Diaz, Marsden, Kelly's 'Box' is empty
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden have a terrible moral dilemma in Richard Kelly s The Box : Press a button on a mysterious container, they ll get $1 million, and someone they don t know will die. What button, on whose box, did Kelly push to get t...
 3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 59.0 No fool left behind
NORTH BEND No one planned a Neil Simon festival in North Bend, but with productions of four of his plays scheduled in six months, it sure seems that way. There are two each at Little Theatre on the Bay and North Bend High School, and directors at b...
4.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 59.0 Who will teach nurses?
COOS BAY Experienced nurses have seen it before. In a recession, retired and semi-retired RNs come out of the woodwork to support their families. But once this economic slump ends, nurses including Susan Walker foresee a shortage of medical worker...
4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Parent night is Tuesday at Marshfield
Marshfield High School is hosting parent conference night Tuesday in the main gym on the Coos Bay campus. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Conferences will be on a drop-in basis, with three alphabetical groupings based on students last names. H-L and P-S m...
0.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 59.0 Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters today in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. The soldiers were fighti...
3.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 94.0 Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars
WASHINGTON One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his vision for school reform. Obama is visiting Wisconsin, where lawmakers are po...
4.0K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 199.0 Coos Bay schools, teachers can't agree
Coos Bay teachers and schools officials are headed to mediation to try to resolve disagreements over pay and workday conditions. The two sides continued their now half-year negotiations Monday night, but failed to produce a compromise. I think it was...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 860.0 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 59.0 When no child is left behind
President Obama s secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, now has nearly $5 billion in Race to the Top stimulus funds to enable each child to be a confident lifelong learner, not just a nameless statistic in national reading and math scores. At l...
3.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 239.0 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 59.0 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 94.0 North Bend Hall of Fame inductees
George Edward Gebhardt (Class of 1933): Gebhardt was born in 1915 and was class president during his time at North Bend High School. He also won the Coos County extemporary speaking contest and was selected Outstanding Senior Boy. He earned a degree...
4.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 94.0 North Bend enshrines past educators in Hall
North Bend High School inducted five men into its Hall of Fame on Friday evening, including a standout student, a few retired coaches and teachers, as well as a former superintendent. In its 10th year, the Hall of Fame inducted George Gebhart, who gr...
4.3K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 119.0 Savoring a school house
RANDOLPH A good site, money and a passion for history that s what Charlie Ruddell had. After four years, a lot of research and creative problem solving, he now has a renovated historic schoolhouse, too, at Randolph about 6 miles north of Bandon....
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 59.0 Teachers renew legal fight with Sizemore
PORTLAND Two Oregon teacher unions have gone back to court against political activist Bill Sizemore to accuse him again of racketeering, this time in the 2008 elections. The legal battle between Sizemore and the unions dates to 2002 and a racketeer...
3.4K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 719.0 Stimulus creating jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) About 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama s economic stimulus plan, the White House said today, saying it is on track to reach the president s goal of 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. New jo...
2.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 94.0 Rare bird seen in Coos Bay
The Pineapple Express normally hits the South Coast in December, but a tropical visitor alighted in Coos Bay a little early this season. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when she spotted a brown booby acr...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 59.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 59.0 Bulldogs to honor coaches
The North Bend High School Hall of Fame celebrates its 10th year on Friday, with the induction of five men who helped enhance the opportunities for students in the school district. The 10th class will push the number of members of the Hall of Fame to...
2.6K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 139.0 Birders scope out rare visitor to bay
It's not uncommon in December for a warm Pineapple Express storm system to hit the South Coast, but this week a tropical visitor arrived in Coos Bay a little early. Suzette Eagler of Lakeside was out crabbing with her husband Wednesday morning when s...
1.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 59.0 | 
