Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
 11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 98.0 "Piecing Earth Back Together" on Nov. 6
Church Women United will host Piecing Earth Back Together at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 355 Oregon Ave., Bandon. The theme focuses on the environment and how people are called to work together to be good steward...
1.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 62.0 Ships will be scrapped
Mothballed military vessels in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in California that have been moored in debate for several years will be sailing again to Texas for deconstruction and recycling. The U.S. Maritime Administration announced it has awarded contr...
1.6K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 374.0 Kids artwork: Frame it? Box it? Toss it?
Having moved five times in the last nine years, Pam Syx, now of Venice, Fla., had many opportunities to chuck some of her two children s artwork along the way. Instead, a picture of a train that 6-year-old Preston drew with neon gel pens when he was ...
4.6K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 62.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 20, 2:55 a.m., someone stole gas at the Bassett Hyland station, 1059 Evans Blvd. Oct. 20, 8:08 a.m., people were seen going through someone s trash and recycling in...
3.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 62.0 Volunteers clean up crab pots
REEDSPORT A handful of boats in Oregon s crabbing fleet returned to sea last week for one last hurrah. Their quarries were the derelict pots and buoys left behind this year by commercial crab boats. During a volunteer effort held nearly seven weeks...
3.1K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 62.0 Exploring spiders and their webs
They suddenly appear overnight: spider webs stretched over paths and trails where there were none before ” with huge spiders poised upside down in the center. Most conspicuous webs people notice are orb webs, the stereotypical, classic s...
3.9K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 62.0 Coming Soon
Storytime Children s reading and craft programs will begin Wednesday at the Flora M. Laird Memorial library, 435 Fifth St. in Myrtle Point, and continue on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the school year. Storytime, a program for children ages th...
1.3K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 98.0 Activist's 350-mile trek highlights climate change
SUNSET BAY STATE PARK Some will plant 350 trees, say 350 prayers, throw 350 Frisbees or light 350 candles. Others will play 350 minutes of music, hold rallies and make art. And in an island country where the threat of global warming and rising sea ...
5.2K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 62.0 Credit Union makes green list
Northwest Community Credit Union landed on the list of 100 Best Green Companies to Work for in Oregon. Oregon Business Magazine compiled the list based on surveys completed by employees of over 370 businesses in Oregon. Northwest Community Credit Un...
0.6K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 62.0 Coupon Queen Sept. 15
In previous columns, I ve stressed the need to hold on to all of the coupon inserts we receive each week in the newspaper. The biggest mistake that casual coupon users make is to cut out the coupons for the items they think they ll buy and then tos...
4.0K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 62.0 Suspect took time is trying to get away
BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) A reality contestant wanted in the gruesome murder and mutilation of his ex-model wife didn t start his 1,000-mile dash for his native Canada until 24 hours after her body was found and he moved out of his penthouse and pick...
1.4K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 62.0 Police find mother of baby left in Dumpster
MEDFORD (AP) Police say they have found the mother of a baby girl whose body was found in a Dumpster at a Medford hotel. Based on a tip from a witness who saw a pregnant woman in the area, the 19-year-old mother was contacted Monday by Medford poli...
0.8K - Aug. 18, 2009; scored 62.0 Reliance on locally made biodiesel increases
PORTLAND Pulling up to the pump in a diesel car or rig? In Oregon from now on, a small portion of the fill-up will be soybean squeezings or recycled cooking grease. Biodiesel production has reached a level in Oregon that triggered a mandate from th...
4.5K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 98.0 Church will recycle cans to support troops overseas
FAIRVIEW Decorated war veterans driving vintage military vehicles cruised into the parking lot at Fairview Community Church to kick-off a recycled goods drive that will raise funds for Coos County National Guardsmen. The effort will raise money to ...
2.7K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 414.0 Awaiting the executioner
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. They were waiting down at Gibson Chevrolet near Chicago for a couple of five-gallon cans of sodium silicate liquid glass, they call it to poison and kill the clunkers when the latest condemned car pulled up. The 1999 Ford E...
5.7K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 62.0 Going out
Theater etc. This weekend Little Ole Opry continues at Little Theatre on the Bay. Country-western musical variety show features local musicians. This week s theme is Western and Bluegrass. Show times are 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9. ...
4.0K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 62.0 Fair goes green
The Coos County Fair is going green in more ways than one as the annual summer event kicks off Tuesday. Recycling bins will dot the Myrtle Point fairgrounds for the first time, along with a couple of tents highlighting the area's natural resources an...
3.2K - Jul. 28, 2009; scored 62.0 Fair goes green
The Coos County Fair is going green in more ways than one as the annual summer event kicks off Tuesday. Recycling bins will dot the Myrtle Point fairgrounds for the first time, along with a couple of tents highlighting the area's natural resources an...
3.1K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 62.0 Let's go to the fair
The 2009 Coos County Fair kicks off on Tuesday, July 28, and will run through Saturday, Aug. 1, at the county fairgrounds in Myrtle Point. Fair Admission Admissionto the 2009 Coos County Fair for adults Tuesday through Thursday is $8, Friday...
5.3K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 175.0 | 
