Inmate release program criticized
SALEM - Anti-crime activists and some prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature s move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money. Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance spokeswoman Tara Lawrence said Friday that courts and di...
 3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 839.0 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 1000.0 Students help salmon spawn
When asked what the students would be doing at the Millicoma Fish Hatchery on Thursday, 11-year-old Amber Clawson replied whacking fish on the head with big sticks. Of course, there was more to it than that. But Tom Rumreich, a fish biologist for th...
3.2K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 595.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 720.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 720.0 Soda pop off menu for prison inmates
SALEM (AP) Oregon s Department of Corrections is taking soda pop off the menu for state prisoners. Administrator Michael Gower tells KGW-TV that soda will be dropped from meal service on Dec. 31. Instead, Gower said Tuesday, prisoners will be offer...
0.7K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 404.0 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 658.0 I Want To Know: Who appraised Bandon Dunes?
Question: I want to know if Adam Colby was the appraiser that handled the Bandon Dunes account when there was a coding error made. Answer: Coos County Assessor Adam Colby was the commercial industrial appraiser to reappraise Bandon Dunes Golf Resort....
1.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 549.0 What about those disagreeing street signs
Question: In Bunker Hill one street sign reads Flanagan Road, and another reads Flannagan Road. Are they different streets? If so, why such a confusing similarity in names? Answer: The streets are indeed one and the same. County roadmaster John...
1.5K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 637.0 Assessor's office: Let's wait and see
What taxpayers know about the Coos County Assessor s Office falls far short of what they don t know. We don t really know, for instance, why some longtime employees have left since Adam Colby became assessor in January. We don t know whether the flur...
2.0K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 601.0 Third parole try for man convicted in 1985 killing
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) A thin dusting of snow and a tattered yellow blanket covered Peggy Hiltons lifeless body on the bank of the Link River Trail. Across town, Mark Allen Reese walked into the Klamath Falls Police Department to report that his friend...
6.5K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 730.0 Lakeside and prison are improving service
I have been with the Oregon Department of Corrections at the Shutter Creek Correctional Institution as physical plant manager for almost 20 years. I was actually the first employee hired on Feb. 2, 1990. I was here to watch the sewer system and sewer...
2.3K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 979.0 California to turn immigrant inmates over to the feds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state's prisons and turning the...
5.2K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 730.0 Neighbor recalls past dispute
BARVIEW The last time Bryan Hockema heard from his neighbor Kevin Nelson was on a voice message left Friday night. The next day Hockema was at home when a teenage boy burst in around 5 p.m. to say that Nelson had been shot. Hockema, a 29-year-old co...
2.4K - Jun. 2, 2009; scored 575.0 Prison may close due to budget cuts
LAKEVIEW (AP) - A minimum security prison in Southern Oregon may close due to state budget cuts. The Warner Creek Correctional Facility employs more than 100 people in Lakeview, just north of the California border. Oregon Department of Corrections of...
0.5K - May. 14, 2009; scored 549.0 Oregon group says no soda pop for prison inmates
PORTLAND (AP) - A government watchdog group says soft drinks and hard time don't mix at Oregon prisons. Common Sense Oregon awarded the state prison system its inaugural Oregon Golden Fleece Award for spending $773,000 on soda pop for inma...
1.9K - May. 13, 2009; scored 678.0 College board candidates state goals
Aims to finish projects Marcia Jensen This 59-year-old incumbent to the Southwestern Oregon Community College board of education has served in her position for nine years. She was appointed in August 2000. Born and raised in Coquille, she said she ha...
6.9K - May. 6, 2009; scored 746.0 Reedport man dies in Central Oregon crash
Oregon State Police investigators say a Reedsport man killed in a crash Saturday night wasn't wearing a seat belt and was ejected from his pickup. Fifty-year-old Jackie L. Mather Jr. died in the single-vehicle accident at about 6:35 p.m. along state ...
0.9K - Apr. 27, 2009; scored 559.0 Kulongoski talks up bill to expand health care
WHITE CITY (AP) - With his health care bill about to start moving through the Legislature, Gov. Ted Kulongoski used visits to community health care centers Monday to talk about the economic benefits of expanding state coverage for kids and low-income...
2.6K - Apr. 21, 2009; scored 683.0 Sheriff wants to hire five deputies
COQUILLE - Coos County Sheriff Andy Jackson wants to rehire five deputies - three for patrol and two for the jail. His plan is to have them on the job as early as May 1. Jackson floated his idea before commissioners Tuesday, and not surprisingly, the...
2.9K - Apr. 15, 2009; scored 813.0 | 
