Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay July 14, 12:03 a.m., an assault was reported near Sunset Middle School, 245 S. Cammann St. July 14, 2:24 a.m., a man was demanding free groceries because...
4.4K - Jul. 16, 2009; scored 184.0

Sliding house owner cleared
A jury cleared an engineer, homeowner and local engineering firm of all liability in a civil case in which the owner of Asian eatery Sapphires Mongolian Grill claimed their negligence damaged his business. In a seven-day civil trial to determine whet...
2.0K - Apr. 21, 2009; scored 243.0

Sliding house trial begins today
Thought the saga of the slipping house ended when the building was removed from a North Bend hill last November? Think again. A seven-day trial begins today between some of this story's main characters - the house's owner, a local engineering firm an...
2.8K - Apr. 1, 2009; scored 387.0

February
Storms uncover mystery shipwreck Day by day, wind and waves shift a mountain of sand on Horsfall Beach at Coos Bay, uncovering the 35-foot bow of a wooden-hulled vessel. Within days of news reports on the broken vessel, hundreds of people trek to the...
1.3K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 184.0

November
County votes Republican; NB house razed A majority of Coos County voters go liberal, opt not to join the national majority and opt instead to vote for John McCain to lead the country. They aren t generous, when it comes to taxation. Voters turn down ...
1.3K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 184.0

Sliding no more
NORTH BEND If the drawn-out saga of North Bend s most notorious house were detailed in a popular book, its most famous line might be: Ding-dong the house is gone! The dangerous house no longer blights the hill above U.S. Highway 101 and Sapphires M...
3.8K - Nov. 18, 2008; scored 1000.0

Dooms day for slipping house is on Monday
NORTH BEND Like a scream queen in a slasher flick, she has nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Her days are numbered and come Monday, she ll have her date with doom. The house perched on the hill above Sapphires Mongolian Grill will finally see its...
2.0K - Nov. 14, 2008; scored 184.0