Ranger needs lesson in public relations
I have regularly visited Coos Bay since my mother moved there in 2000, because I enjoy the visits. This year, my 18-year-old son and 15-year-old nephew planned a hiking/camping trip that was to take place two or three days at a time over several week...
 1.4K - Nov. 8, 2009; scored 55.0 Prepare to fish the Elk River
With good numbers of Chinook staging in the mouth and the first few holes, the Elk River is ready to start off with a bang. Many fishermen still are fishing low, but the majority seem to be waiting for more rain to open the river. These fishermen rep...
3.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 55.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.dbabluemoon.com . Battle of the Bands Three Rivers. Competition runs Nov. 6-Dec. 12. 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Prize is contract to perform regularly at...
10.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 144.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 3, 8:17 a.m., police cited a man for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on Fulton. Nov. 3, 9:19 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported in the Coos Ba...
3.2K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 55.0 Flocking to see a rare bird
Coos Bay got a bit of a tourism boost over the last several days, as 200 or so birders came to the bay to see a rare brown booby that is hanging out near Charleston. People came to scope out the tropical bird from places including Eugene, Portland, B...
0.6K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 55.0 Crashes sends teens to hospitals
Two separate crashes sent teenagers to the hospital earlier this week. On Friday at 2:33 a.m., Coos County Sheriff s deputies, along with Charleston Fire Department, responded to Coos Head Road in Charleston. There they found a full-sized pickup, dri...
1.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 88.0 Pilots get fired, but others keep driving
This fan of news in all its various forms and presentations could not resist making the connection between the Northwest Airlines pilots story and our Oregon governor s decision to declare in-car talking/texting off limits, effective Jan. 1, 2010. W...
1.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 55.0 Scene & Heards
Concerts This weekend Amanda Dillon Java Jones. Acoustic folk. 9:30 a.m. Saturday. 888-4477. Ambush Mr. Zack s. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 396-7111. Amy Clawson Coltrane Three Rivers. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.three...
10.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 144.0 Groups cooked up fun at the fair
The Coos County Fair theme, Under the Big Top, A Community Celebration, was accomplished by many, many volunteers. A big thank you to each. Displays by Coquille Merchants were very popular. The Coquille Chess Club was amazing. Southwestern Oregon C...
1.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 55.0 Tonight
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology will host a public lecture at 7 tonight, where Dr. Craig Young will present a program entitled, Zoophytes, barnacles, iguanas and reefs; recollections of a salt-water naturalist. In commemoration of the Darwin ...
0.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 55.0 Bandon Fishing report
Local lakes: Last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife restocked Empire Lakes in Coos Bay with the last of its two-pound trophy trout and legal-sized rainbow trout. The reports I received from the Bites on Tackle shop in Empire were o...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 88.0 Sports Briefs: Cleveland picks Acta to manage Indians
CLEVELAND The Cleveland Indians hired Manny Acta to be their manager, giving him the job about three months after he was fired by the Washington Nationals. Acta signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2013, Indians spokesman Bart Swain ...
4.5K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 55.0 Local beach advisories lifted Friday
Health advisories for contact with marine water were lifted Friday at Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. Testing showed the contamination had subsided and the waters did not ...
2.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 55.0 Local beach advisories lifted Friday
Health advisories for contact with marine water were lifted Friday at Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. Testing showed the contamination had subsided and the waters did not ...
2.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 55.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Dammit Jim McFarlin s. Rock. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 329-1200. Elkhorn Walt s Pourhouse. 8 p.m. Saturday. 267-5588. Freemartins The Mill. Pop, rock, funk. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com...
11.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 144.0 No decision on skull fracture case
The Coos County district attorney still isn t sure whether a Charleston woman s head injury is the result of an accident or a criminal act. What R. Paul Frasier can say is that 44-year-old Anne Bollinger has not regained consciousness since her skull...
1.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 222.0 Rose Marie Jamison
A celebration of life will be held for Rose Marie Jamison, 50, of North Bend, at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, at the North Bend Church of Christ, 2761 Broadway Ave. in North Bend. Norm Russell and Pastor Lee Taft will officiate. Cremation rites have b...
1.9K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 88.0 Franklin Duane Dick
Services will be held for Franklin Duane Dick, 61, of Charleston at a later date. Franklin was born June 12, 1947, in Bremerton, Wash., to Dick and Carol Francis. He died Oct. 15, 2009, in Ontario. He was a sea captain on the fishing vessel Salute ou...
0.8K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 111.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. North Bend Oct. 16, 10:13 a.m., theft was reported in the 2000 block of Virginia Court. Oct. 16, 11:11 a.m., someone stole tail lights off a vehicle parked in the 2500 block of O...
4.9K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 55.0 Storms affect fishing and hunting
Salmon fishing on the Lower Rogue River in Gold Beach still is producing good numbers of coho and jack Chinook. Adult Chinook are returning to the Indian Creek area with larger numbers being caught this past week. Most of the salmon being caught on t...
3.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 111.0 | 
