Bah Humbug run and picnic planned
The South Coast Running Club will hold its annual club picnic and Bah Humbug Requiem Run at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Humbug Mountain State Park south of Port Orford. The non-competitive run or walk includes a 3-mile climb to the top of Humbug...
 1.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 158.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Nov. 7
Bowling North Bend Lanes Oct. 26-Nov. 1 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Bruce Watts 248, Bill Sullivan 225, Ray Rockwood 224; Patty Rockwood 214, Sally Ash 205, Linda Nichols 195. Monday Super Star Juniors Kyronn Morgan 239, Joey Hufman 204, Jor...
10.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 151.0 Ohio town cancels Christmas parade amid legal concerns, protests
AMELIA, Ohio (AP) An Ohio village s Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems. Amelia Mayor Leroy Ellington said the Amelia Business Association that sponsored the parade for ...
1.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 69.0 ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 123.0 Oregon judge says furrier protected from elder abuse
PORTLAND (AP) A judge has ordered animal rights activists to keep their distance from a 75-year-old furrier because state law protects the businessman from elder abuse by shouting profanities. Horst Grimm, the owner of Nicholas Ungar Furs, won an o...
2.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 103.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 69.0 Pirates seek spot in state tournament
Marshfield s volleyball players want to prove themselves in the postseason this year, as they travel to Summit on Saturday in the Class 5A playoffs. After losing to Mountain View in the second round last season, the Pirates want to get past that hurd...
2.8K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 Hold onto your hat - a storm's coming
Batten down the hatches and check those mooring lines. Head to Shore Acres State Park, not the beaches, to watch the big surf rolling in. Forecasters say a big storm s on the way. On Wednesday, they were busy sending out notices: There s a high wind ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 Coming Soon
Tonight Lifting quilts Join the Coos Sand N Sea Quilters meeting at 7 tonight at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Featured speaker Kara Alexander will present Lift the Quilts Out of Your Stash. She ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 69.0 Berkshire buying Burlington Northern
NEW YORK (AP) Legendary investor Warren Buffett is making what he calls an all-in wager on the U.S. economy $34 billion to buy a major railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,...
5.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 69.0 Sports Briefs: NHL will buy Phoenix team
PHOENIX The Phoenix Coyotes bumpy six-month journey through U.S. Bankruptcy Court has come to an end with a judge s approval of the sale of the franchise to the NHL. Judge Redfield T. Baum signed the order after a quiet, brief hearing in a mostly ...
6.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 103.0 Southwestern men s soccer team wins with hat trick
With a hat trick from Manny Mendoza, the Southwestern Oregon Community College men s soccer team shut out Pierce 4-0 at home on Saturday. Mendoza scored in the third minute, 20th minute and 53rd minute, and the fourth goal was scored by Drue Harris i...
3.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 69.0 North Bend girls reach soccer playoffs
North Bend s girls soccer team advanced to the state playoffs by beating Umpqua Valley Christian in a penalty kick shootout at River Forks Park in Roseburg on Monday. The Bulldogs stayed alive in the match when Taylor Cribbins had her third goal of t...
2.1K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 69.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 1, 9:20 a.m., an attempted burglary was reported in the 600 block of South Wasson Street. Nov. 1, 10:24 a.m., domestic harassment was reported in the 700 block of D...
7.5K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 103.0 Blanchard Irene Davis Lorsung
A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Blanchard Blanche Irene Davis Lorsung, 102, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. with the Rev. Karl Schray, of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, officiating. Buri...
4.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 69.0 Bandon sweeps cross country team titles
BANDON Isaac Taylor led the Bandon boys to a surprising district cross country title on Saturday and said the pinnacle of the Tigers season still is to come. I think we re doing great, Taylor said. We ve still got our best race ahead of us. Band...
5.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 162.0 Driver jailed after vehicle hits man
Coos County deputies arrested a Lakeside man Friday after he reportedly struck his 51-year-old neighbor with his vehicle. Deputies responded to 96296 Sun Lake Lane in Lakeside to a report that a vehicle hit a man and the driver then drove to another ...
1.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 69.0 Will cook for food
NORTH BEND Some cooks would find it difficult to make a meal with $8 worth of ingredients. Stretch that sum weekly between 25 culinary students, and the menu sounds meager at best. Culinary teacher Mary Willson says that s the difficult realit...
4.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 69.0 Hang up and drive law comes Jan. 1
SALEM As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be enforced? Orego...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 124.0 Sunset girls take junior high title
The Sunset girls cross country team raced to the Far West League middle school district title last weekend at Tugman State Park. Shaylen Crook led the way with a first-place finish as Sunset had five of the first eight runners across the finish line....
1.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 123.0 | 
