Rare bird seen in Coos Bay
The Pineapple Express normally hits the South Coast in December, but a tropical visitor alighted in Coos Bay a little early this season. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when she spotted a brown booby acr...
 1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 399.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 99.0 Tonight
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology will host a public lecture at 7 tonight, where Dr. Craig Young will present a program entitled, Zoophytes, barnacles, iguanas and reefs; recollections of a salt-water naturalist. In commemoration of the Darwin ...
0.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 157.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 99.0 Naturalist lectures at OIMB
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology is hosting a public lecture on Zoophytes, barnacles, iguanas and reefs; recollections of a salt-water naturalist on Friday. Dr. Craig Young will present the program at 7 p.m. in the OIMB Boathouse Auditorium....
1.3K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 515.0 About those driftwood sculptures
Question: What happened to the people who used to make the sculptures out of driftwood on Highway 101 heading north toward Hauser? Answer: They graduated. Those driftwood artists were students at the Oregon Marine Institute of Biology in Charleston...
1.1K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 99.0 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 99.0 Birders will flock to festival
Imagine seeing a lone man trudging through the wilderness with a 30-inch parabola microphone and a lead-acid battery attached to him. If you did, you d probably see Geoff Keller, one of the few field recordists trekking North America with the mission...
3.6K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 259.0 U of O president tours OIMB
CHARLESTON University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere spent Wednesday morning soaking in knowledge of marine animals, of which he later joked he could remember very little. He has his doctoral degree in the obscure language of Sanskrit. Orego...
1.8K - Jul. 30, 2009; scored 1000.0 OIMB talk on acidification
Oregon's ocean is experiencing change. Water that upwells seasonally along the West Coast is growing increasingly acidic, according to a survey conducted in 2007 by an international team of scientists. The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology will host...
0.8K - Jul. 22, 2009; scored 515.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Hookah Stew The Mill. Rock, pop, funk. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight and Saturday. www.themillcasino.com . Nightfall North Bend Lanes. Classic, contemporary rock. 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday. 756-0571. Side Efxxx Wanda s. Clas...
10.7K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 99.0 Oregon Coast Music Festival
The Oregon Coast Music Association presents the 31st Oregon Coast Music Festival through July 25 with full symphony orchestra concerts and jazz, Celtic, bluegrass and chamber music. Several concerts will take place this week including Oregon Coast La...
2.0K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 99.0 Magnifico!
Bravo, bravo, magnifico! For 30 years, explosions of applause and shouted praise capped the orchestral performances of the Oregon Coast Music Festival. Bella musica , we cried, rising from our rented cushions in the acoustically revered Marshfield...
5.3K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 157.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush The Mill. Rock, pop, classic rock. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 756-8800 or www.themillcasino.com . Gabriel Bastendorff Beach. Family-oriented originals. 2 p.m. Sunday. 888-8892. Hot Wax Wanda s. Classic r...
11.1K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 99.0 OIMB lecture on acidification
The acidification of the ocean off Oregon is the topic of a lecture this month at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston. It s evidenced as water that upwells seasonally along the West Coast of North America grows increasingly acidic, a...
1.0K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 515.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Toyz The Mill. Classic rock. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. 756-8800, www.themillcasino.com . Franklin Turner Carol Rose Lakeshore Lodge. Voice and piano, jazz standards. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Jul...
11.1K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 99.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Rock, pop, classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 808-0305, www.dbabluemoon.com . Alex Weed and Colin Lake Rogers Zoo. Blues. 8:30 p.m. Saturday. $10. www.myspace.com/alexweedmusic , www.coli...
11.4K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 99.0 Group splits on options
NORTH BEND - The group charged with discussing marine reserves off the Coos County coast found some common ground Thursday, though not much. The gathering of fishermen, environmentalists, scientists and ocean users agreed to eight potential recommend...
4.2K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 99.0 Trio has a close encounter of the damp kind
CHARLESTON - It was a perfect day for crabbing on the bay. Good company and sun. Barking sea lions. Orcas. Silent sea lions. Orcas?! As Phil and Gail Koenen crabbed in the bay with their neighbor Ronald Huff, they were a little more than surprised to...
3.0K - May. 21, 2009; scored 99.0 Presentation Saturday includes tidepool walk
Shoreline Education for Awareness will hold the last seminar, Tidepooling, of the 2009 Winter Seminar Series on Saturday. Presenter is Katie Bennett is finishing her work on a master's degree in marine biology at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. T...
1.4K - May. 4, 2009; scored 99.0 | 
