Girls set new standard for excellence
PORTLAND In Oregon high school girls cross country, 19 is becoming the new 20. Over the past 10 years, there has been remarkable growth in the number of girls who can cover 5,000-meter cross country courses in less than 20 minutes. Once a benchmark...
 5.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 644.0 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 331.0 State finds child abuse and neglect at school
The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children. Our fi...
5.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 331.0 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 591.0 American races to win in New York Marathon
NEW YORK Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success. Salazar was the last U.S. man to win the New York City Marathon, a distinction he held until Keflezighi proved...
5.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 331.0 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 331.0 Oregon gives raise to most foster parents
PORTLAND (AP) An overhaul of the way Oregon compensates foster parents means a big raise for most but deep cuts for some who care for children with extensive medical, mental health or behavioral problems. The 2009 Legislature put an additional ...
3.4K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 331.0 Youth Sports: NB volleyball club seeks coaches
The North Bend Volleyball Club is looking for volunteer coaches and assistants for its upcoming USA volleyball season. The season lasts from the middle of November to the end of April. The club hopes to have teams in the seventh-grade, eighth-grade a...
3.0K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 663.0 Youth Sports: NB volleyball club seeks coaches
The North Bend Volleyball Club is looking for volunteer coaches and assistants for its upcoming USA volleyball season. The season lasts from the middle of November to the end of April. The club hopes to have teams in the seventh-grade, eighth-grade a...
3.0K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 663.0 Weakened tropical storm Rick nears Mexico resorts
LOS CABOS, Mexico Once-powerful Hurricane Rick lost most of its punch as it headed toward Mexican resort regions as a tropical storm today, but local authorities still prepared for evacuations due to flooding. Rick had been the strongest hurricane ...
2.5K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 331.0 Balloon dad faces felony charges
FORT COLLINS, Colo. The lawyer for the man accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said today that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in the next day as investigators analyze e-mails that show ...
8.3K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 725.0 Balloon dad faces felony charges
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The lawyer for the man accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show said today that he expects authorities to bring charges against his client in the next day as investigators analyze e-mails that sho...
8.7K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 725.0 Youth Sports: Hockey team joins Boys & Girls Club in fundraiser
The Portland Winterhawks Hockey Club and the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon have partnered in a fundraiser for the club sports programs. The club is selling tickets to a hockey game on Saturday, Nov. 7, between the Winterhawks and the Seatt...
3.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 629.0 Youth Sports: Hockey team joins Boys & Girls Club in fundraiser
The Portland Winterhawks Hockey Club and the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon have partnered in a fundraiser for the club sports programs. The club is selling tickets to a hockey game on Saturday, Nov. 7, between the Winterhawks and the Seatt...
3.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 629.0 Balloon boy sick after early interviews
FORT COLLINS, Colo. The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said today accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are extremely pathetic. The sheriff said he will be asking more questions....
4.9K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 692.0 Was balloon incident a hoax?
FORT COLLINS, Colo. The father of a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in a helium balloon that floated away said Friday accusations that the ordeal was a publicity stunt are extremely pathetic. The sheriff said he will be asking more questions...
4.9K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 692.0 Boise State holds on for victory
TULSA, Okla. ” Coach Chris Petersen would like to see Boise State learn to deliver a knockout punch instead of trading blows until the final bell. He ll still take a win any way he can get it. Kellen Moore threw three touchdown passes, includi...
4.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 331.0 6-year-old boy floats away in balloon
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft in Colorado and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy as the balloon hurtled through the air. The bizarre scene pl...
1.9K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 495.0 Gunmen kill 39 in five attacks in Pakistan's cultural capital
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Teams of gunmen launched coordinated attacks on three law enforcement facilities in Pakistan s cultural capital of Lahore, and car bombs exploded in two cities near the Afghan border today, killing 39 people in an escalating ...
7.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 548.0 Car accident injures U.S. soccer player
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies had several broken bones and a lacerated bladder after a one-vehicle accident Tuesday in which another person was killed. Davies underwent several hours of surgery at Washington Hospital Cent...
4.9K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 548.0 | 
