Owner removes rotting building
COOS BAY There are several condemned buildings in Coos Bay, but it was one that actually had the designation earlier this year that came crashing down Wednesday. Workers from Johnson Rock Products demolished the building at 815 S. Broadway, near Ku...
 3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 199.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Aug. 10, 11:26 a.m., $200 was reportedly stolen from a woman s car in the 700 block of Jista Jia Avenue. Aug. 11, 2:36 a.m., a man was arrested on a probation v...
5.0K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 74.0 Theft and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Aug. 7, 2:41 a.m., a fight was reported near the Department of Motor Vehicles, 1155 S. Fifth St. Aug. 7, 8:03 a.m., someone stole everything but the legs of a heron yard...
6.2K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 74.0 Sagging landmark
COOS BAY Workers from All Pro Restoration of Coos Bay spent Wednesday morning putting plywood over the windows on the first floor of the historic Chandler Hotel building. All Pro s owner, Brian Simmons said the northwest corner of the building has ...
2.6K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 183.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coquille July 31, 7:48 a.m., gun shots were reported near East Fourth Street. July 31, 1:49 p.m., a juvenile problem was reported near the intersection of 16th and Irving streets...
4.4K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 74.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay July 25, 1:41 a.m., someone stole two 30-packs of beer from Walmart. July 25, 1:53 a.m., a fight was reported in the 500 block of Taylor Avenue. Police a...
3.9K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 74.0 Thefts and mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay June 18, 12:35 a.m., flashlights were seen inside a building in the 700 block of West Commercial Avenue. June 18, 1:36 a.m., someone broke into a car in ...
1.4K - Jun. 19, 2009; scored 74.0 City puts building's fate on hold
COOS BAY The Coos Bay City Council won t sink funds into the Lockhart Building, but it wants more structural studies before it decides to tear it down. The chief concern of Mayor Jeff McKeown and the councilors is a wall at the south end of the con...
1.8K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 173.0 Having a lovely time in Nicaragua
Check out this Slide Show, the e-mail says. It links to a photo montage of Gary Mountain s travels in sunny Central America. Look there s Gary in a floral shirt, dining at Hotel Fortuna. There s Gary, shirtless, sunning his belly on the shore of L...
2.0K - Jun. 2, 2009; scored 134.0 City: Lockhart Building fix would cost $2.3M
The Coos Bay City Council must decide what to do with an aging downtown building a structural engineer says will cost more than $2 million to repair. City officials condemned the Lockhart Building last summer because of safety concerns. The ...
2.7K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 1000.0 Coos Bay awards first small business grant
The Hair Co. Etc. is the first business to receive a grant through a new program to help local entrepreneurs. City of Coos Bay officials presented Meagan Phillips, the salon s owner, with a check Feb. 6 for $5,610. The funding came from the ...
1.5K - Feb. 17, 2009; scored 96.0 History echoes in this community
The World s feature, I Want to Know, is great. Regarding its recent answer about the Hollering Place in Empire (The World, Jan. 29), I have more information and a few minor corrections. Nearly 80 years ago Princess Lottie (Evanoff) of the Coos Trib...
2.6K - Feb. 5, 2009; scored 96.0 CB offers money to businesses for facade fixes
COOS BAY The city of Coos Bay is offering a helping hand to businesses in its two urban renewal districts, but so far store owners aren t grabbing it. The Urban Renewal Agency has agreed to provide as much as $7,500 to any business owner t...
3.5K - Jan. 16, 2009; scored 74.0 September
Coos Bay finance director loses job The city of Coos Bay fires Finance Director Janell Howard, but Oregon State Police conclude there is insufficient evidence to charge Howard with shoplifting. Despite the findings, City Manager Chuck Freeman announc...
1.3K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 74.0 Cheers and Jeers
b Lab results /b Cheers to a happy ending for a sweet old dog. After two years as the Coos County Animal Shelter s favorite long-term guest, Magnum (Abe) the black Lab was unexpectedly reunited with his owner. Cheers to the shelter staff for keeping ...
2.5K - Dec. 20, 2008; scored 74.0 Coos Bay analyzes building's future, fate
COOS BAY Coos Bay city officials got their first glimpse of the Lockhart Building s interior this month. It isn t pretty and a structural engineer now must determine whether it should be saved or torn down. The former home of the 1920s-era Noble Th...
5.6K - Dec. 16, 2008; scored 510.0 | 
