Prepare to fish the Elk River
With good numbers of Chinook staging in the mouth and the first few holes, the Elk River is ready to start off with a bang. Many fishermen still are fishing low, but the majority seem to be waiting for more rain to open the river. These fishermen rep...
 3.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 219.0 Reports: Federal stimulus sends $1.8B to Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon has received about $1.8 billion in the first eight months of the federal stimulus program credited with saving or creating nearly 10,000 jobs in the state. Reports released Friday showed the largest number of jobs saved by...
3.1K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 113.0 Columbia River commerce protected by weakened wall
ASTORIA (AP) It s a mild October morning on the Oregon Coast. Yet, even on a windless day with the ocean glassy smooth, it s a rough ride at the point where the Columbia River smashes into the Pacific Ocean. A 60-ton boat, designed to ferry elite p...
6.7K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 281.0 Chinook season hot in Columbia River
If you want to participate in one of the hottest fisheries in Oregon, you ll need to take a trip to the mouth of the Columbia River as the coho and Chinook season is probably the best they ve ever had. Reports of limits caught in less than 30 minutes...
4.0K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 168.0 Chinook season hot in Columbia River
If you want to participate in one of the hottest fisheries in Oregon, you ll need to take a trip to the mouth of the Columbia River as the coho and Chinook season is probably the best they ve ever had. Reports of limits caught in less than 30 minutes...
4.0K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 168.0 Property owners along Rogue bemoan removal of dam
ROGUE RIVER Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio and dock on what used to be Savage Lake, looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below. The dock was a fishing platform and diving board for the past 10 summers when Savage R...
5.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 113.0 Pilots: Talking led to passing airport; explanation baffles
WASHINGTON (AP) Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles before turning back should have had numerous warnings as they approached and passed Minneapolis: cockpit displays, controllers trying repeatedly to reach, the...
5.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 113.0 Tampa Bay takes winless record overseas
TAMPA, Fla. Hours after Tampa Bay stumbled to 0-6 for the first time in 24 years, Buccaneers rookie head coach Raheem Morris went to bed without watching film of his team s next opponent. The Bucs have to fly across the Atlantic Ocean this week to ...
3.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 113.0 Storms affect fishing and hunting
Salmon fishing on the Lower Rogue River in Gold Beach still is producing good numbers of coho and jack Chinook. Adult Chinook are returning to the Indian Creek area with larger numbers being caught this past week. Most of the salmon being caught on t...
3.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 186.0 In-town disputes are damaging the area
I can t believe all the hate and anger I read in the letters to the editor in the daily newspaper in this town and North Bend in every spot, city officials, private person against private person. The war is not overseas; it is right here among ours...
1.9K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 214.0 Tracking the road money
Question: I want to know what happened to the money the state gave Coos Bay several years ago for road repairs for Eastside and up to Allegany. Answer: It s been socked away to earn interest so the city of Coos Bay can pay for street repairs. The p...
1.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 168.0 Storms affect fishing and hunting
Salmon fishing on the Lower Rogue River in Gold Beach still is producing good numbers of coho and jack Chinook. Adult Chinook are returning to the Indian Creek area with larger numbers being caught this past week. Most of the salmon being caught on t...
3.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 186.0 In-town disputes are damaging the area
I can t believe all the hate and anger I read in the letters to the editor in the daily newspaper in this town and North Bend in every spot, city officials, private person against private person. The war is not overseas; it is right here among ours...
1.9K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 214.0 Tracking the road money
Question: I want to know what happened to the money the state gave Coos Bay several years ago for road repairs for Eastside and up to Allegany. Answer: It s been socked away to earn interest so the city of Coos Bay can pay for street repairs. The p...
1.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 168.0 Vets visit 'war mom'
GREENACRES When the plane touched down in North Bend, the stewardess made an announcement over the loud-speaker. Instead of asking everyone to stay seated, she pointed out five soldiers on board and recognized them for their service, asking that th...
3.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 145.0 UN official says widespread fraud in Afghan vote
Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writers KABUL (AP) The head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan acknowledged Sunday there was widespread fraud in the August presidential election but refused to give specifics or lay blame to avoid inf...
6.7K - Oct. 11, 2009; scored 113.0 Take advantage of good crabbing
Salmon fishing on the Coquille River still is producing good catches of both coho and Chinook, and we ve taken about 35 percent of our quota of wild coho in this fishery. The bite is short lived and seems to be the best about an hour or so before hig...
3.9K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 168.0 Elks lodge raising money for veterans by collecting hides
The Coquille Valley Elks Lodge will be collecting deer and elk hides for veterans. These hides are picked up from our collection barrels, scraped, cleaned and slated down to preserve them. When sold, the profits are donated to a state Elks fund, whi...
3.0K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 145.0 Volunteers clean up crab pots
REEDSPORT A handful of boats in Oregon s crabbing fleet returned to sea last week for one last hurrah. Their quarries were the derelict pots and buoys left behind this year by commercial crab boats. During a volunteer effort held nearly seven weeks...
3.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 186.0 Children's Sabbath set for Oct. 18
The First United Methodist Church, 123 Ocean Blvd., Coos Bay will host its 18-annual Children s Sabbath sponsored by the Children s Defense Fund at 11 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 18. The theme this year is Create Change for Children Today, Bring Hope and Bett...
0.7K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 145.0 | 
