Police search college dorms
Coos Bay police officers shook down some dorm rooms at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Friday morning in their ongoing investigation into a recent sexual assault. Officers served several search warrants within student housing and interviewed...
 2.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 284.0 Inmate release program criticized
SALEM - Anti-crime activists and some prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature s move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money. Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance spokeswoman Tara Lawrence said Friday that courts and di...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 310.0 Grand jury clears cop of rape charge
A Coos County grand jury has decided not to charge a North Bend police officer with a crime after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman. North Bend Police Chief Steve Scibelli put officer Jason Griggs, 36, on administrative leave ...
2.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 220.0 Man injured in Highway 38 crash
Medics took a 42-year-old man to a hospital following a crash Thursday night on state Highway 38 near Scottsburg. Police responded to milepost 21, where a westbound 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser went off the road into trees and knocked over a fence, the D...
0.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 210.0 911 call prompts arrest
Coos County deputies arrested a Myrtle Point man Thursday after a dispatcher reported receiving a threatening 911 call. Deputies responded to 51511 Old Big Creek Road in Bridge after a man called 911 and said he had a weapon and would kill police if ...
0.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 184.0 Don't blame women for sex assaults
Once again, I read the paper only to feel frustrated at the lack of critical knowledge about the horrible crime of rape or sexual assault. I am saddened by the story on the front page of last Saturday s paper SOCC vigilant after sex attack. For 10 y...
2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 164.0 Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 224.0 College needs to first solve crimes
This is about the article concerning smokers (The World, Oct. 28) College May Snuff out Smokers. Why? This is still the United States of America and we should still have some rights left, without having intimidation hanging over our heads. Nonsmoke...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 228.0 Man rescued after truck goes into river
DAMASCUS (AP) A 57-year-old man whose pickup drifted off state Highway 224, then crashed down an 80-foot embankment and into the Clackamas River has been plucked to safety by a Clackamas County water rescue team. Oregon State Police said Richard Sa...
0.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 210.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 330.0 Johnson 50th Anniversary
Gary and Betsy (Spear) Johnson, of Bandon, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 29. Gary was a North Bend boy, the son of Melvin and Ruth Johnson. Betsy was a Coos Bay girl, the daughter of Charlie and Elizabeth Spear. Growing up, they knew...
1.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 198.0 Hang up and drive law comes Jan. 1
SALEM As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be enforced? Orego...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 408.0 Lab Band leaders head to trial
COQUILLE The founder of Oregon Coast Lab Band and his wife plan to fight charges they stole from the nonprofit organization. The two, Greg and Patricia Young, appeared in Coos County Circuit Court this morning before Judge Michael Gillespie, who se...
2.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 164.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 422.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 218.0 Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups
LOS ANGELES It was bound to happen: Some people who aren t at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health problem...
5.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 164.0 Logging activists win court battle
PORTLAND People against logging old growth forests won an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday that struck down a state law on grounds it treats an environmental dispute differently. The case grew out of arrests in March 2005 in the Siskiyou Na...
3.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 210.0 Teens arrested in school vandalism
Curry County deputies have arrested three Port Orford teenagers on crimes related to theft and vandalism at Pacific High School the first week of the month. Deputies took a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl to the county s ju...
1.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 138.0 Former Coos lawyer up for U.S. attorney
PORTLAND (AP) A former Coos County prosecutor is among the final three candidates for U.S. attorney for Oregon. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden s office has announced the finalists Tuesday. Their names are being forwarded to President Obama. The list includes ...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 228.0 Accident sends woman to hospital
Medics took a Coos Bay woman to the hospital Monday night after she lost control of her car, sliding into a ditch. The tan Buick Century, driven by 60-year-old Karen Woods, was eastbound on Cape Arago Highway near Painter Avenue, when it left the roa...
0.6K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 164.0 | 
