Former Blazer eyes run for governor
SALEM Chris Dudley s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor s chair and Oregon s Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn t formally announced a bid for t...
 3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 67.0 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 146.0 Should find 'third way' on legal reform
There s an important task congressional moderates can perform on health-care reform besides fighting the public insurance option: Find a middle ground on medical malpractice. Even President Barack Obama ought to join the cause and go beyond the tepid...
4.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 67.0 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 86.0 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 67.0 SOCC lands big federal grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $143,000 grant to the Southwestern Oregon Community College Welding and Metals Fabrication Program, a press release said. The Collaborative Relevant Education & Applied Technology for Economic Devel...
0.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 106.0 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 86.0 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 67.0 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 67.0 Column: New group lobbies for community sports funding
If the high school and youth sports programs in your town aren t already having trouble paying their bills, they will soon. And if that doesn t sound like headline-worthy news in this battered economy, just wait. You ll have your pick of headlines fr...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 86.0 College tuition is up amid recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase. Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, or $...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 196.0 Oregon universities recruit more foreign students
CORVALLIS (AP) On the board of a classroom at Oregon State University recently, new international engineering students made two lists about what it s like to study in the United States. Under hard, they wrote: homework, wake up at the morning ...
6.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 100.0 Rescuing Bandar
WASHINGTON (AP) They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets. When it was time to go home, Joe...
13.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 86.0 Chester B. Dacayana
A memorial Mass will be held for Chester B. Dacayana, 80, of Port Orford, at 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 19, at St. John s Catholic Church in Port Orford. Chester was born Sept. 30, 1929, in Hollister, Calif., to parents Venancio and Pelagia Dacayana. They...
2.8K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 86.0 Marlene Tymchuk
Memorial services for Marlene Tymchuk, 77, of Reedsport, will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 2360 Longwood Ave. in Reedsport. A viewing will be held Friday, Oct. 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Dunes Memorial Chapel. Bor...
2.5K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 67.0 Marlene Tymchuk
Memorial services for Marlene Tymchuk, 77, of Reedsport, will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church in Reedsport. A viewing will be held Friday, Oct. 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Dunes Memorial Chapel. Born Nov. 10, 1931, in ...
2.5K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 67.0 Schools get stimulus dollars for energy projects
Three North Bend schools will receive almost $76,000 in federal stimulus funds for energy efficiency projects. Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will distribute more than $500,000 through the American...
2.2K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 120.0 Sports Briefs: Russian man working on deal to buy the Nets
NEW YORK Russia s richest man has a deal to buy a controlling interest in the New Jersey Nets and nearly half of a project to build a new arena in Brooklyn. Mikhail Prokhorov s Onexim Group announced the deal with Forest City Ratner Companies and N...
4.6K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 120.0 How old are those college dorms?
Question: How old are the dorms at Southwestern Oregon Community College? It appears the college is getting ready to re-roof the buildings. Was the original roofing substandard or damaged in some way? Answer: The roofing on the buildings was defect...
1.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 86.0 Washington State moves ahead with stadium expansion
SPOKANE, Wash. A football stadium expansion at Washington State University that was delayed by the economic slump will move forward. Athletics director Jim Sterk said Tuesday that big drops in construction costs thanks to the slowdown will allow th...
3.1K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 100.0 | 
