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 231.0 Natural gas rates decrease
NW Natural Gas announced last week that it received approval from the Oregon Public Utility Commission to cut natural gas rates by 16 percent. The new rates start this week. On average, Oregon residential customers using 55 therms per month will see ...
0.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 139.0 Bandon runs a fiscally tight ship
It was with interest I read Jim Giambrone s letter (The World, Oct. 27). This is the same man who tried to coerce the city s budget committee into hiring an eighth officer two years ago. Police Chief Bob Webb told us there were other things he needed...
2.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 165.0 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 225.0 Teens can have fun staying sober
High school dances were common on weekend nights decades ago. Schools hosted supervised fun, with music and prospective romance. No drugs, no alcohol at least in the gyms. Average teens and would-be miscreants were gathered in one building, under w...
1.9K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 191.0 Dance will offer clean fun
Steve Scibelli remembers dancing when he was a teenager. We used to have dances almost after every football and basketball game, the North Bend police chief recalled. They probably kept him and his classmates out of trouble at least a little bit....
4.5K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 296.0 Airport hopefuls all from out of state
Final interviews were conducted this morning and the Coos County Airport Commission could offer the job of executive director to one of three finalists this afternoon. In a perfect world, we ll have a decision made tomorrow, Chairman Mike Lehman sai...
2.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 139.0 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 191.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
COOS BAY The developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County won t get to take their application before federal regulators this month. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meets Thursday, but Jordan Cove Energy Pr...
2.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 229.0 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 284.0 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 284.0 Commission to combat teen drinking
The Coos County Commission on Children and Families in partnership with the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council has received a five-year grant for $625,000 to address teen alcohol abuse issues. The money comes from the Federal Departmen...
2.0K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 822.0 Charleston boat basin gets $1 million for improvements
The Oregon Transportation Commission has awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to help improve Boat Basin Drive in Charleston. Although the funds have been approved, the work won t begin until 2011 at the earliest, a press release sa...
1.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 754.0 EYE ON GOVERNMENT
Today Bandon Planning Commission 7 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 505 Highway 101; regular meeting. Coquille Valley Hospital District 7:15 a.m., dining room, hospital, 940 E. Fifth St.; regular meeting. Coos County Transit Advisory Committe...
1.8K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 258.0 County OK's flooding Kentuck Golf Course
COQUILLE - Developers of a local liquefied natural gas terminal have cleared another hurdle in addressing environmental concerns, as they try to move forward with the project. The Coos County Commissioners approved a zone change Tuesday for the Kentu...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 387.0 EYE ON GOVERNMENT
Today Lakeside Water District 4 p.m., district office, 1000 N. Lake Road; special meeting to consider the dismissal or hear complaints against an individual. Coos Bay City Council 6 p.m., council chambers, 500 Central Ave.; special meeting to e...
2.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 239.0 Oregon Outdoor Report: Emergency closure at wild coho fishery
Emergency closure: At 11:59 p.m. last night the wild coho fishery on the Coos River system was closed. We had a large number of coho caught on the bar and also in the river this past week, and we reached our 1,000 fish quota. The Coquille River has t...
4.4K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 272.0 Eye On Government
Monday, Sept. 21 North Bend City Council ” 4:30 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 835 California St.; work session. North Bend Planning Commission ” 7 p.m., council chambers, city hall, 835 California St.; regular meeting. Coos...
1.5K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 247.0 Temporary hires become permanent at college
COOS BAY Two interim administrators at Southwestern Oregon Community College now have permanent full-time jobs. On Monday night, the college announced it has named Linda Kridelbaugh as the vice-president of administrative services. She has served i...
2.7K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 211.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
Federal officials won t be talking about a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County when they meet next week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an agenda for its Sept. 17 meeting Thursday and Jordan Cove Energ...
2.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 139.0 | 
