Oregon offers model to boost nursing faculty
PORTLAND A predicted national shortage of nurses in the next decade could be made worse by a shortage of the experienced nurses who train them at community colleges and universities around the country. In response, nursing education leaders from 11...
 4.1K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 68.0 Confusion delays LNG hearing
A federal official has offered one reason why local liquefied natural gas developers haven t received a hearing before federal regulators. The chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission remains silent on the matter, but a project manager in...
2.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 136.0 Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide and soon whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit. Lawyers for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay submitted a letter to the Federal Energy R...
4.6K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 107.0 Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide and soon whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit. Lawyers for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay submitted a letter to the Federal Energy R...
4.6K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 107.0 Insurers dropping Chinese drywall policies
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. James and Maria Ivory s dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida s Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got wor...
7.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 68.0 Interior, BLM offers 62 timber sales in Oregon
GRANTS PASS (AP) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced a crop of timber sales for federal lands in Western Oregon intended to keep Oregon mills open while the Obama administration works on a new long-term forest management strategy....
4.1K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 68.0 New bulbs hold survival key
BROOKINGS (AP) From his farm in this small Southern Oregon coastal town, lily bulb grower Harry Harms is far removed from the annual crush of potted Easter lily sales. But his livelihood is intrinsically attached. And with the price of lilies barel...
3.6K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 68.0 Port to hire new adviser
COOS BAY Port officials plan to hire a Georgia consulting firm to identify businesses that might be interested in the area if a liquefied natural gas terminal is built on Coos Bay s North Spit. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay commissioner...
2.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 68.0 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 68.0 Deadline extended for LNG comments
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District is giving people more time to comment on the waterway aspect of the proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline at Coos Bay. The deadline now will be Dec. 27. The agency is taking comments on the applic...
1.7K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 409.0 Hot, windy weather stokes California blaze
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) Crews planned heavy air attacks today at daybreak to halt the spread of a Southern California wildfire that has chewed through more than 25 square miles of bone dry brush, threatening hundreds of homes as well as a multimillio...
2.9K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 68.0 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 68.0 Protectionism rising despite G-20 vows on trade
WASHINGTON ” Leaders of the world s 20 top economies vowed to resist protectionism last November and again in April as they charted a joint strategy for confronting the worst global downturn in generations. As they meet again, they ll get ...
5.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 68.0 Rising star has high hopes for U.S. Open
NEW YORK The question comes up pretty much every week. Lately, Sam Querrey finds himself answering it more often than most. Who will be the next great American tennis star? Querrey enters the U.S. Open as one of the top candidates, complete with hi...
4.6K - Aug. 31, 2009; scored 68.0 Americans seek better showing
BERLIN This wasn t a scene the Americans were hoping to see again. The setting shifted, yet the world championship results played out eerily similar to the Beijing Olympics. Usain Bolt still can t be beat, the U.S. 400 relay teams still struggle to...
4.9K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 68.0 Army Corps seeks input on gas terminal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on the liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Coos Bay s North Spit. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final environmental impact statement in May, stating the project would ha...
1.7K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 68.0 Government will end Cash for Clunkers Monday
WASHINGTON Car shoppers have until Monday night to take advantage of lucrative Cash for Clunkers rebates from the government, and the Obama administration is hoping for a smooth ending to a program that has spurred auto sales but created headaches...
5.7K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 68.0 Clunkers may sputter to a stop
WASHINGTON The Obama administration is developing plans to wind down the popular Cash for Clunkers program and could announce by Friday when the incentives will no longer be available. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday the departme...
4.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 68.0 Feds fine Williams over pipeline blast
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) Federal regulators have fined a natural gas pipeline company nearly $1 million for safety violations in connection with an explosion in Virginia last year. The U.S. Department of Transportation s Pipeline and Hazardous ...
1.3K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 409.0 World's LNG bias is patronizingly clear
The editorial Check Your Rhetoric at the Door, (The World, July 22), was the third time The World has seen fit to advise its readers of their rights and best practices relative to the liquefied natural gas issue. Regardless of The World s adv...
1.8K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 68.0 | 
