Sports Briefs: College band buses crash in Arkansas
FORDYCE, Ark. ” A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas. Arkansas State ...
 2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 68.0 ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 121.0 Childhood chums paddle the Rogue to the sea
MEDFORD Waking in a sleeping bag to a bone-drenching rain on the fifth day of a nine-day raft trip down the Rogue River, Sam Jackson and his two childhood pals wondered whether this adventure would match what it looked like on paper. For 91 miles, ...
4.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 State overhauls 'green' tax breaks
SALEM (AP) Oregon s Department of Energy has issued new rules aimed at curbing a state program that grants lucrative tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable power plants. The changes are intended to trim the program s cost by making it hard...
2.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 88.0 Blanchard Irene Davis Lorsung
A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Blanchard Blanche Irene Davis Lorsung, 102, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. with the Rev. Karl Schray, of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, officiating. Buri...
4.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 158.0 Steven V. Weeks
At his request, no services will be held for Steven V. Weeks, 68, of Coquille. Steve was born Aug. 20, 1941, in Bandon and raised by his parents, Virgil and Lucile Weeks, in Green Acres, along with his brother Paul. He died Oct. 29, 2009, in Coquille...
1.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 68.0 Lucille Claire Johnson
No services are planned for Lucille Claire Johnson, 88, of Grants Pass. Private inurnment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Lucille was born June 16, 1921, in Philomath, to Christopher and Gertrude Danielson. She died Oct. 28, 2009, in Grants...
1.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 158.0 OSAA approves hybrid leagues for sports
Cross-classification hybrids became a reality Monday when the Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board approved the classification and district assignments for the next four-year time block. The Executive Board did not make any changes to...
4.5K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 107.0 ATV flips, injures rider
Medics took a Grants Pass man to the hospital Saturday following an all-terrain vehicle crash near Winchester Bay. The Honda 500 Utility was motoring in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area when a front tire caught on the side of a trail. The ve...
0.6K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 68.0 NFL Recap: Steelers hand Minnesota first loss
Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings gave one away and are perfect no more. The New Orleans Saints are still undefeated, proving that no deficit is too large for their explosive offense to overcome. Three times Sunday, the Vikings were ready to ta...
7.9K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 129.0 Study: Warm forests may yield less timber
GRANTS PASS (AP) A new study suggests warming temperatures predicted over the next century could boost tree growth on Northwest forests, but less so at lower elevations where most of the timber is and temperatures are already warm. Researchers from...
4.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 273.0 County declares a flu emergency
GRANTS PASS (AP) Josephine County has declared a state of emergency over the swine flu. The declaration Friday by county commissioners in Grants Pass cited two people dead, 21 in the hospital, and many more sick with the H1N1 virus. County health ...
0.9K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 136.0 County declares a flu emergency
GRANTS PASS (AP) Josephine County has declared a state of emergency over the swine flu. The declaration Friday by county commissioners in Grants Pass cited two people dead, 21 in the hospital, and many more sick with the H1N1 virus. County health ...
0.9K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 136.0 Volleyball Recap: Coquille tightens Sunset standings
Coquille beat Myrtle Point 25-22, 25-19, 25-23 to force a three-way tie for second place in the Sunset Conference volleyball standings with two matches remaining in the regular season. The Red Devils and Bobcats are tied with Bandon, while Glide fell...
4.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 129.0 Property owners along Rogue bemoan removal of dam
ROGUE RIVER Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio and dock on what used to be Savage Lake, looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below. The dock was a fishing platform and diving board for the past 10 summers when Savage R...
5.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 101.0 Traditional FWL powers meet Friday
The North Bend and Siuslaw football teams expect to continue their recent tradition of great games on the field Friday night in Florence. One of the big differences this year is that neither is leading the Far West League. North Bend limps into the g...
6.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 68.0 Woman, 41, dies from swine flu in Grants Pass
GRANTS PASS (AP) Josephine County has had its first death from the swine flu. A spokesman for the hospital in Grants Pass says the 41-year-old woman died in the emergency room last week. Test results confirmed she had the H1N1 virus. Officials decl...
0.5K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 762.0 College tuition is up amid recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase. Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, or $...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 112.0 Agencies get 'green' grants
Public entities on the South Coast will get nearly $170,000 for energy efficiency and conservation projects. Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced Tuesday the recipients of $7.25 million in pass-through grants from the American Recovery and Reinves...
1.5K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 68.0 Niger will hold elections despite opposition boycott
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) An election official says parliamentary elections are going ahead in Niger despite an opposition boycott. The voting in the uranium-rich West African desert nation comes just two months after a referendum passed allowing Presiden...
0.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 68.0 | 
