Ex-mill site sees activity
Developers are starting to move dirt that has sat untouched for almost 20 years at the old Georgia-Pacific mill site in Coquille. The new tenants, McKay s Market and Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Inc., have started priming more than six acres on th...
 3.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 479.0 Sports Briefs: New Mexico suspends coach
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico coach Mike Locksley won t be on the sidelines when his team plays UNLV later this month, part of a 10-day suspension issued as punishment for his role in a fight with an assistant coach. Athletic director Paul Krebs sai...
6.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 618.0 John Trevor Harding
John Trevor Harding, 90, of Myrtle Point was born May 11, 1919, in Winnipeg, Canada. He died Oct. 4, 2009, in Myrtle Point. John was married to Luella S. Rowe on Nov.16, 1948. The couple had one child, a daughter they named Carol Ann. John remembered...
1.8K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 479.0 Beavers struggle to another poor defeat
CORVALLIS ” If recent history is a guide, Oregon State need not fret about its 2-2 start. After 2-3 starts in each of the last three seasons, the Beavers have finished 10-4, 9-4 and 9-4. Slow starts have been as much a characteristic of th...
6.4K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 715.0 A new line of talks
Port officials are talking with railroad giant Union Pacific about leasing or purchasing the tracks from Coos Bay to Coquille. The short segment of line is considered crucial to operating the railroad successfully. Repairs are under way on four tunne...
2.3K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 909.0 Pacific joins trend by colleges to add sports
FOREST GROVE Money killed Pacific University s football program and money is bringing it back. Seventeen years ago, the Boxers were losing, McCready Field was falling apart and football was draining the budget at the small liberal arts school west ...
8.5K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 1000.0 Richard J. McLarrin
A memorial service will be held for Richard J. "Dick" McLarrin, 72, of Coos Bay, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at Bay Area Church of the Nazarene, 1850 Clark St., North Bend. Cremation rites have been held under the direction of Nelson's Bay Ar...
1.2K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 479.0 Study: Sea turtles could go extinct
Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON It s a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. Biologists like Matthew Godfrey say on...
5.5K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 479.0 There's no basis to doubt deeds
I really appreciate all the time and attention The World has given me over the matter of the Department of State Lands. I never realized I was that important to merit this kind of attention. I have never been accustomed to paying for services I didn ...
0.9K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 479.0 Claudette weakens as it hits Florida Panhandle
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) A quick-forming tropical storm blew into the Florida Panhandle today and quickly lost steam while the first hurricane of this year s Atlantic season took shape over the open ocean on a track for Bermuda. Claudette was dow...
4.3K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 618.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coquille July 31, 7:48 a.m., gun shots were reported near East Fourth Street. July 31, 1:49 p.m., a juvenile problem was reported near the intersection of 16th and Irving streets...
4.4K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 479.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay July 28, 12:55 a.m., someone reported shots fired in the 1600 block of Newmark Avenue. July 28, 2:34 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported in the 100 b...
2.9K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 479.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. North Bend July 3, 11:25 p.m., police seized fireworks and warned someone for criminal trespassing on property near Pony Slough. July 4, 4:30 a.m., a fight was re...
6.3K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 479.0 Edward Don Cunningham
At his request, no services will be held for Edward Don Cunningham, 83, of Sixes River. Ed was born Dec. 7, 1925, in Marshfield, to Lawrence and Florence (Norton) Cunningham. He died June 11, 2009, at home in Sixes River. He attended elementary and h...
1.5K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 479.0 Oregon Guardsmen prepare to deploy to Iraq
FORT STEWART, Ga. Artillery cannons flashed and bellowed. Each loud crescendo soared above Fort Stewart s Cottrell Field, where 3,000 Oregon National Guardsman from the 41st Brigade Combat Team stood in formation Friday morning. It rolled like thu...
4.9K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 479.0 Dredging to begin in upper bay
A dredge crew soon will be scooping up silt from the Coos Bay shipping channel in the upper bay. Workers on an American Construction dredge out of Everett, Wash., prepared the bucket and dredge crane while docked near the Georgia-Pacific lumber mill ...
1.1K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 479.0 Alice Marie Mortensen
At her request, no services will be held for Alice M. Mortensen, 77, of Coos Bay. Alice was born Nov. 8, 1931, in Sheridan, the daughter of Rollins and Vera Kosack. She died June 22, 2009. She found great joy in spending countless hours in her much l...
1.6K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 479.0 Coquille gets help with street repairs
COQUILLE At least one of the long-awaited street repair projects has its funding. Finance manager Chuck Dufner announced this week the city received $94,000 in stimulus funds from the Oregon Department of Transportation for street repairs...
2.3K - Jun. 19, 2009; scored 756.0 County to host last meeting on pond
Coos County commissioners want to know what Johnson Log Pond users and other residents think about plans to transfer ownership of the park near Coquille. The final public hearing on the topic is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, at the Coos County-Oregon Sta...
1.2K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 479.0 County takes comment in park transfer
COQUILLE - The Port of Bandon has hit log jam after log jam trying to transfer ownership of Johnson Log Pond over the past few years. But now, Coos County wants to see the popular pond and park under the management that can afford to take care of it ...
2.2K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 479.0 | 
