Playing to the crowd
They re four guys who grew up in the 60s and 70s, with one thing in common they all have made a lifetime commitment to music. They re members of the Greg Aldridge Group, which has been performing regularly in The Mill Casino-Hotel s Warehouse 101...
 4.4K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 833.0 SCDC boss takes it slow
COOS BAY - Sandra Geiser Messerle helped an Indiana town revitalize its historic district and now she is aiming to aid this area in rekindling Coos County's economy. Some philosophies carry over, said the 55-year-old Messerle, the new South Coast De...
6.1K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 833.0 MP getting Spruced up
MYRTLE POINT In the past few months, one new business after another has been popping up along Spruce Street, just off state Highway 42 in downtown Myrtle Point. One bar has changed ownership, and its name. There s a new saloon that offers bands, ka...
3.5K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 83.0 Open spaces
COOS BAY Jeffrey Torrence admits he s shy. The soft-spoken 42-year-old has composed several original songs. He began teaching himself to play the guitar five years ago, but only performed and sang while he was alone, until some friends encouraged h...
4.6K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 833.0 Arson investigation continues
North Bend police are still searching for suspects in an arson fire that damaged a building on Southwest Oregon Regional Airport property on May 24. The building houses the offices and a warehouse associated with an apparent salvage yard business. ...
2.0K - Jun. 4, 2009; scored 833.0 Nonprofits feel pinch
Back in 2006, the Oregon Community Foundation collected a hefty $150 million in donations. In 2007, that number swooned to $80 million. Donations fell even further in 2008: just $50 million. Gulp. As the recession squeezes ...
5.1K - May. 30, 2009; scored 833.0 Skilled labor feels job losses
Coos County lost more highly skilled jobs between March and April and state employment officials say those jobs are going to be hard to replace. One hundred eighty people lost their jobs in local government and education last month, and Coos County's...
2.6K - May. 27, 2009; scored 833.0 Community vs. cancer
Malati Lindh likes to sing and dance with her children. She has a goal to go on a vacation with her family. Another is to visit India, where she was born. But first Lindh must win a battle against colon cancer. Born in Calcutta, India, the Coos Bay w...
4.7K - May. 27, 2009; scored 881.0 DA suspects arson in airport fire
NORTH BEND Police evacuated arson investigators after finding a handmade explosive device inside a burned-out building near Southwest Oregon Regional Airport on Sunday, but it was found to be inoperable. Dispatchers first sent police and fire crews...
2.1K - May. 26, 2009; scored 833.0 Young entrepreneur opens clothing boutique
Twenty-three years old, to some, might seem young to start a business. It also could seem like a risky thing to do, especially considering the recession. But Stephanie Jensen decided to follow her dream in spite of these challenges. On April 11, the ...
2.0K - May. 23, 2009; scored 83.0 Signs target airport manager
NORTH BEND A local business owner upset over the airport s handling of leases has set up a semi-truck sign on Southwest Oregon Regional Airport lease property making a personal attack against the airport s executive director. At this point, no one ...
4.5K - May. 22, 2009; scored 83.0 Stimulus $1.3 M goes toward taxiway move
The federal government is plunking down $1.3 million in stimulus dollars to provide additional funding for the relocation of Taxiway C at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. The money rounds out funds for the $10 million project ...
1.8K - May. 22, 2009; scored 83.0 Barton, Benetti take flight
Experience was the common denominator determining the winners in the two races for Coos County Airport District board. Incumbent Joe Benetti kept his Position 2 seat in Tuesday's special districts election, while voters welcomed back Jon Barton, who ...
2.8K - May. 20, 2009; scored 833.0 Ad director joins newspaper
Newspapers are a lifelong passion for Laure Reynolds, who began work last week as The World s advertising director. Her father was a California newspaper ad executive, and she remembers visiting him at the Palo Alto Times. As a little girl, I loved t...
3.0K - May. 15, 2009; scored 83.0 Clear for takeoff
NORTH BEND - And she's off. Filly, a black-and-white border collie, leaps from Bob Hood's pickup to the ground. She zips across the airport runway, barely touching the ground and zooms at a flock of Canada geese. About 30 birds go up. Filly stops sho...
4.2K - May. 8, 2009; scored 833.0 Area's aviation history influenced hotel name
It's up five stories at the tip top of the Hotel North Bend facade, peeking out from beneath the faded painted hotel name. Passersby can faintly see part of it. The word Bay is visible in the lower right hand corner. It's no practical joke - the Ho...
7.0K - May. 6, 2009; scored 833.0 Aviation history influenced hotel name
It's up five stories at the tip top of the Hotel North Bend facade, peeking out from beneath the faded painted hotel name. Passersby can faintly see part of it. The word Bay is visible in the lower right hand corner. It's no practical joke - the Ho...
4.5K - May. 6, 2009; scored 83.0 Group opposes toxin study
COQUILLE - Residents of the Seven Devils area near Bandon have sought to prevent development of a chromite mining operation for more than two years, with their latest argument focusing on how one of Oregon Resources Corp.'s own studies show a toxic s...
4.2K - May. 5, 2009; scored 833.0 A gift of music
A Coos Bay woman who read about a talented 10-year-old violinist was so impressed she decided to give her a gift of music. Val Jones celebrated her 90th birthday recently and was seriously considering getting rid of some of the collectables she and h...
2.2K - May. 2, 2009; scored 833.0 It takes two
Two Northern California musicians already had great careers going. But their combined talents led them to a more creative level of musicianship, they say. Victor Martin caught Allison Scull s solo act while she was on tour in California and Oregon, i...
3.4K - May. 1, 2009; scored 833.0 | 
