Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY ” Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North...
 3.1K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 903.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North Spit....
3.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 903.0 Port's LNG site negotiations stall
COOS BAY Port officials agreed Thursday to move forward with plans to sell some property on the North Spit. More notable, perhaps, was the property transaction they all but ignored. The port commissioners agreed in principle to sell 30 acres of wet...
2.9K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 605.0 Time is ticking on LNG deal
Port officials are trying to hammer out a new deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project before existing land sale agreements expire later this year. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has scheduled a special meeting at 1:15 p.m. Thursday to conside...
1.8K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 780.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
COOS BAY The developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County won t get to take their application before federal regulators this month. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meets Thursday, but Jordan Cove Energy Pr...
2.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 605.0 Port to hire new adviser
COOS BAY Port officials plan to hire a Georgia consulting firm to identify businesses that might be interested in the area if a liquefied natural gas terminal is built on Coos Bay s North Spit. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay commissioner...
2.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 605.0 Weyco sells land in NW Oregon
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) Weyerhaeuser Co. says it has agreed to sell about 140,000 acres of northwest Oregon timberland for $300 million to an entity affiliated with The Campbell Group, a Portland timberland investment advisory firm. The fo...
1.1K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 903.0 Coos Bay port extends LNG contract
COOS BAY The liquefied natural gas terminal developer wants more time before finalizing its deal to buy 150 acres on Coos Bay s North Spit and port officials are willing to go along. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay commission authorized s...
2.0K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 903.0 Darren David Todd
A memorial service will be held for Darren David Todd, 47 of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Friday, July 10, at the Bay Area Church of the Nazarene, 1080 Clark St. in North Bend. Cremation rites were held at Ocean View Crematory in Coos Bay. Darren was born Oc...
3.4K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 605.0 Edward Jonathan Stratton
Services will be held for Edward Jonathan Stratton Sr., 68, of Roseburg, at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at the Vine Street Baptist Church across from Jo-lane Jr. Middle School. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Wilson's Chapel of the Ros...
3.1K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 605.0 Donald D. Barnes
Sept. 22, 1934 - June 10, 2009 At his request, no funeral services will be held for Don , 74, of Coos Bay. A celebration of life potluck will take place at a later date to be announced soon. Cremation rites were held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Cre...
1.7K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 605.0 Charles Leroy Farrow
At his request, no services will be held for Charles "Chuck" Leroy Farrow, 71, of Coos Bay. Chuck was born July 24, 1938, in Orofino, Idaho, the son of Charles M. and Annabelle Farrow. He died June 9, 2009, in Coos Bay at home. He attended elementary...
1.9K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 605.0 Raymond P. Church
At his request, no funeral services will be held for Raymond P. Church, 66, of Coos Bay. Pat's family asks that his memory be honored by sharing a story or spending some time in the outdoors with those you love. Cremation rites were held at Ocean Vie...
3.9K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 605.0 Taking a new course
COOS BAY ” The owners of a golf course just off the Kentuck Inlet of Coos Bay have found a possible buyer for their property: Jordan Cove Energy Project. The liquefied natural gas terminal developer has signed an option to purchase either ...
3.8K - May. 14, 2009; scored 605.0 For SOCC board: Jensen, Kenney
Difficult days are ahead for Southwestern Oregon Community College. That hasn't deterred talented people from stepping forward to serve on the board of education. Two unchallenged incumbents will return and five others are campaigning for the two re...
2.2K - May. 8, 2009; scored 605.0 College board candidates state goals
Aims to finish projects Marcia Jensen This 59-year-old incumbent to the Southwestern Oregon Community College board of education has served in her position for nine years. She was appointed in August 2000. Born and raised in Coquille, she said she ha...
6.9K - May. 6, 2009; scored 605.0 County gives up on boat ramp
COQUILLE Coos County has ended months-long negotiations to buy the Rooke Higgins boat launch. The facility on the Millicoma River has been closed since last summer while the county and Allegany residents Reece and Tresa Stacey tried to reach agreem...
3.7K - Mar. 16, 2009; scored 605.0 Extended hours draw few to NB employment office
NORTH BEND Saturdays have been slow at the WorkSource Oregon Employment Department since the agency added the extra day of service. For one whole hour on Saturday, a lone customer used a computer. Manager Kathie Creasey said about a dozen people ha...
5.6K - Jan. 19, 2009; scored 605.0 Research helps scientists study carbon storage
CORVALLIS (AP) At a forest research site in the Coast Range, Beverly Law is studying the breathing patterns of a fast-growing Douglas fir stand. A tower shooting up from the forest floor is rigged to measure the carbon dioxide concentration of the ...
6.6K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 605.0 Industrial marsh could benefit tourism and business
The former effluent pond on Coos Bay s North Spit, and the resulting winter wetlands, make great habitat for ducks and shorebirds. They always have. That should continue if possible. One local Auduboner would like to see those areas kept up as habita...
2.0K - Dec. 26, 2008; scored 903.0 | 
