Reedsport High names new principal
REEDSPORT It s official. Reedsport Junior/Senior High School has an incoming principal. I m thrilled and a little shell-shocked, said Laura Davis of Orting, Wash. I really think I ll be a good fit for Reedsport and it s the right time. Davis star...
 1.4K - May. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport gets charter school
REEDSPORT - Oregon's Department of Education has signed off on a charter school grant for Reedsport Junior/Senior High School, but the Elkton School District must wait to re-apply for the federal money in September. We are just so excited here at the...
2.8K - Apr. 27, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport shelter wins big
REEDSPORT - Volunteers with Reedsport's animal shelter shot for the moon - and got it. This week's Sicilian spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the shelter brought in close to $3,000, shelter volunteer Sherry Watson said. The dinner, held at the...
0.9K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport pellet factory moves closer to reality
REEDSPORT - A local mill owner is one step closer to developing a wood pellet factory on the industrially-zoned Bolon Island. The Coastal Planning Advisory Committee has approved Paul Dailey's plan and the next is to take the project before the Dougl...
2.5K - Apr. 2, 2009; scored 1000.0 U.S. Coast Guard gives hands-on lesson
The HH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew gave Elkton High School students last week a hands-on lesson on what it's like being in the U.S. Coast Guard. This visit was arranged by Chris Hendricks, a mentor in the state-sponsored Access to Student Assistan...
1.5K - Mar. 24, 2009; scored 1000.0 Bigger, better Brother
As Robin Williams once said, If you can remember the 60s, then you weren t there. Sam Andrew was there, he remembers, and as one of the founding members of Big Brother the Holding Company known for being Janis Joplin s first band he s one of ...
5.0K - Mar. 20, 2009; scored 1000.0 Food with a 'Smile'
REEDSPORT A Portland restauranteer has joined the effort to revitalize the Old Towne section of Reedsport. Amy Ajchara has opened Thai Smile Cuisine in the historic district. She also owns a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., too, and said she o...
2.1K - Mar. 18, 2009; scored 249.0 Food with a 'Smile'
REEDSPORT A Portland restauranteur has joined the effort to revitalize the Old Towne section of Reedsport. Amy Ajchara has opened Thai Smile Cuisine in the historic district. She also owns a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., too, and said she o...
2.1K - Mar. 14, 2009; scored 249.0 Grotto offers a little something for everyone
After two years of sitting dormant, the Grotto Restaurant at Eighth and Broadway in Win-chester Bay has a new lease on life. The restaurant has been pared down, with one side of the building giving way to an antique and gift mall and eventually, a fa...
1.9K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 249.0 Restaurant owners say sewer rates unfair
WINCHESTER BAY Restaurant owners are asking the Winchester Bay Sanitary District to rethink a fee structure they feel puts an unfair burden on their businesses. We, the restaurant owners of Winchester Bay, discovered we have been singled out to pay...
1.6K - Feb. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport watching Elkton charter school push
REEDSPORT Elkton School District Superintendent Mike Hughes is several steps closer to turning his district and its two schools into the eighth K-12 charter school in the state of Oregon. I m in the process of writing the federal grant, Hughes sai...
3.0K - Feb. 19, 2009; scored 1000.0 Mill owner hopes to create jobs in area
REEDSPORT If a Smith River sawmill operator gets his way, the Reedsport area will get an infusion of jobs soon and pellet stove owners will benefit, too. Paul Dailey, owner of Dailey Wood Products, a small mill 23 miles up the Smith River, is worki...
2.5K - Feb. 14, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport hospital slashes 15 jobs
REEDSPORT The hard economic times have forced Lower Umpqua Hospital to cut jobs totaling about 10 percent of its full- or part-time employees, hospital administrator Sandra Reese said. The hospital started making cuts in July. We are technically le...
1.8K - Feb. 12, 2009; scored 1000.0 The first teen idol: 'Ricky Nelson Remembered'
Unless you ve been asleep for the past eight decades or a Trappist monk who abstains from such worldly pleasures as music and comedy, chances are you ve heard of a family named Nelson. The Nelsons have been in the business of entertainment for three ...
4.8K - Jan. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport, Elkton considering charter school option
It s all about economics: Schools facing tough budgeting are considering all their options. Reedsport s no different. Reedsport School District Superintendent Ike Launstein said he is looking into the district possibly becoming a charter school. Ther...
2.8K - Jan. 29, 2009; scored 1000.0 Reedsport nonprofit seeks additional funding to address increased food needs
REEDSPORT Local nonprofits are finding themselves between the proverbial rock and a hard place these days in the crashing economy. The current economic situation has us struggling a bit more for donations, said Project Blessing Coordinator Betty D...
3.1K - Jan. 15, 2009; scored 249.0 Smoking ban deadline nears
Tick. Tock. Puff. Puff. The countdown to the new year has begun and bar patrons are lighting up all over town while they still can. Another deadline is looming. Oregon s new Smoke-free Workplace Law will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. for bars starti...
6.5K - Dec. 27, 2008; scored 249.0 The lonely postman
SCOTTSBURG If the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping and long lines at the U.S. Post Office have you wanting to scream, go see Damien Valdez. He could use the company. He figures you might benefit from faster postal service. Valdez is the office...
5.2K - Dec. 16, 2008; scored 1000.0 Businesses bank on Moonlight Madness
REEDSPORT Ingenuity is part of business, and Reedsport businesses managed to turn that into a fun evening of sales. Stores partnered for the traditional Moonlight Madness sale event and stayed open late and offered special discounts for the holiday...
2.2K - Dec. 15, 2008; scored 249.0 Reedsport taps new city manager
REEDSPORT City Council members called it one of the toughest decisions they ve ever had to make. The councilors had met twice in executive session. Then they named Reedsport s new city manager Scott Somers, the assistant city manager in Savage, M...
2.5K - Nov. 22, 2008; scored 249.0 | 
