Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
 1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 214.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 28, 8:37 a.m., someone stole tools from the 100 block of South Wasson Street. Oct. 28, 11:07 a.m., fraud was reported at Walmart, 2051 Newmark Ave. Oct. 28, 11:30 a...
2.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 156.0 Airport hopefuls all from out of state
Final interviews were conducted this morning and the Coos County Airport Commission could offer the job of executive director to one of three finalists this afternoon. In a perfect world, we ll have a decision made tomorrow, Chairman Mike Lehman sai...
2.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 709.0 MEETINGS
Today Lighthouse School Board 7 p.m., school, 93670 Viking Way, Hauser; regular meeting. Bunker Hill Sanitary District 7:30 p.m., district office, 93685 E. Howard Lane, Coos Bay; regular meeting. Thursday, Oct. 15 Coos Bay/North Bend Water Boar...
1.2K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 152.0 Airport picks 4 finalists
The Coos County Airport District is getting closer to hiring a new airport director. Commissioners of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport have lined up four strong contenders for the position and will begin interviewing Thursday. The district began...
1.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 645.0 SkyWest cuts flight to Portland
NORTH BEND ” The twice daily flight pattern to Portland is convenient for some, but don t get used to it. Come October, there will be only one daily northbound flight out of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. SkyWest Airlines is cancel...
3.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 656.0 Airport loses out on grant
Funds that would have helped Southwest Oregon Regional Airport establish more connecting flights in Portland will not come through after all. Last month, Coos County Airport District announced plans to arrange a code share. That would have given pass...
1.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 737.0 Equipment sparks blaze at airport
The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport closed one runway Tuesday afternoon while North Bend firefighters fought some blazing grass after an airport tractor went up in flames. At about 12:30 p.m., personnel at the North Bend airport were mowing the gra...
1.1K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 177.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 2, 11:59 a.m., a man told police his neighbors are continually harassing him in the 600 block of Central Avenue. Sept. 2, 12:26 p.m., two girls were opening the ti...
4.4K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 152.0 ACS puts out the call for 50 new jobs
Increased demand from a wireless communication carrier is prompting the North Bend call center Affiliated Computer Services, or ACS, to hire 50 people. The customer care center has about 400 employees at its facility at the Southwest Oregon Regional ...
2.0K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 138.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Aug. 31, 7:44 a.m., two cows were in the street near the 100 block of Schoneman Street. Aug. 31, 9:05 a.m., someone entered and damaged a vehicle in the 1000 block of 11...
3.6K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 150.0 Runway expansion could take years
NORTH BEND The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s manager has big plans for bigger planes, but it will take a bigger runway. Should the project come to fruition, airport officials likely would face stringent government oversight and maybe oppositi...
3.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 687.0 Airport seeks grant to boost north flights
NORTH BEND Coos County Airport District will apply for a $500,000 grant to arrange for more travel connections for people traveling to and from Portland International Airport. The matching grant would come from the U.S. Department of Tran...
1.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 212.0 Airport: Flights north don't need subsidy
NORTH BEND - Coos County airport officials delivered a double helping of good news today: SkyWest Airlines is ending its reliance on public subsidies for passenger service between North Bend and Portland. And flight connections in Portland will impro...
2.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 666.0 Airport ties to finagle more flights from PDX
The Coos County Airport District is pushing for more connections for SkyWest Airlines flights arriving in Portland from North Bend. The district board will talk about a possible code share with Portland International Airport at Thursday morning s pub...
0.7K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 122.0 Airport narrows director candidate list
NORTH BEND The search for the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s new manager will soon come to a close. The Coos County Airport Board expects to see a short list of candidates at an executive session Thursday, Aug. 20, from which the board will se...
1.4K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 645.0 Leaky roof leads to senior center dilemma
The North Bend Senior Center Activities Center s finances and organization are in better shape than they ve been in years. Too bad the same can t be said of its roof. More than 20 years old, the roof leaks, and is getting worse with each loose shingl...
1.7K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 122.0 Wanted: Big jets at local airport
BANDON Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s southbound flights are doing well enough for airport officials to begin lobbying for a larger aircraft. In a genial town hall meeting between one of the top brass from SkyWest Airlines and community lead...
4.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 1000.0 A year of wings and prayers
What a difference a year can make. Twelve months ago, Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s shiny new terminal stood gleaming amid grim irony. Horizon Air had just announced it would abandon its Portland service. SkyWest Airlines would fly planes to Sa...
2.0K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 182.0 Airport: Passenger volume improves
Flights between North Bend and San Francisco are doing well enough for SkyWest Airlines to operate without a revenue guarantee. And, though Portland flights still need airport district help, airport officials say they no longer fear losing Portland s...
2.8K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 196.0 | 
