Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
 1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 373.0 Airport says it's close to hiring new leader
The Coos County Airport District is finalizing negotiations with a candidate to manage the airport and next-door business park. It s probably a done deal, said Chairman Mike Lehman. We re getting very close to finalizing it. Lehman kept the potenti...
0.8K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 322.0 Airport hopefuls all from out of state
Final interviews were conducted this morning and the Coos County Airport Commission could offer the job of executive director to one of three finalists this afternoon. In a perfect world, we ll have a decision made tomorrow, Chairman Mike Lehman sai...
2.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 1000.0 Airport picks 4 finalists
The Coos County Airport District is getting closer to hiring a new airport director. Commissioners of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport have lined up four strong contenders for the position and will begin interviewing Thursday. The district began...
1.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 322.0 Tebow out of hospital
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ” Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was out of the hospital and back home Sunday, recovering from the concussion he sustained during the Gators 41-7 victory at Kentucky. Tebow was released from the University Medical Center ...
5.2K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 249.0 SkyWest cuts flight to Portland
NORTH BEND ” The twice daily flight pattern to Portland is convenient for some, but don t get used to it. Come October, there will be only one daily northbound flight out of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. SkyWest Airlines is cancel...
3.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 249.0 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 249.0 Runway expansion could take years
NORTH BEND The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s manager has big plans for bigger planes, but it will take a bigger runway. Should the project come to fruition, airport officials likely would face stringent government oversight and maybe oppositi...
3.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 474.0 Champions Tour s fourth major returns to Crosswater
SUNRIVER There s no comfort for Fred Funk as the defending champion at the Jeld-Wen Tradition. Lurking in the field is Tom Watson, who came oh-so-close to winning the British Open earlier this summer, and perennial fan favorite Greg Norman, who is ...
3.0K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 249.0 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 249.0 Airport ties to finagle more flights from PDX
The Coos County Airport District is pushing for more connections for SkyWest Airlines flights arriving in Portland from North Bend. The district board will talk about a possible code share with Portland International Airport at Thursday morning s pub...
0.7K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 249.0 Airport narrows director candidate list
NORTH BEND The search for the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s new manager will soon come to a close. The Coos County Airport Board expects to see a short list of candidates at an executive session Thursday, Aug. 20, from which the board will se...
1.4K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 322.0 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 623.0 Airport: Passenger volume improves
Flights between North Bend and San Francisco are doing well enough for SkyWest Airlines to operate without a revenue guarantee. And, though Portland flights still need airport district help, airport officials say they no longer fear losing Portland s...
2.8K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 413.0 Signs target airport manager
NORTH BEND A local business owner upset over the airport s handling of leases has set up a semi-truck sign on Southwest Oregon Regional Airport lease property making a personal attack against the airport s executive director. At this point, no one ...
4.5K - May. 22, 2009; scored 249.0 Airport candidates speak on issues
The airport is important Jon Barton The 69-year-old Coos Bay resident has lived in the Bay Area for 15 years and been visiting family on the South Coast since 1962. Jon Barton Why are you running for airport board? Barton said he realizes the importa...
10.7K - May. 4, 2009; scored 249.0 Airport boss will leave Dec. 31
NORTH BEND -The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport soon will begin searching for a new director. Executive Director Gary LeTellier has announced he will retire Dec. 31. LeTellier has managed the airport since November 2003. Coos County Airport Distric...
3.6K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 474.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend The Friday Foreign Film series at Coos Bay Public Library continues at 7 tonight, with the award-winning The Violin (Mexico, 2007). Three generations of peasant farmers who are also musicians support a guerilla movement. ...
5.0K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 249.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Nunsense A-Men!, an On Broadway Thespians production, runs through Sunday at Genevieve s, formerly Stray Katz, in Coos Bay. Directed by Leatha Lewison-Gonzalez, the show is a musical comedy with an (almost) all-male cast. S...
4.4K - Apr. 3, 2009; scored 249.0 Talk like a Pirate? She's a winner
The University of Oregon churns out a number of talented debaters. It can thank the Marshfield High School forensics program in a big way. Several members of the team hail from the MHS debate team, including Hailey Sheldon. A U of O senior, Sheldon l...
4.2K - Apr. 2, 2009; scored 249.0 | 
