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 180.0 Matthew Gary Ramey
A memorial service will be held for Matthew Gary Ramey, 43, of St. Helens at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Port Orford Christian Center in Port Orford. Graveside services will follow at the Port Orford Cemetery. Matt was born May 1, 1966, i...
2.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 172.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Coastal Douglas Has Talent!, a talent show and fundraiser for the Reedsport Rotary Club, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Pacific Auditorium in Reedsport. About a dozen performers of a variety of ages will compete, and PBA...
4.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 233.0 Coos Bay signs LNG pact
COOS BAY The city of Coos Bay isn t throwing its support behind the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal project, but it could benefit from it. The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to sign a deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project that would allow th...
2.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 92.0 Housing authorities ban indoor smoking
NORTH BEND Alan Pape doesn t like going into smokers apartments. But as the maintenance mechanic for the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities, it s part of the job. When you have to stand in them for two or three hours at times and breat...
4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 180.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY ” Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North...
3.1K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 733.0 Fish mouth of Elk River for king salmon
The local hot spot for king salmon has been the mouth of the Elk River. A lot of salmon are starting to stage, preparing for more rain to open the entire river system. A few salmon have started to push their way into the lower Sixes River. Many fishe...
3.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 229.0 Elected leaders need to push for progress
Well, I guess Jody McCaffree and her CAVE people have scored another hit on the liquefied natural gas plant coming to Coos Bay. Meanwhile, we still have people out of work, losing their homes and cars and going hungry crime is also up. When The Wor...
0.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 167.0 Port extends LNG land deal
COOS BAY Developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit have pushed back plans to start construction until spring 2011. The change in plans has led to an extension of land-purchase deals on the North Spit....
3.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 733.0 CLUB NOTES
First Mondays Art Group noon-3 p.m., first Monday. Port Orford Library. Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 799 7 p.m., first Monday, Nancy Devereux Center, 1200 Newmark. (290-8680) VFW and Auxiliary Post No. 7488 6:30 p.m., Venture Inn Res...
1.3K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 118.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Haunted Theatre will be open 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Little Theatre on the Bay. $3 first visit, $1 repeat visits, free after fifth time. The North Bend Police Department s haunted house wil...
5.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 239.0 Bandon Fishing report
Local lakes: Last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife restocked Empire Lakes in Coos Bay with the last of its two-pound trophy trout and legal-sized rainbow trout. The reports I received from the Bites on Tackle shop in Empire were o...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 277.0 Port to discuss land deal for North Spit
Port officials have scheduled the second special meeting in as many weeks to discuss land deals on the North Spit. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay s commissioners have two possible property transaction proposals to consider, said Martin Cal...
0.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 423.0 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 214.0 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 204.0 Joseph Larry Jackson
Joseph Larry Jackson Sept. 24, 1938 Oct. 17, 2009 A public visitation will be held for Joseph L. Jackson, 71, of Coos Bay, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 30, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. A graveside service with military honors provid...
1.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 231.0 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 204.0 Joseph Larry Jackson
Joseph Larry Jackson Sept. 24, 1938 Oct. 17, 2009 A public visitation will be held for Joseph L. Jackson, 71, of Coos Bay, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 30, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. A graveside service with military honors provid...
1.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 231.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend The Pride of the Sawdust League, or Three Strikes and You re Out returns to the Sawdust Theatre in Coquille for one night only. Benefit to send Doug Veysey of Myrtle Point to Boston Marathon. Show time is 8 p.m. Saturday. &...
5.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 242.0 Port's LNG site negotiations stall
COOS BAY Port officials agreed Thursday to move forward with plans to sell some property on the North Spit. More notable, perhaps, was the property transaction they all but ignored. The port commissioners agreed in principle to sell 30 acres of wet...
2.9K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 203.0 | 
