EU officials warn of disappearing cod
BRUSSELS (AP) Cod is slipping closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds, officials warned Friday, saying that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for centuries for its flaky white flesh. The Europ...
 5.2K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 633.0 EU officials warn of disappearing cod
BRUSSELS (AP) Cod is slipping closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds, officials warned Friday, saying that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for centuries for its flaky white flesh. The Europ...
5.2K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 633.0 Kulongoski wants to head off South Coast gold miners
GRANTS PASS Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants to head off recreational miners who are headed for them thar hills in Oregon after California stopped prospectors from using suction dredges to glean flecks of gold from salmon rivers. The governor sent lette...
4.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Courts will examine Ohio's execution plan
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The national impact of the unprecedented halting of a rapist s execution after two hours and temporary reprieves for other condemned inmates likely will become clear over the next few months as courts examine the state s lethal-...
5.5K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 1000.0 Hood River voters narrowly OK gasoline tax
PORTLAND (AP) Hood River city voters have approved one of Oregon s new local gasoline taxes. Elections officials said Friday the referendum tally was 812-809. The narrow margin requires a recount, which is scheduled Tuesday. The vote in the Columbi...
0.8K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 633.0 Gas tax is a no go
COOS BAY A week after trying to work with North Bend to impose a gas tax, the Coos Bay City Council nixed plans to even put it to a vote. By a 4-3 margin, councilors decided not to enact an ordinance that would have put a gas tax request before vot...
1.5K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 633.0 Football 2009 North Bend quarterback
Many high schoolers probably took it easy this summer, maybe taking time to go on vacation or relax in front of the television. Not Dalton Iveans. The North Bend senior starting quarterback spent his summer juggling American Legion baseball practices...
3.8K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 633.0 Coos Bay rejects gas tax - for now
COOS BAY Coos Bay city officials won t enact a gas tax this month, but they may refer the issue to voters in May. The city attorneys of Coos Bay and North Bend are working on an ordinance that would circumvent the state s moratorium on city-imposed...
2.3K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Nine Oregon cities race to OK gas taxes
PORTLAND A handful of Oregon towns and one county have imposed or increased gasoline taxes this year, pushing to beat a state deadline later this month. But many of the taxes could fail, in referendum votes or in the courts. So far, according to ta...
2.9K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 633.0 Guitar Hero 5 makes rocking out easier than ever
A few suggestions for the folks who acquire the songs for Guitar Hero : How about a moratorium on Kiss? They were lousy when they started, and their songs haven t gotten better with time. Why so little love for punk and New Wave? Dozens of neglected...
3.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 633.0 RV resort could become year-round tourist magnet
The third phase of the Winchester Bay RV Resort project will add 46 campsites, a restroom and a multimillion-dollar community center. The three-part construction project in Salmon Harbor began in the mid-1990s. The third phase will cost an estimated ...
2.2K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 633.0 State grant pays for new sidewalk
A favorable bidding climate will allow the city of Coos Bay to build a sidewalk on Ocean Boulevard thanks to a state grant city officials originally missed out on. The city needed $193,000 to complete the project, but the state s Bicycle and...
3.4K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 633.0 El Ni o builds in the Pacific
GENEVA Like a pond ripple building into a wave, a weak to moderate El Ni o weather system has developed in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It could create unusual weather patterns around the world through March, a U.N. agency said today. The conditio...
2.1K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 633.0 Vegetable truck pushes nutrition in Detroit
DETROIT In a neighborhood served by 26 liquor stores but only one grocery, a community group is peddling fresh fruits and vegetables like ice cream. Five days a week, the Peaches Greens truck winds its way through the streets as a loudspeaker pla...
5.4K - Aug. 11, 2009; scored 633.0 U.S. court halts new timber roads
WASHINGTON A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked road construction in at least 40 million acres of pristine national forests. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates most of a 2001 rule put in place b...
5.7K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 633.0 Sports Briefs: NBA sets salary cap at $57.7 million
NEW YORK The NBA salary cap has been set for next season at $57.7 million, a decline from 2008-09, allowing teams to begin signing players. The figure the league announced Tuesday night was about $1 million less than last season s...
3.3K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 1000.0 Bulldogs schedule football training
The North Bend football team has scheduled its summer weight lifting program. Weight training sessions will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on July 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28 and 30, and Aug. 10, 11 and 13. Offensive mini camps will be...
1.7K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 633.0 State's winners and losers
Some of the major bills approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature: JOBS With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works pr...
4.8K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 633.0 Gay support ebbs
Rep. Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to be re-elected after coming out, is right in telling gays not to abandon the president. As Frank put it, The notion that if someone doesn t agree with you 100 percent, then you shouldn t be supportiv...
2.9K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 633.0 Oregon House passes online charter school bill
SALEM (AP) - The Oregon House voted 31-28 to place a two-year moratorium on new online charter schools and limit enrollment at existing ones. The vote on Senate Bill 767 followed 90 minutes of contentious debate Tuesday. Aside from the restrictions, ...
2.1K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 633.0 | 
