Eye on Government
Today North Bend City Council 4:30 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 835 California St.; work session. Oregon Virtual Academy 6 p.m., 1810 Monroe St., North Bend; regular meeting also accessible via teleconference at (888) 824-5783, ext. 1668287...
 1.7K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 353.0 CB officials begin search for city manager
The city of Coos Bay has scheduled a special council meeting Tuesday to decide who should manage City Hall. The council will consider whether to hire an interim city manager from a list of candidates compiled by the League of Oregon Cities, ask forme...
1.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 209.0 Boat center isn't exactly breaking ground
Saturday s boat building center groundbreaking on the Empire waterfront will be atypical for several reasons. The most obvious is there s already a building there. In fact, workers already have spent time improving the facility since the city signed ...
2.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 260.0 Wise approach to LNG: Be prepared
Coping with the recession has absorbed most people s energy for the past year, but looking beyond the immediate crisis is always smart. The city of Coos Bay is being prudently proactive by negotiating a financial relationship with the would-be develo...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 188.0 Coos Bay signs LNG pact
COOS BAY The city of Coos Bay isn t throwing its support behind the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal project, but it could benefit from it. The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to sign a deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project that would allow th...
2.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 287.0 Officials outline emergency plans for LNG terminal
Staff Reports Coos Bay officials haven t endorsed the local liquefied natural gas terminal project, but they have been working with the developer on emergency plans if the facility gets built. The Coos Bay City Council will discuss Tuesday whether to...
1.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 710.0 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 188.0 Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 346.0 Paper is covering stories that matter
I ve seen several letters recently complaining about the lack of national and world news in The World. The World has always seemed to me to be a paper that was mainly to keep us abreast of our local news, and other news that was related to this area....
1.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 239.0 CB library looks to expand building
Ever go to the library wanting to check e-mail and all the computers were occupied? Ever go to a children s event at the library and had to wait for a second show because there wasn t enough room? Ever want to grab a cup of coffee to go with a page-t...
2.9K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 175.0 City resists isolationist urge
Building an area s economy requires patient teamwork by both public and private players. Encouragingly, the city of Coos Bay seems to be rejoining the Bay Area team, after briefly flirting with isolationism. This week city officials agreed to pay mos...
2.0K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 234.0 Leland Wesley Sutton
A cryptside funeral service will be held for Leland Lee Wesley Sutton, 88, of Bandon at 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26, at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum, 63060 Millington Frontage Road in Coos Bay with Pastor Don Berney, of New Beginnings Christian Fello...
2.0K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 149.0 SCDC receives city funds
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency resolved a strained relationship with the South Coast Development Council by agreeing to pay it $15,625 for services in 2008-09. The agreement came after Interim City Manager Rodger Craddock and City ...
2.2K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 687.0 Judge:Cancel Mak's license
The owners of Mak s Old City Hall Lounge in Coos Bay had hoped a missing recording could save them from losing their liquor license. But the administrative law judge, Robert L. Goss, wasn t swayed by the tape and continues to recommend canceling Mak ...
2.3K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 192.0 SOCC authors read from latest works
Two students from the Southwestern Oregon Community College autobiography class one current and one former will offer short presentations on a books they partially worked on during class and later published. The presentations will be held at 3:15...
1.5K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 132.0 Bangor School rezoning advances to North Bend council
NORTH BEND Compared to the nearly six-hour long meeting last held by the North Bend Planning Commission to review a zone change for the former Bangor School site, Monday night s meeting seemed almost like a non-event. Done in less than 30 minutes, ...
3.2K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 180.0 City may pay SCDC invoice
The city of Coos Bay has reached a compromise with the South Coast Development Council regarding payment for services in 2008. Interim City Manager Rodger Craddock and Councilor Mark Daily met with SCDC officials Oct. 8 and tentatively agreed for the...
1.5K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 248.0 Council must manage itself first
Congratulations and bon voyage to Coos Bay s fired city manager, heading to Eastern Washington with $80,000 of city taxpayers money. Chuck Freeman s divisive tenure leaves behind a city council that is amply sad but not yet sufficiently wise. O...
2.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 239.0 Freeman lands job in Wash
Coos Bay s former city manager has found a job as manager of an irrigation district in eastern Washington. The Kennewick Irrigation District offered a $105,000 contract to Chuck Freeman on Tuesday morning to head the organization. He is slated t...
2.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 744.0 Message to Coos Bay: Get along or lose businesses
COOS BAY A facilitator with the League of Oregon Cities has given Coos Bay city councilors an incentive to resolve their differences. A dysfunctional city council could negatively impact one of its primary goals: economic development, she warned. P...
3.6K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 360.0 | 
