Insurers dropping Chinese drywall policies
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. James and Maria Ivory s dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida s Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got wor...
 7.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 431.0 Medford airport to offer airline incentives
MEDFORD (AP) Jackson County will offer airlines incentives to establish more routes and services at Medford Rogue Valley International Airport. Airport director Ben Case told county commissioners Tuesday that the county will waive landing fees for ...
0.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 556.0 Celebrate airline's local success story
Let s talk, for a change, about a government stimulus program that clearly has worked. Last week, SkyWest Airlines announced it would stop relying on subsidies for flights between North Bend and Portland. The announcement reflects a remarkable achiev...
2.1K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 556.0 Airport: Flights north don't need subsidy
NORTH BEND - Coos County airport officials delivered a double helping of good news today: SkyWest Airlines is ending its reliance on public subsidies for passenger service between North Bend and Portland. And flight connections in Portland will impro...
2.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 431.0 Wanted: Big jets at local airport
BANDON Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s southbound flights are doing well enough for airport officials to begin lobbying for a larger aircraft. In a genial town hall meeting between one of the top brass from SkyWest Airlines and community lead...
4.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 431.0 A year of wings and prayers
What a difference a year can make. Twelve months ago, Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s shiny new terminal stood gleaming amid grim irony. Horizon Air had just announced it would abandon its Portland service. SkyWest Airlines would fly planes to Sa...
2.0K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 643.0 Branyan enjoys breakout season
SEATTLE This was the moment where every novel idea, every hokey gimmick was open for Russell Branyan s consideration. Here he was a year ago at age 32, stuck playing in the minors, still trying to gain traction and prove he could be an everyday maj...
4.3K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 431.0 Like 'Billy Elliott,' CB boy goes against grain, takes dance
Connor Hammond is riding the wave, and I don t mean one of those Pacific rollers crashing on Bastendorff Beach. Hammond, 10, is studying ballet at Pacific School of Dance, at a time when boys who dance are getting a lot of attention. The Broadway pro...
4.8K - Jun. 19, 2009; scored 431.0 Clear for takeoff
NORTH BEND - And she's off. Filly, a black-and-white border collie, leaps from Bob Hood's pickup to the ground. She zips across the airport runway, barely touching the ground and zooms at a flock of Canada geese. About 30 birds go up. Filly stops sho...
4.2K - May. 8, 2009; scored 556.0 For airport board: Benetti, Elliott
A bumpy year of controversy and struggle may have convinced some voters our airport board needs dramatic change. Not so. Some things can't be changed: the existence of a new terminal, the departure of Horizon Air, and the challenges of maintaining sm...
2.4K - May. 5, 2009; scored 556.0 Airport steers toward smooth transition
A popular aviation proverb defines a good landing as any landing you can walk away from. The retirement of the North Bend airport's director fits that description. Gary LeTellier has been buffeted by turbulence both economic and political. Southwest ...
2.0K - Apr. 21, 2009; scored 431.0 Airport aims to bolster image
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, struggling to build ridership on Portland flights, has tapped its contingency fund to hire a public relations spokesman. Coos County native Matthew Jarvis, also a broadcast newsman and owner of a startup weekly news...
3.3K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 431.0 Airport is working to become self-sufficient
Since its formation in 2004, the Coos County Airport District has enjoyed mostly good news. The number of plane landings and passengers through the airport has doubled in 10 years. Funding for a new terminal was obtained, with a grand opening in July...
4.5K - Mar. 3, 2009; scored 1000.0 County cut road workers too soon
Seems as though someone set it up to lose 22 road worker jobs, just when they would be needed the most when the chromite mining company, Oregon Resources Corp. mining operation could fund them. Then appearing from this air is $450,000 for ...
2.0K - Feb. 12, 2009; scored 431.0 Got a gripe? Here's your chance to change things
Riddle: Why is an election like a cattle auction? Answer: It s a chance to put your beef on display and see whether it sells. Seriously, if you re annoyed at some local board or commission, the May 19 election is a chance to stop griping and start co...
2.1K - Feb. 10, 2009; scored 431.0 Airport contest sends locals flying
Carol Shaw had planned to drive all the way to the Portland area to help her grandson celebrate his 4th birthday. Then she got a surprise. And so did another woman who needed to go to a job interview. They both won free flights to the big city in Sou...
5.4K - Jan. 29, 2009; scored 431.0 Winter is coming back
It may be hard to part with sunny weather that gave the South Coast beautiful sunsets and daily temperatures that made Florida look cold, but get ready to give it up for a while. Sure, the overnight lows left behind frozen windshields, frosty fields ...
3.4K - Jan. 23, 2009; scored 556.0 Low passenger count leads to new airport measures
NORTH BEND Airlines across the country have seen at least 10 percent cuts in passenger traffic recently, but in North Bend ridership linking with Portland has plummeted more than that. The problems airport officials face with the Portland-North Ben...
4.9K - Jan. 16, 2009; scored 768.0 July
Horizon pullout dims airport gala Southwestern Oregon Regional Airport opens its new terminal with a gala featuring 320 invited guests. But the festivities are overshadowed by Horizon Air s announcement, just four days before, that it will discontinu...
1.4K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 556.0 Winter snow storm stymies Northern Oregon
PORTLAND City buses got stuck in snow, parts of major highways were closed, and traffic slowed to crawl as the Portland area which rarely gets a significant snowstorm struggled Monday to cope with one of its worst in years. Wintry weather that ...
4.6K - Dec. 23, 2008; scored 431.0 | 
