Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
 4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 330.0 County agrees to house Curry juvenile offenders
Coos County has begun providing emergency juvenile detention to Curry County youth. Curry County does not have a juvenile detention facility and instead rents a specific number of beds a day from the Del Norte County in northern California. If there ...
1.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 323.0 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...
3.1K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 348.0 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 348.0 Airport hopefuls all from out of state
Final interviews were conducted this morning and the Coos County Airport Commission could offer the job of executive director to one of three finalists this afternoon. In a perfect world, we ll have a decision made tomorrow, Chairman Mike Lehman sai...
2.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 295.0 Water contact advisories for local beaches
Public health advisories were issued Thursday for Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park beach due to higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters. Direct contact with the water should be avoided until the advisories are lif...
2.0K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 318.0 Water contact advisories for local beaches
Public health advisories were issued Thursday for Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park beach due to higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters. Direct contact with the water should be avoided until the advisories are lif...
2.0K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 318.0 MEETINGS
Today Lighthouse School Board 7 p.m., school, 93670 Viking Way, Hauser; regular meeting. Bunker Hill Sanitary District 7:30 p.m., district office, 93685 E. Howard Lane, Coos Bay; regular meeting. Thursday, Oct. 15 Coos Bay/North Bend Water Boar...
1.2K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 281.0 Pickering will run for county post
Not only on a national level, but now on a local level, the need for change has been a recurring theme among politicians running for office. That s what the newest county commissioner candidate is touting, too. The same old ideas aren t working, sai...
2.2K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 316.0 Myrtle Point mill expands, hires
MYRTLE POINT A local alder mill is growing despite a recession that is hammering the lumber industry. W L Lumber, formerly known as W L Contractors, has added a lumber-drying kiln and a planer to its existing alder mill and chipping facility. The ...
5.5K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 399.0 Challenger files to unseat Commissioner Whitty
Don Van Dyke outlines his political principals using the acronym C.R.A.F.T. He wants to put them into action, so the North Bend man has filed his candidacy for Coos County Commissioner Nikki Whitty s seat in the spring primary election. C is for comm...
2.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 302.0 SCINT doubles its staff
COQUILLE The Coos County Sheriff s Office is more than doubling its narcotics detective staff with hopes it will cut crime on the street. Currently, the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team has only two detectives and one administrative aid. The ...
2.9K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 325.0 Airport picks 4 finalists
The Coos County Airport District is getting closer to hiring a new airport director. Commissioners of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport have lined up four strong contenders for the position and will begin interviewing Thursday. The district began...
1.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 274.0 EYE ON GOVERNMENT
Today Bandon Planning Commission 7 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 505 Highway 101; regular meeting. Coquille Valley Hospital District 7:15 a.m., dining room, hospital, 940 E. Fifth St.; regular meeting. Coos County Transit Advisory Committe...
1.8K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 241.0 County on target for road department OT
A slimmed-down county road department, in the final stretch of its summer paving projects, has not spent as much overtime as some expected this peak season. Roadmaster John Rowe attributes it to better planning. We have a lot of projects in the works...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 393.0 County OK's flooding Kentuck Golf Course
COQUILLE - Developers of a local liquefied natural gas terminal have cleared another hurdle in addressing environmental concerns, as they try to move forward with the project. The Coos County Commissioners approved a zone change Tuesday for the Kentu...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 516.0 Mettings
Tuesday, Sept. 22 North Bend City Council 7:30 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 835 California St.; executive session on litigation. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Lakeside Water District 4 p.m., district office, 1000 N. Lake Road; special meeting to co...
2.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 283.0 SkyWest cuts flight to Portland
NORTH BEND ” The twice daily flight pattern to Portland is convenient for some, but don t get used to it. Come October, there will be only one daily northbound flight out of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. SkyWest Airlines is cancel...
3.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 272.0 Sheriff may take a run at commission job
The next race for Coos County commissioner could pit the current sheriff against a commissioner who voted to cut his department s budget. Sheriff Andy Jackson said Thursday he planned to file this morning for Coos County commissioner in the May 2010 ...
3.5K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 451.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
Federal officials won t be talking about a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County when they meet next week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an agenda for its Sept. 17 meeting Thursday and Jordan Cove Energ...
2.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 209.0 | 
