North Bend birthday features free food, lots of events
NORTH BEND - One-hundred-six years doesn't quite match Oregon's 150, but North Bend will celebrate its 106th birthday in style nonetheless in July. It might even share some of the cake with the state while it's at it. It's all part of the theme for t...
 4.3K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 289.0 Council OKs trail signs
Coos Bay city councilors gave their blessings to a plan to put signs marking the route of the historic Sawmill-Coos Indian Trail, running from Simpson Heights to the Empire boat ramp. Dick Wagner, chairman of the North Bend Historic Landmark Commissi...
1.6K - May. 6, 2009; scored 1000.0 Would you walk to Empire for whiskey?
NORTH BEND - When teetotalers took away their booze in 1860, hard-working men from North Bend's sawmill and shipyards hiked nearly five miles to the saloons of Empire City to slake their thirst. Now, a group of historians hopes to bring the men's lit...
4.4K - Apr. 23, 2009; scored 193.0 Work in progress
NORTH BEND - Still in disarray from months of construction and seismic work, the Hotel North Bend hardly seems inhabitable. But on its upper most level, a group of North Benders finally got a glimpse of what residents can expect of the historic build...
4.1K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 193.0 Oregon Senate relaxes 2007 ethics law
SALEM - The Oregon Senate voted Wednesday to relax certain requirements included in the landmark ethics reform it passed two years earlier. Officials and volunteers from small towns had been pushing lawmakers to rethink some of the reforms, arguing t...
3.2K - Apr. 2, 2009; scored 193.0 University wants to change Made in Oregon sign
PORTLAND (AP) Made in Oregon may become University of Oregon, but maybe not without a fight. The debate over the landmark downtown Portland sign that glows over the Willamette River at night has also become a debate about the visibility of the ...
2.9K - Mar. 16, 2009; scored 443.0 State ethics law due for changes
SALEM A backlash by local officials from Oregon cities and counties against tougher state ethics disclosure requirements likely will result in a rewrite of those rules this year, a key state lawmaker said Tuesday. More than 200 officials, many of t...
2.4K - Jan. 21, 2009; scored 249.0 Portland sign owner backs university s bid
PORTLAND The owner of the landmark Made in Oregon sign in downtown Portland says it has always promoted the institution paying the bills to keep the lights on. And, now, the University of Oregon is picking up the tab. The school has consolidated ...
2.5K - Dec. 15, 2008; scored 249.0 Portland sign owner backs university s bid
PORTLAND (AP) The owner of the landmark Made in Oregon sign in downtown Portland says it has always promoted the institution paying the bills to keep the lights on. And, now, the University of Oregon is picking up the tab. The school has consolid...
2.4K - Dec. 14, 2008; scored 249.0 NB seeks commission volunteers
The city of North Bend needs several good volunteers. The city is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the North Bend Planning Commission, two vacancies on the North Bend Library Board, three vacancies on the North Bend Budget Committee, two v...
0.8K - Dec. 5, 2008; scored 249.0 Mark Cuban charged with insider trading
WASHINGTON Federal regulators on Monday charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale to avoid more than $750,000 in losses. Cuban disputed the Securities and Ex...
6.8K - Nov. 18, 2008; scored 193.0 Eye on government
Today North Bend School Board 11:30 a.m., district conference room, 1913 Meade St.; special meeting to make a decision to renew or not renew the charter for Lighthouse School. North Bend Planning Commission 7 p.m., council chambers, city hall, ...
2.9K - Nov. 17, 2008; scored 289.0 | 
