Kids costumes are a gore fest
Leanne Italie, Associated Press Writer Halloween has morphed into a gore fest that has kids as young as 6 unleashing their inner monsters in ultra-violent costumes blood-smeared chain saws and spiked killing gloves sold separately. Options include ...
 5.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 166.0 Hunted reality show contestant found dead of apparent suicide at motel in Canada
HOPE, British Columbia (AP) Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins life ended in a way that could have been scripted for TV: as police investigated the murder suspect s suicide at a secluded Canadian motel, word came Monday that a mysterious young w...
1.4K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 166.0 Oregon Outdoor Report: Tuna Classic starts today
Column by Richard DeChambeau The 2009 Oregon Tuna Classic kicked off in Newport today. The tournaments that take place after Newport are: Ilwaco, Wash. on Aug. 1; Charleston on Aug. 15; and Garibaldi on Aug. 29. With the great tuna fishing going on n...
3.7K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 166.0 California, Here We Come!
California hits the wall. And Americans should take a good, long look at the fiscal and social wreck of the Golden Land, because California is at a place to which all of America is heading. In May, when five fundraising proposals were put on the ball...
4.0K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 166.0 Ground zero in timber wars shows signs of peace
TAKILMA - On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chainsaws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees and piling the remains to be burned later. Fresh...
8.6K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 263.0 Weekend of woodworking wizardry
Over the weekend, chainsaw sculptors from all over the world descended on Reedsport for the 10th-annual Division Chainsaw Sculpting Championships. While rain drops made their presence early in the mornings, most of the afternoons during the four-day ...
0.6K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 859.0 Carving in the rain
Dust flying between the rain drops. Constant noise. Nobody cares. It's all part of the art of chainsaw carving in Reedsport. Rainbow Plaza is in the midst of a long weekend of roar, as chainsaw carvers from around the United States and around the wor...
0.9K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 1000.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay June 9, 6:32 a.m., someone vandalized plants on a porch in the 500 block of Eighth Avenue. June 9, 9:22 a.m., a woman reported a lost purse in the 900 bl...
3.5K - Jun. 10, 2009; scored 166.0 Reedsport paving work starts today
If you're driving through the Reedsport area over the next few weeks expect delays on U.S. Highway 101. The Oregon Department of Transportation is planning to pave about six miles of road from the south end of the Umpqua River bridge to about the tur...
1.5K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 166.0 Fire chars Coquille garage
Part of a garage burned Saturday in Coquille, destroying some tools. At about 11:33 p.m., the Coquille Fire Department received a report of a garage on fire at 361 N. Folsom St. The home is owned by Tammy and Steven Myers. Tammy Myers reported the fi...
1.7K - Dec. 29, 2008; scored 166.0 State supports culture, so let s capitalize
Culture is a tough bird to pin down, and I m talking turkey here. Is it art? Is it heritage? When we celebrate Thanksgiving next Thursday, 300 million U.S. citizens will share a uniquely American cultural event. But what, exactly, is culture? Culture...
5.4K - Nov. 21, 2008; scored 166.0 Joe Armstrong Perry
Out of respect for his wishes, no memorial service was held for Joe Armstrong Perry, 62, of Coos Bay. Joe was born April 18, 1946, in Orange, Calif., while his father was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died Sept. 18, 2008, in Coos Bay after a t...
2.3K - Nov. 11, 2008; scored 166.0 | 
