A different kind of pet rescue
NEWPORT (AP) By day, Duane Parton III is known as the dog whisperer; and his cohort James Erdman, the cat whisperer. Both earned those designations for their winning ways with the critters at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter. By night, however the...
 4.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 200.0 Panel to address rural hunger solutions
Oregon Coast Community Action will host a community meeting Tuesday on rural hunger, discussing the challenges and potential solutions to hunger issues on the South Coast. It will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the South Coast Food Share warehouse on the ...
0.6K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 258.0 Pilots get fired, but others keep driving
This fan of news in all its various forms and presentations could not resist making the connection between the Northwest Airlines pilots story and our Oregon governor s decision to declare in-car talking/texting off limits, effective Jan. 1, 2010. W...
1.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 200.0 Prepare for disaster
Arlene Soto Question: If a disaster happens in my business, how do I recover? Answer: First, let me say I m glad you are being proactive in addressing potential disaster before it happens. The best time to prepare is before you need to respond. You...
3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 200.0 Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC
WASHINGTON (AP) An Oregon company that makes electric motorcycles thinks it has a homegrown solution to the nation s energy woes. To prove it, the company sent two riders on a 10-day odyssey from Detroit to Washington, re-creating the 2008 trip of ...
3.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 258.0 Reedsport saves big money on levee deal
REEDSPORT The city of Reedsport has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to get its flood levees inspected and certified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Not only will the move save the city tens of thousands of dollars, it will prevent resid...
3.4K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 258.0 City might have legal right to cut sewer service
The Coquille Tribe doesn t think the city can do it. But a representative of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says the city of North Bend, in its lawsuit against the tribe, just might be able to legally shut off sewer services to The Mi...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 200.0 Oregon docs lead health reform caravan to Congress
PORTLAND Some Oregon doctors are headed for Congress to ask lawmakers to take health care reform back to the drawing board and hold a real debate about a single-payer plan that would cover all Americans. The small group of veteran physicians held a...
4.2K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 331.0 Kitzhaber's return shakes up 2010 race field
SALEM (AP) Former governor John Kitzhaber s pursuit of a record third term puts pressure on fellow Democrats who might want the job, and it could complicate the job of Republican leaders lining up prospective candidates. A former emergency room phy...
4.4K - Sep. 3, 2009; scored 459.0 Canola good for biofuels, bad for other crops
PORTLAND (AP) With a national push on to develop alternatives to fossil fuels, Oregon may seem well-positioned to benefit. The Willamette Valley in particular has the capacity to grow a significant amount of canola seeds, which can be crushed to yi...
3.8K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 418.0 Obama's plan will cost nation less
Obama s plan will cost nation less Thumbs down to The World for the less than factual statement (The World, Aug. 8). The statement, Jeers to Oregon s updated Medicaid Management Information System and the private contractor who just can t seem to ge...
1.8K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 200.0 Wanted: Big jets at local airport
BANDON Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s southbound flights are doing well enough for airport officials to begin lobbying for a larger aircraft. In a genial town hall meeting between one of the top brass from SkyWest Airlines and community lead...
4.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 438.0 California officials blast Coos Bay LNG proposal
Local opponents of developing a liquefied natural gas project and an ancillary pipeline have found allies in another Bay Area. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution this week asking Pacific Gas Electric Corp. to withd...
5.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 459.0 State finds 572 ingredients in soil
EUGENE (AP) The second annual report on Oregon pesticide use is likely to be the last. Just as the report from the Department of Agriculture went to press, the program was cut as a casualty of state budget problems. The state of Oregon absorbed 19 ...
3.3K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 360.0 Nature Guide Journal: June bugs making an appearance in July
Column by Marty Giles A neighbor e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago with a report of a 10-lined June beetle landing on their porch. Ten-lined June beetles (Polyphylla decemlineata) are huge up to 11 4 inches long and bulky noisy, and hard to miss....
3.6K - Jul. 11, 2009; scored 200.0 Thinning to block fire releases carbon
GRANTS PASS Scientists say forests in the Pacific Northwest have a huge potential to store more carbon to combat global warming, but not if they are heavily thinned to prevent wildfire. That poses a dilemma to the U.S. Forest Service, which has his...
4.8K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 299.0 Average folk can get energy incentive info
Energy - how to save it and how to generate it - will be the topic of a workshop on July 22 in North Bend. Coos County homeowners and business owners can learn how to earn cash incentives for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy proje...
1.7K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 331.0 Biomass could add to local economy
The South Coast has learned not to expect some huge corporation to swoop in and single-handedly revitalize our economy. Our future prosperity probably will depend on modestly sized enterprises, many of them homegrown, slowly building a sustainable ec...
1.9K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 200.0 Golf Tip: Alter your swing to compensate for sidehill lies
One of the hardest shots in golf is when the ball is lying either above or below your feet. Especially here on the Oregon coast, it is not uncommon to have a sidehill lie. If you can follow these few easy steps, you will not fear these shots any long...
2.6K - Jun. 19, 2009; scored 200.0 SCDC boss takes it slow
COOS BAY - Sandra Geiser Messerle helped an Indiana town revitalize its historic district and now she is aiming to aid this area in rekindling Coos County's economy. Some philosophies carry over, said the 55-year-old Messerle, the new South Coast De...
6.1K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 433.0 | 
