Half marathon provides local women a chance for a road trip
A group of 16 women from the South Coast took a recent mini vacation to Washington to run in a half marathon and help raise funds for breast cancer research. The Girlfriends Half Marathon in Vancouver, Wash., raised about $35,000 for breast canc...
 2.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 66.0 Church for dogs
LOS ANGELES When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start. Most of his worshippers, though devoted, were in their 60s, attendance had bottome...
5.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 66.0 Army vet faked injury to avoid Iraq deployment
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. Jeffrey Rush, 27, al...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 66.0 Twin Tigers
BANDON For twins, Karli and Kacy Crook have a lot of differences. The Bandon seniors and fraternal twins contrast in many ways. Karli, who is seven minutes older, is more organized and punctual. She ll wake up earlier than me, Kacy said. Without ...
5.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 66.0 Early returns show school bond passing
VERNONIA (AP) Vernonia schools damaged by Nehalem River flooding in 2007 may be replaced if early returns in a $13 million bond measure hold up. Columbia County voters were approving the measure about 3-to-2 to provide funding for a new K-12 s...
0.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 267.0 Thora Marie Gardner
No services are planned at this time for Thora Marie Gardner, 60, of North Bend. Thora was born July 5, 1949, in North Bend. She died Oct. 26, 2009, in Coos Bay. She was raised in North Bend and graduated from North Bend High School in 1967. Thora wa...
1.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 66.0 Don't mess up a good program
Social Security is a glossy piece of paper on which nearly every politician wants to finger-paint an agenda. But Social Security has no need of ornament. It is a very grown-up program. Come January, for the first time since 1975, Social Security paym...
3.1K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 105.0 VFW kicks off student writing competition
The Veterans of Foreign Wars is looking for submissions from high school and middle school students for its Voice of Democracy and Patriotic Pen competitions. The deadline for submission to the two contests is Monday, Nov. 2. This year s Voice of Dem...
1.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 66.0 Sports Briefs: Astros choose Mills for manager
HOUSTON ” Brad Mills is finally getting his chance to run a big-league team. The 52-year-old Mills was hired by Houston on Tuesday after six seasons as Terry Francona s bench coach in Boston. He ll manage in the majors for the first time, thou...
5.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 66.0 North Bend keeps FWL volleyball record perfect
North Bend swept host South Umpqua, 25-21, 25-23, 25-11 to clinch at least a share of the Far West League volleyball crown. Haley Dunham led the Bulldogs with 14 kills, and Alexandra Mateski added 13 kills. Kristin Banta had six kills, and two stuff ...
2.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 66.0 Man charged with killing UConn football player; lawyer says he was trying to break up fight
STORRS, Conn. (AP) The lawyer for a 21-year-old man charged with killing University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard says his client was trying to break up a fight and was not involved in the stabbing that took the starting cornerback s...
1.2K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 66.0 Governor paves way for NFL to return to Los Angeles
INDUSTRY, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday he has signed a bill allowing the construction of a 75,000-seat stadium that developers hope will lure an NFL team back to the Los Angeles area. Schwarzenegger said he signed the environment...
5.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 66.0 Rates on 30-year loans inch up to 5 percent
WASHINGTON Rates for 30-year home loans have inched up, hitting 5 percent for the first time in nearly a month after bond yields edged up. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5 percent this week, up from 4.92 percent a week earlier, m...
1.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 66.0 Honoring an institution
COOS BAY - Bay Area Hospital has become such an institution in the community, offering health care and more than 1,000 jobs, it s easy to forget its construction attracted fierce opposition. One person who needs no reminder of the hospital s bumpy in...
5.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 66.0 $1M bond is set for man arrested in fishing death
TILLAMOOK (AP) A deckhand who joined two Oregon men on a July voyage to Ilwaco, Wash., has told police that a bloody fight aboard the fishing vessel ended with the slaying of John Adkins by his business partner, Erin Rieman, court documents say. Ad...
2.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 66.0 Honoring an institution
COOS BAY ” Bay Area Hospital has become such an institution in the community, offering health care and more than 1,000 jobs, it s easy to forget its construction attracted fierce opposition. One person who needs no reminder of the hospital s b...
5.0K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 66.0 Polls: Chavez's popularity slips
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Hugo Chavez s support has declined in the polls as many Venezuelans say they are fed up with 27 percent inflation, a stagnant economy, faulty public services and a government they see as incapable of doing much about it. T...
5.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 66.0 Volleyball Recap: Marshfield gets sweep in Eugene
Marshfield beat host North Eugene, 25-19, 25-19, 25-21 on Tuesday to stay in sole possession of second place in the Midwestern League volleyball standings. Kara Young had 10 kills and 10 digs for the Pirates, while Nikki Gross had 17 assists and 11 d...
6.2K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 66.0 Rates on 30-year loans inch up, to 4.92 percent
WASHINGTON Rates for 30-year home loans have inched up, but remained below 5 percent for the third-straight week as government efforts to aid the housing market continued to keep rates low. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 4.92 per...
2.6K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 66.0 Volleyball Recap: Tigers alone in second place in Sunset Conference
Bandon beat host Myrtle Point, 25-22, 25-11, 25-11 on Tuesday, moving into sole possession of second place in Sunset Conference volleyball standings. Grace Garrett had 24 kills and 10 digs for the Tigers. Kelsey Hinojosa added 36 assists and Marissa ...
5.9K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 66.0 | 
