operation. She has provided travel services in the Bay Area for seven years. Location: 781 North Bay Shore Drive, ...
0.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 225.0 New salon opens in downtown Coos Bay
Josie s on Broadway Salon recently opened, providing hair styling, facials, teeth whitening and other beauty services. The salon employs 10 stylists, nail technicians and estheticians, skilled in giving beauty treatments. Other services include tanni...
0.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 139.0 SCDC receives city funds
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency resolved a strained relationship with the South Coast Development Council by agreeing to pay it $15,625 for services in 2008-09. The agreement came after Interim City Manager Rodger Craddock and City ...
2.2K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 191.0 Judge:Cancel Mak's license
The owners of Mak s Old City Hall Lounge in Coos Bay had hoped a missing recording could save them from losing their liquor license. But the administrative law judge, Robert L. Goss, wasn t swayed by the tape and continues to recommend canceling Mak ...
2.3K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 229.0 Grandparents group goes a haunting
The Grandparents ROCK (Raising Our Children s Kids) support group invited any adult who is raising the child of a relative to join the club and participate in its monthly activities. The group will meet at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Faith Lutheran...
1.1K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 139.0 Building location faces city fine
The city of Coos Bay has imposed fines on the owner of an unfinished building on North Broadway. The property, owned by Bay Cities Building Co. of Coos Bay, is intended to be the future home of KDCQ radio. But construction ground to a halt after the ...
3.0K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 306.0 Stitch for a niche
COOS BAY Halloween is Stacey Kelley s Christmas. The seamstress is steeped in costume orders. In her sewing nook, dozens of garbs soon will spring to life as fairies, executioners, kings and queens if only for a night. This is the crazy time of y...
3.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 211.0 Painting the past
COOS BAY Cargo ships may dock less frequently in Coos Bay these days, but a local artist is making sure their presence remains unfaded. Landscape designer Mike Vaughan can t resuscitate the timber industry or entice an industrial developer to town....
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 272.0 | 
