Janet Lynn Johnson
A celebration of life will be held for Janet Lynn (Mayer) Johnson, 58, of Coos Bay, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Lakeside Community Church, 720 N. Eighth St. in Lakeside, with a potluck to follow at the church. Janet was born Aug. 9, 1951, in Coos ...
 1.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Teachers fail to get jobs following graduation
PORTLAND Most of the estimated 2,400 newly minted teachers who graduated from Oregon colleges of education this year were unable to get hired anywhere in Oregon, proving that a job often billed as recession-proof is not. Education deans and others ...
6.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Bank robbery foiled by penmanship
HILLSBORO (AP) Police say a bank robbery attempt in Hillsboro failed after a teller told the woman who handed her a threatening note that she couldn t read the handwriting. According to police, a 30-year-old woman walked into a Wells Fargo bank bra...
0.8K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 462.0 Ambulance finally has a place to call home
BANDON ” Bay Cities Ambulance crew and vehicles have a permanent home ” at last ” across U.S. Highway 101 from the Bandon Rural Fire Department s main station. Mast Bros. Towing, which operates out of the opposite e...
2.5K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 141.0 Districts grapple with needs
PORTLAND (AP) When thousands of Oregon students returned to school last week they found institutions battered by the economy. There s less of just about everything: fewer supplies, fewer teachers, fewer school days, fewer extra curricular activitie...
4.5K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 89.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Clear Blue 22 Three Rivers. Country. 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday-Sunday. www.threeriverscasino.com . Floater The Green Spot. Rock. Acoustic 8 p.m. Friday. $25, $20 advance. Also, with One Dying Breath...
11.3K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 89.0 Hillsboro teen's stardom no secret on YouTube
HILLSBORO (AP) Savannah Outen is looking for her big break. The thing is, the 16-year-old singer is already famous. Outen has more than 38 million hits on her collection of 40 YouTube music videos. If that were a CD, she would have the Recording In...
1.9K - Aug. 11, 2009; scored 462.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Rock, top 40 and dance. 9 p. m. Friday and Saturday. 269-9004, www.dbaBlueMoon.com . Jesse Lee Falls The Green Spot. Funk. 7 p.m. Friday. $10. 267-6622. www.thegreenspotentertainment.com . Dammit...
11.1K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Sharon D. Noggle
A graveside service will be held for Sharon D. Noggle, 77, of North Bend, at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Ocean View Memory Gardens in Coos Bay. Pastor J.L Coffey will officiate. Sharon was born March 9, 1932, in Guide Rock, Neb., to Edmond and N...
1.3K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Sharon D. Noggle
77, of North Bend, ided Aug. 2, 2009, in Hillsboro. Arrangements are pending with Myrtle Grove Funeral Service-Bay Area, 269-2851....
0.2K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 89.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Chad Williams Band Steel Penny Saloon. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 572-2780. Colgate Country Showdown Coos County Fair. 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Three singers will compete in local final. 267-2121. Crystal Gayle Three Rivers C...
10.8K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 89.0 Mary Catherine Lorence
A memorial funeral Mass will be held for Mary Catherine "Kay" (Stoffel) Lorence, 91, of Anacortes, Wash., formerly of North Bend, at noon, Monday, July 27, at Saint Monica Catholic Church, 357 S. Sixth St., Coos Bay with the Rev. Karl Schray, of Holy...
4.2K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 89.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Hot Tamales Blue Moon. Rock, pop and dance, 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 269-9004. www.dbaBlueMoon.com . Hot Wax Wanda s. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 24-25. 267-6293. The New Folksters Umpqua Discovery ...
11.0K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 89.0 Iraq veterans' caregivers seek help
WASHINGTON On good days, Michelle Briggs has to remind her 40-year-old husband to shower and eat. On bad days, she lifts him out of bed and picks him up when he falls. Robert W. Briggs, a former U.S. Army sergeant, was severely injured in Iraq and ...
5.0K - Jul. 21, 2009; scored 89.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Hookah Stew The Mill. Rock, pop, funk. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight and Saturday. www.themillcasino.com . Nightfall North Bend Lanes. Classic, contemporary rock. 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. 756-0571. Side Efxxx Wanda s. Clas...
10.7K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 89.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Murder s in the Heir will be presented by New Artists Productions this weekend at the Harbortown Events Center, 325 Second St. SE, in Bandon. Written by Billy St. John, comedy murder mystery about an investigation into the ...
4.4K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 89.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush The Mill. Rock, pop, classic rock. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 756-8800 or www.themillcasino.com . Gabriel Bastendorff Beach. Family-oriented originals. 2 p.m. Sunday. 888-8892. Hot Wax Wanda s. Classic r...
11.1K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 89.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Picture Bride will be presented at 7 p.m. tonight, as the latest installment in the Coos Bay Public Library s Friday Foreign Film series. 269-1101. Little Ole Opry will open its 25th season Saturday and run through Aug. 9 a...
5.4K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 89.0 Gerald Bachman
A private family gathering for Gerald Bachman, 84, of Hillsboro, originally of Coos Bay, was held July 5, 2009, at the family home. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 18, at Wanda's Food and Beverage House, 740 Koos Bay Blvd...
2.8K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 232.0 Tea partiers deride big government
COOS BAY Hours before fireworks exploded above the Coos Bay Boardwalk, sign-toting protesters launched a verbal volley against the country s leaders. Speakers criticized President Barack Obama for continuing the practice of deficit spending while p...
2.9K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 |
