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 102.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 1000.0 Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 102.0 Medford withdraws appeal of panhandling
MEDFORD (AP) The Medford City Council has withdrawn its appeal of a ruling that found its panhandling ordinance unconstitutional. The city had tried to prevent aggressive panhandling with an ordinance that prohibited people from asking for money at...
0.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 102.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 4, 8:09 a.m. police cited a minor for possessing tobacco on the west end of Elrod Avenue. Nov. 4, 10:23 a.m., suspicious activity and possible fraud was reported in...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 132.0 Sheriffs' group opposes guns for pot smokers
SALEM The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat. Advocates for the state s medical mar...
3.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 152.0 A different kind of pet rescue
NEWPORT (AP) By day, Duane Parton III is known as the dog whisperer; and his cohort James Erdman, the cat whisperer. Both earned those designations for their winning ways with the critters at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. By night, however the...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 224.0 Library talks focuses on political crisis
Do the failures of modern governance and politics have more to do with a crisis of leadership or a crisis of citizenship? What can citizens do to improve the political discourse and the quality of public life? This is the focus of Of the People or f...
1.3K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 102.0 Jackson Co. considers fining truant students
MEDFORD (AP) Jackson County commissioners have given first approval to an ordinance that would toughen the penalties for students who chronically skip school. The ordinance, which could take effect next year, allows attendance officials to seek cit...
0.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 102.0 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 194.0 Joseph Larry Jackson
Joseph Larry Jackson Sept. 24, 1938 Oct. 17, 2009 A public visitation will be held for Joseph L. Jackson, 71, of Coos Bay, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 30, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. A graveside service with military honors provid...
1.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 183.0 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 194.0 Joseph Larry Jackson
Joseph Larry Jackson Sept. 24, 1938 Oct. 17, 2009 A public visitation will be held for Joseph L. Jackson, 71, of Coos Bay, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 30, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. A graveside service with military honors provid...
1.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 183.0 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 102.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Oct. 17
Bowling Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 5-10 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Richard Dupret 243, Nick Boutin 233, Berrel Vinyard 220; Linda Nichols 216, Sally Ash 207, Marge Novak 199. Monday Super Star Juniors Jordan Clark 227, Joey Huffman 201, ...
9.9K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 102.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Oct. 17
Bowling Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 5-10 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Richard Dupret 243, Nick Boutin 233, Berrel Vinyard 220; Linda Nichols 216, Sally Ash 207, Marge Novak 199. Monday Super Star Juniors Jordan Clark 227, Joey Huffman 201, ...
9.9K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 102.0 Mary F. Shely
At her request, no services will be held for Mary F. Shely, 68, of Prineville. Mary was born March 30, 1941, in Morgan County, Mo., to Andrew Jackson and Dolly Frances (Johnson) Wood. She died Oct. 11, 2009. Mary s family moved to the Coquille-Myrtle...
1.5K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 102.0 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 152.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 12, 5:48 a.m., police took a 25-year-old man to the Coos County jail on a charge of domestic strangulation from a case in the 100 block of Marino Drive. He was cite...
3.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 152.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 9, 10:18 a.m., an 81-year-old woman was the victim of a telephone scam in the 900 block of Seagate Avenue. Oct. 9, 11:28 a.m., neighbors made numerous complaints of...
6.2K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 132.0 | 
