Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
 1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 338.0 Airport says it's close to hiring new leader
The Coos County Airport District is finalizing negotiations with a candidate to manage the airport and next-door business park. It s probably a done deal, said Chairman Mike Lehman. We re getting very close to finalizing it. Lehman kept the potenti...
0.8K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 747.0 Cheers & Jeers
Energizer Whitty This commissioner just keeps on working. Cheers to Nikki Whitty for taking on three months of extra duties while the Coos County Veterans Service Office employees were out of action. When they return Monday, Whitty deserves a snappy ...
2.1K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 152.0 Cheers & Jeers
Energizer Whitty This commissioner just keeps on working. Cheers to Nikki Whitty for taking on three months of extra duties while the Coos County Veterans Service Office employees were out of action. When they return Monday, Whitty deserves a snappy ...
2.1K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 152.0 Airport new avenue for improved PDX connections
NORTH BEND Airport managers have a new plan to try to get money to add more connections for North Bend passengers at Portland. Executive Director Gary LeTellier said he plans to strategize an application plan with airport directors from Salem and K...
2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 338.0 Meet a potential airport director
Staff Writer, Nate Traylor Coos County Airport District commissioners are down to choosing from among three candidates for the executive director position. Two are from Florida and one is from California, but commissioners aren t saying yet who they ...
1.1K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 814.0 MEETINGS
Today Lighthouse School Board 7 p.m., school, 93670 Viking Way, Hauser; regular meeting. Bunker Hill Sanitary District 7:30 p.m., district office, 93685 E. Howard Lane, Coos Bay; regular meeting. Thursday, Oct. 15 Coos Bay/North Bend Water Boar...
1.2K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 342.0 Community Action loses campus site
COQUILLE Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal grants to build it, after an Empire property owner refused to sell its land. Now the agency is looking at airport land in North Ben...
3.0K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 309.0 Community Action loses campus site
COQUILLE ” Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal grants to build it, after an Empire property owner refused to sell its land. Now the agency is looking at airport land i...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 309.0 Airport picks 4 finalists
The Coos County Airport District is getting closer to hiring a new airport director. Commissioners of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport have lined up four strong contenders for the position and will begin interviewing Thursday. The district began...
1.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 902.0 SkyWest cuts flight to Portland
NORTH BEND ” The twice daily flight pattern to Portland is convenient for some, but don t get used to it. Come October, there will be only one daily northbound flight out of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. SkyWest Airlines is cancel...
3.8K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 285.0 Airport loses out on grant
Funds that would have helped Southwest Oregon Regional Airport establish more connecting flights in Portland will not come through after all. Last month, Coos County Airport District announced plans to arrange a code share. That would have given pass...
1.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 378.0 Celebrate airline's local success story
Let s talk, for a change, about a government stimulus program that clearly has worked. Last week, SkyWest Airlines announced it would stop relying on subsidies for flights between North Bend and Portland. The announcement reflects a remarkable achiev...
2.1K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 232.0 Runway expansion could take years
NORTH BEND The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s manager has big plans for bigger planes, but it will take a bigger runway. Should the project come to fruition, airport officials likely would face stringent government oversight and maybe oppositi...
3.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 292.0 Airport seeks grant to boost north flights
NORTH BEND Coos County Airport District will apply for a $500,000 grant to arrange for more travel connections for people traveling to and from Portland International Airport. The matching grant would come from the U.S. Department of Tran...
1.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 249.0 Airport: Flights north don't need subsidy
NORTH BEND - Coos County airport officials delivered a double helping of good news today: SkyWest Airlines is ending its reliance on public subsidies for passenger service between North Bend and Portland. And flight connections in Portland will impro...
2.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 334.0 Airport ties to finagle more flights from PDX
The Coos County Airport District is pushing for more connections for SkyWest Airlines flights arriving in Portland from North Bend. The district board will talk about a possible code share with Portland International Airport at Thursday morning s pub...
0.7K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 238.0 Airport narrows director candidate list
NORTH BEND The search for the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s new manager will soon come to a close. The Coos County Airport Board expects to see a short list of candidates at an executive session Thursday, Aug. 20, from which the board will se...
1.4K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 278.0 Day Planner
Today Surplus Sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Reedsport School District Warehouse, 100 Ranch Road. (541-271-3656 ext. 2) ABC s of Home Buying 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. North Bend Housing Authority, 1700 Monroe St. (267-6505) Explore the Shores 9-11 a.m., Charles...
17.0K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 497.0 Day Planner
Today Susan Applegate Art Exhibit Elkton Community Education Center. (541-584-2692) National Watercolor Society exhibition Through Sept. 26, Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. (267-2693) Bingo 5 p.m., North Bend Senior Center, 1470 A...
17.5K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 504.0 | 
