Hotel deck collapse sends five into water
ASTORIA (AP) Astoria police say a deck outside a room of the Red Lion Inn of Astoria has collapsed, dropping five men into a mooring basin of the Columbia River. Sgt. Brian Aydt said by the time police responded to a call about the 5 p.m. Thursday ...
 0.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 Thousands of NW seabirds sickened with killer foam
PORTLAND (AP) The killer foam that hit Northwest seabirds has subsided but conservationists are worried about a death toll they say numbers in the thousands. The first algal foam that hit Washington s Olympic Peninsula in mid-September claimed more...
2.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 133.0 Beverly Ann Conway
A farewell gathering will be held for Beverly Ann (Pugh) Conway, 77, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3355 Virginia Ave. in North Bend to thank her for her loving support and bless her...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 66.0 Matchups set for state soccer playoffs
The soccer matchups for the playoffs involving South Coast teams were finalized in matches around the state on Tuesday. Coquille s boys learned that they will host North Marion on Saturday after the Huskies beat Estacada 5-1 in a Capital Conference p...
1.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 66.0 Meetings will discuss future fishing
Fishery managers will seek public comments on issues affecting future fisheries for Columbia River white sturgeon and spring Chinook salmon at a meeting scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Astoria. The meeting is sponsored by the Orego...
2.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 66.0 Fish mouth of Elk River for king salmon
The local hot spot for king salmon has been the mouth of the Elk River. A lot of salmon are starting to stage, preparing for more rain to open the entire river system. A few salmon have started to push their way into the lower Sixes River. Many fishe...
3.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 66.0 Coast Guard helps with sick seabirds
U.S. Coast Guard members helped rescue hundreds of crippled migratory birds on the coast Monday. The birds were ailing after being exposed to a red tide along the coasts of Oregon and Washington. A Coast Guard aircraft from Sacramento, Calif., transp...
2.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 66.0 Columbia River commerce protected by weakened wall
ASTORIA (AP) It s a mild October morning on the Oregon Coast. Yet, even on a windless day with the ocean glassy smooth, it s a rough ride at the point where the Columbia River smashes into the Pacific Ocean. A 60-ton boat, designed to ferry elite p...
6.7K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 267.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 481.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 481.0 AG criticizes Astoria port official's conduct
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon attorney general s office said that in 2004 the Port of Astoria executive director improperly used his position to secure work for his girlfriend with a company hoping to build a liquefied natural gas terminal nearby. The a...
1.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 825.0 Chowder crown heads to Brookings
Chowder fans queued up for more than 45 minutes on Saturday to get a taste of this year s clam chowder at the Oregon Coast Professional Chowder Cookoff. This year six restaurants participated in the event, held during Chowder, Blues and Brews in Flor...
1.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 66.0 Cooking at sea
ASTORIA When instructor Darryl McKnight looks at a full kitchen of students in his galley cook class, he knows that they ve all got at least one thing in common: They all eat. And a good thing too, because he ll use that one shared thread as a star...
4.1K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 Orcas crew returns to area
A Coos Bay U.S. Coast Guard crew returned home this week, after sailing 3,000 miles to Baltimore aboard the Cutter Orcas. But they came home without their ship. The 18-person squad set off on the Aug. 1 deployment, taking them through the Panama Cana...
1.1K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 66.0 Ambulance finally has a place to call home
BANDON ” Bay Cities Ambulance crew and vehicles have a permanent home ” at last ” across U.S. Highway 101 from the Bandon Rural Fire Department s main station. Mast Bros. Towing, which operates out of the opposite e...
2.5K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 66.0 Football 2009 North Bend
Losing to Astoria in the playoffs last season left a bitter taste for North Bend s players. This year, the Bulldogs are out for revenge. North Bend senior Craig Banry, who was injured most of last year with a dislocated shoulder, wants to show what t...
5.0K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 66.0 Cheers and Jeers
A link in the chain Cheers for the start of repairs on the Coos Bay Rail Link last week. A spring 2010 reopening isn t out of the question. Restoring rail services will be a crucial step in rebuilding the South Coast economy. Studying for success Che...
1.9K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 66.0 Sheriff: No charge over LNG threatening call
ASTORIA (AP) Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin says he s decided the husband of a county commissioner didn t break the law when he said he would come after the adviser to high school journalists who wrote an editorial critical of a proposed lique...
0.9K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 267.0 Oregon coastal air service growing slowly
ASTORIA (AP) SeaPort Airlines is seeing slow but steady growth in passenger traffic from Portland to the Oregon coast. The small airline said weekly ticket sales to Newport and Astoria have doubled from around $6,000 in April to $...
2.7K - Sep. 8, 2009; scored 223.0 Coast Guard: 2 safe after fish boat catches fire
ASTORIA (AP) The Coast Guard said two crew members who abandoned their 60-foot fishing vessel after it caught fire off Long Beach, Wash., have been rescued safely. The crew members reported the fire aboard the Portlock late Monday afternoon before ...
1.0K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 105.0 | 
