Don't blame women for sex assaults
Once again, I read the paper only to feel frustrated at the lack of critical knowledge about the horrible crime of rape or sexual assault. I am saddened by the story on the front page of last Saturday s paper SOCC vigilant after sex attack. For 10 y...
 2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 160.0 Retailers enter the hiring season
Tis the season to be hiring. Local retailers are hiring seasonal help to get them through what is expected to be a slightly better holiday shopping season than last year. For Margaret Hutcheson, owner of Horsin Around at Pony Village Mall, this seas...
3.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 101.0 Libraries celebrate 30 years of progress
Dora residents celebrated the grand opening of a new library in August. Coos Bay may be on the verge of opening a coffee shop in its library, while Coquille s is also looking to expand. In a time when businesses are scaling back and scrambling to com...
3.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 101.0 Lithia plans to buy more dealerships
ASHLAND (AP) Lithia Motors Inc. says it plans to start buying more auto dealerships after an 18-month stretch when it closed or sold 20 dealerships. Lithia announced this week it had obtained a franchise from Korean automaker Kia for Anchorage, Ala...
1.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 131.0 Students help salmon spawn
When asked what the students would be doing at the Millicoma Fish Hatchery on Thursday, 11-year-old Amber Clawson replied whacking fish on the head with big sticks. Of course, there was more to it than that. But Tom Rumreich, a fish biologist for th...
3.2K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 131.0 "Piecing Earth Back Together" on Nov. 6
Church Women United will host Piecing Earth Back Together at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 355 Oregon Ave., Bandon. The theme focuses on the environment and how people are called to work together to be good steward...
1.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 101.0 OSBC launches new Web site
PORTLAND The Oregon Small Business Council launched a Web site this week to create a more permanent resource for interested small business owners, current members and media representatives. The site, which includes a blog, contact information and lin...
0.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 160.0 Prepare for disaster
Arlene Soto Question: If a disaster happens in my business, how do I recover? Answer: First, let me say I m glad you are being proactive in addressing potential disaster before it happens. The best time to prepare is before you need to respond. You...
3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 151.0 Veteran talks about stress disorder
I didn t have issues. There were just stupid people around me doing stupid things, Eddie Black told about 50 people at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Tuesday night. That s how Black felt when he returned home from serving in Baghdad, Iraq,...
3.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 131.0 Former Coos lawyer up for U.S. attorney
PORTLAND (AP) A former Coos County prosecutor is among the final three candidates for U.S. attorney for Oregon. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden s office has announced the finalists Tuesday. Their names are being forwarded to President Obama. The list includes ...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 181.0 Local beach advisories lifted Friday
Health advisories for contact with marine water were lifted Friday at Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. Testing showed the contamination had subsided and the waters did not ...
2.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 182.0 Coming Soon
Medicare workshop Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Southwestern Oregon Community Colleges Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, sponsors of Oregon Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance will present a Medicare Updates Workshop. Invit...
2.5K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 151.0 Local beach advisories lifted Friday
Health advisories for contact with marine water were lifted Friday at Bastendorff Beach County Park and Sunset Bay State Park, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services. Testing showed the contamination had subsided and the waters did not ...
2.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 182.0 Coming Soon
Medicare workshop Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Southwestern Oregon Community Colleges Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, sponsors of Oregon Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance will present a Medicare Updates Workshop. Invit...
2.5K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 151.0 Business center schedules workshops
The Business Center at Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering a four-week workshop in November that will cover the critical first steps of starting a new business. Topics will include: licensing, personal readiness checklist, business stru...
0.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 101.0 Time is ticking on LNG deal
Port officials are trying to hammer out a new deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project before existing land sale agreements expire later this year. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has scheduled a special meeting at 1:15 p.m. Thursday to conside...
1.8K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 151.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 16, 11:35 p.m., a fight was reported in the 300 block of Anderson Avenue. Oct. 16, 11:51 p.m., police arrested a man on a second-degree criminal mischief charge, fo...
5.2K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 101.0 Timber sale will destroy watershed
There will be an Oregon Department of Forestry Timber Sale, Stull s Ridge No. 33, Contract No. 341-10-31, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Coos District Coos Forest Patrol Crewhouse, 63612 Fifth Road, in Coos Bay (267-4136). This is an auction that goes...
2.5K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 101.0 HEALTHY LIVING
TOPS No. 1135 9:45 a.m., Wednesdays, Madison Street Community Church, 417 Madison St., Coos Bay. (269-5488) A Diabetes Day information event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., third Wednesday, Health Resource Center at North Bend Medical Center, 1900 Woodland...
1.6K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 101.0 Feds back off medical marijuana users
WASHINGTON Federal drug agents won t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states including Oregon that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued today by the Obama administration. Two Justice Departmen...
4.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 131.0 | 
