Sailing home
NEW YORK The new U.S. Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pu...
 3.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 172.0 Locals land NOAA work
A Coos Bay contractor will manage the construction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine operations center in Newport. The Port of Newport has sent a letter of intent to hire Coos Bay-based West Coast Contractors and Andersen ...
2.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 133.0 'Mighty Mo' goes in for preservation
HONOLULU Mike Weidenbach has walked across the historic teakwood decks and through the metal hallways of the USS Missouri countless times in the past decade. But he recently realized how massive the aging battleship is from a new perspective unde...
4.4K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 163.0 Benedickt Pavlovich "Ben" Eremenko
A funeral service will be held for Benedickt Pavlovich Ben Eremenko, 77, of Coos Bay, will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3355 Virginia Ave. in North Bend. A visitation will be held from 2...
2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 68.0 Cruising undersea - virtually
What are some of the interesting things you have seen so far? asked a student from Lighthouse Charter School in North Bend. From aboard a 200-foot research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, GK-12 fellow Kira Triebergs posted her answer online. She liste...
3.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 102.0 Emery Sydney Hanson
A celebration of life memorial service will be held for Emery Hanson, 90, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave., with Pastor Ross Wilbanks, of Charleston Community Church, presiding. A potluck will follow t...
3.1K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 88.0 Portland company awarded ship contract
PORTLAND (AP) A Portland ship repair company has won a $13.1 million contract to upgrade and refurbish one of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ships that are being relocated to Newport. Vigor Marine is due to begin work ...
0.6K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 88.0 Reunions
Empire Grade School Anyone who attended the Empire Grade School is welcome to attend the yearly reunion at 11 a.m. Saturday at Simpson Park in North Bend. Lunch will be served at noon. Marshfield High Class of 1949 A no-host bar and dinner will be he...
2.9K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 68.0 Reunions
Empire Grade School Anyone who attended the Empire Grade School is welcome to attend the yearly reunion at 11 a.m. on Sept. 12 at Simpson Park in North Bend. Lunch will be served at noon. Marshfield Class of 1949 A no-host bar and dinner will be held...
3.6K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 68.0 Ocean trash causes concern
LOS ANGELES (AP) A tawny stuffed puppy bobs in cold sea water, his four stiff legs tangled in the green net of some nameless fisherman. It s one of the bigger pieces of trash in a sprawling mass of garbage-littered water, known as the Great Pacific...
4.1K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 123.0 Reunions
Bandon Class of 1959 Bandon High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50th class reunion today through Sunday, Aug. 28-30. At 5 p.m. today, classmates wll meet at campsite C34 at Bullards Beach for a campfire and potluck. The banquet event kicks off a...
4.7K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 68.0 Newport residents thrilled over ship base
NEWPORT (AP) Residents of this coastal town are still ecstatic weeks after learning Newport will be the new home of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s West Coast marine operations center, Gov. Ted Kulongoski said. It s almost l...
0.7K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 68.0 Reunions
Bandon Class of 1959 Bandon High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50th class reunion on Friday through Sunday, Aug. 28-30. Friday will be a catered dinner at the community center. Saturday will feature a potluck picnic at Bullards Beach Gazebo, at ...
4.5K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 68.0 Researchers make maps of seafloor
FLORENCE (AP) A survey of the ocean floor off the Oregon coast is under way to provide detailed undersea maps to help protect marine habitat. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University will study water depths, s...
2.4K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 123.0 Protection proposed for massive coral reef
FIFTY MILES OFF CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Deep beneath the crystalline blue surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern U.S. lies a virtual rain forest of coral reefs so expansive the network is believed to be the world s largest. A 23,000-s...
5.7K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 88.0 Making a fresh tart
COOS BAY Only culinary students would be caught slaving away in a kitchen for their own graduation reception. But after 11 months of baking, pastry and culinary courses, it seems appropriate, if slightly odd, to end their stay at the Oregon Coast C...
4.7K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 68.0 The Windkeepers
TOWNSHIP 8, RANGE 3, Maine Silent surroundings almost tease the ears as clouds skitter across the top of this eastern corner of Maine. The wind, barely audible, swishes through beech and fir trees crowding the hills of an area so remote it s part o...
7.7K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 157.0 AL: Yankees complete sweep of Sox
NEW YORK Jon Lester dazzled for seven innings, and the Red Sox held a lead in the eighth. Then everything unraveled, much as it did all series, and Boston was left wondering what else it can do to win a game. Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit back...
4.3K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 88.0 Rising tide
COOS BAY Sixteen years ago, Dutch Mostert and a few other local artists set out to create the best maritime art exhibit on the West Coast. As the Coos Art Museum prepares to open its 16th-annual Maritime Art show, Mostert and museum director Steven...
5.4K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 108.0 Global piracy: the hidden side
ISTANBUL While Somali pirates top headlines with brazen ship hijackings for ransom, many smaller-scale attacks in the world s oceans maritime muggings, essentially go unreported, depriving mariners of information about possible threats to their...
5.9K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 148.0 | 
