U.S. is avoiding resolving this issue
In the 16 months since Chinese drywall problems were reported, definitive answers remain frustratingly out of reach. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, which for months has been running the gamut of tests on drywall, says results so far are...
 1.1K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 298.0 Jail expenses return to pre-layoff levels
COQUILLE - Almost three years ago, Coos County laid off 22 jail workers and limited the number of prisoners it would house, all to save slightly less than $1 million a year. Today, felons walk free in a third of the time, yet jail spending has c...
6.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 445.0 Rain drenches area
North Bend street department workers spent several hours Thursday night clearing plugged drains and standing water from several city streets. Water was standing on a gravel road on California Street, as well as on Colorado and Johnson, said Bob Dill...
0.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 493.0 Power outage hits Bay Area
Approximately 3,600 Pacific Power customers were in the dark Tuesday afternoon, after a substation transformer blew a fuse in North Bend. The outage darkened homes, businesses and traffic lights for about 45 minutes from 1:30 to about 2:15 p.m. i...
0.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 298.0 Cause of death may be hard to identify
CLEVELAND (AP) As a registered sex offender, Anthony Sowell checked in regularly with law-enforcement authorities, who also monitored him by making home visits. But since Sowell wasn t on parole or probation, they didn t have the right to enter u...
3.5K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 385.0 SOCC vigilant after sex attack
Coos Bay police officers are investigating the sexual assault of a woman, after one or more people attacked her inside a dorm room at Southwestern Oregon Community College. The attack occurred early Thursday morning at the college s Coos Bay campus, ...
5.0K - Nov. 1, 2009; scored 298.0 City slows progress on construction of house
Question: Who is building the very large home above the playground area of Mingus Park on 11th Street? Answer: Steve Wenbourne of Wenbourne Sons is building a single-family home at 294 N. 11th St. It will have 4,151 square feet, with a 1,140-squa...
1.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 298.0 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 298.0 Bankers got bonuses; workers got pink slips
Way too many regional residents aren t paying attention to what is going on in the country (let alone the world), and how consequences of decisions made over the horizon affect us here. Often these repercussions filter down indirectly, mixed in with ...
2.3K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 298.0 SOCC vigilant after sex attack
Coos Bay police officers are investigating the sexual assault of a woman, after one or more people attacked her inside a dorm room at Southwestern Oregon Community College. The attack occurred early Thursday morning at the college s Coos Bay campus, ...
5.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 298.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Haunted Theatre will be open 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Little Theatre on the Bay. $3 first visit, $1 repeat visits, free after fifth time. The North Bend Police Department s haunted house wil...
5.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 567.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 29, 9:02 a.m., a vehicle was broken into overnight in the 500 block of South Broadway Street. Oct. 29, 9:58 a.m., police cited a minor for possession of tobacco at ...
2.2K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 536.0 Evangelists are targeting New England
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) It s hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this new church opened last month, its 19th-century ...
7.5K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 445.0 Congress' logic is paradoxical
I once heard the tale of a driver taking passengers from the airport to a Canadian city. He stopped at the edge of town and sprinkled pink powder on the street. On inquiry, he stated that it kept pink elephants from stampeding down the street. The in...
1.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 385.0 Stars align for World Series
NEW YORK ” All-Stars at most spots, mixed in with MVPs and Cy Young winners. A rich roster, full of World Series success. So how come the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies are such underdogs? Probably because they re facing the team tha...
4.4K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 298.0 Recession is over, but job losses aren't
WASHINGTON It s about to become official: The recession is over but not the pain. The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has awakened from its deepest slump since the 1930s and is in the early stages of a ...
6.2K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 298.0 Alienated and now radicalized
In the brief age of Obama, we have had truthers, birthers, Tea Party activists and town-hall dissenters. Comes now, the Oath Keepers. And who might they be? Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where on...
3.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 298.0 Baghdad blasts kill 155
BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi security forces blocked streets around the capital today and conducted intense searches at checkpoints as authorities investigated the massive security failure that allowed two truck bombs to strike what was supposed to be one of...
4.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 385.0 Window decorators aim to brighten downtown CB
During the discontent of the 1960s and 70s, people found inspiration in music. In today s economic turbulence, artists again are lifting up the community. This time it is through windows of hope. The Coos Bay Oregon Coast Etsy Artist Network, OCEAN,...
3.2K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 385.0 N.M. hotel owner under fire
TAOS, N.M. (AP) Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel. The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules. Among them, he forbade the Hispanic workers at the ...
5.3K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 445.0 | 
