Tornado rips through Lincoln City
LINCOLN CITY (AP) The National Weather Service has confirmed that it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City over the weekend and packed winds that reached 85 mph. The tornado s destruction path was 150 yards long by 80 yards...
 1.7K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 200.0 Recreation Report
Siuslaw River: Bright Chinook should continue to pulse in over the next few weeks. The cutthroat trout fishery is over for the season. Coos County lakes: Stocked trout fishing has been excellent. Coos River Basin: Trout fishing is closed until next s...
1.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 200.0 Poets give reading at NB library
Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday at the North Bend Public Library. Siverly s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors experiences alo...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 258.0 Works of the Northwest
Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the North Bend Public Library. Siverly s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors experi...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 258.0 Taste of the Northwest on Nov. 13
What flavors define cooking in the Pacific Northwest? Here s one easy way to find out. The Oregon Coast Culinary Institute will host an evening of indulging in the delicacies of the region at 5 p.m. on Nov. 13. At the Taste of the Northwest, guests...
0.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 200.0 Powers secures spot in Class 1A playoffs
COQUILLE The volleyball playoffs are becoming an annual tradition for Powers. The Cruisers won a tough match with South Coast rival Pacific during the Skyline League tournament Saturday at Coquille High School to earn a spot in the playoffs for the...
4.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 447.0 Bandon sweeps cross country team titles
BANDON Isaac Taylor led the Bandon boys to a surprising district cross country title on Saturday and said the pinnacle of the Tigers season still is to come. I think we re doing great, Taylor said. We ve still got our best race ahead of us. Band...
5.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 200.0 Coast Guard suspends search for survivors in military aircraft crash; investigation continues
LOS ANGELES (AP) With the possibility of finding survivors all but gone and the ocean search shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery mission, focus fell today on what caused a Marine Corps helicopter and U.S. Coast Guard plane to collide over th...
1.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 360.0 Recreation Report
Siuslaw River: Rains are moving fish into upper tidewater and fresh fish are expected to pulse in soon. The last day to fish for cutthroat trout is today. Coos County lakes: There was an additional stocking of both trophy- and legal-size trout last w...
2.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 258.0 Bandon Fishing report
Local lakes: Last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife restocked Empire Lakes in Coos Bay with the last of its two-pound trophy trout and legal-sized rainbow trout. The reports I received from the Bites on Tackle shop in Empire were o...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 299.0 Migration drops a crowd of pelicans
Welcome to the pelican convention. If you ve been to the beaches lately or cruised around Coos Bay, it s been hard to miss these lumbering visitors. Thousands of brown pelicans have converged on the south and central Oregon coast, with fall migration...
1.5K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 258.0 OSAA approves hybrid leagues for sports
Cross-classification hybrids became a reality Monday when the Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board approved the classification and district assignments for the next four-year time block. The Executive Board did not make any changes to...
4.5K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 258.0 Locals land NOAA work
A Coos Bay contractor will manage the construction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration marine operations center in Newport. The Port of Newport has sent a letter of intent to hire Coos Bay-based West Coast Contractors and Andersen ...
2.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 447.0 Columbia River commerce protected by weakened wall
ASTORIA (AP) It s a mild October morning on the Oregon Coast. Yet, even on a windless day with the ocean glassy smooth, it s a rough ride at the point where the Columbia River smashes into the Pacific Ocean. A 60-ton boat, designed to ferry elite p...
6.7K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 418.0 Recreation Report
Siuslaw River: Fall Chinook anglers are having fair success in mid to upper tidewater as recent rains have moved fish. The cutthroat trout season is open through October. Coos County lakes: Empire Lakes, Bluebill Lake and Butterfield Lake have been s...
1.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 200.0 Maxine Locker
Maxine Locker Oct. 16, 1925 - Oct. 12, 2009 A celebration of her life was held for Maxine Locker, 83, of Pismo Beach, Calif., on Oct. 15. Burial was in California at the Arroyo Grande Cemetery, where she was placed next to Harold her beloved husband ...
2.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 200.0 Recreation Report
Siuslaw River: Fall Chinook anglers are having fair success in mid to upper tidewater as recent rains have moved fish. The cutthroat trout season is open through October. Coos County lakes: Empire Lakes, Bluebill Lake and Butterfield Lake have been s...
1.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 200.0 Maxine Locker
Maxine Locker Oct. 16, 1925 - Oct. 12, 2009 A celebration of her life was held for Maxine Locker, 83, of Pismo Beach, Calif., on Oct. 15. Burial was in California at the Arroyo Grande Cemetery, where she was placed next to Harold her beloved husband ...
2.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 200.0 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 200.0 FERC tips favor toward Portland
The World nailed it in their recent editorial: FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, owes this community and the Jordan Cove Energy LNG and Pacific Connector developers, an answer; a simple YES or NO. The developers have jumped through all ...
2.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 200.0 | 
