Theodore Stevens
Services will be held at a later date for Theodore "Ted" Stevens, 86, of Coquille. Ted was born June 29, 1922, in Paonia, Colo., to Frank Edward and Olive Lela (Johnson) Stevens. He died June 28, 2009, in Coquille. Ted attended both grade school and ...
 1.6K - Jul. 2, 2009; scored 208.0 Port forms committee for marine reserves
Coos County residents are going to get a chance to voice their opinions about marine reserves thanks to a committee facilitated by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. The recommendation won't go so far as designating a marine reserve off Coos ...
3.8K - May. 28, 2009; scored 99.0 Linda Smith
A celebration of life gathering will be held for Linda Kay Smith, 48, of Coos Bay, at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at the Coney Station, 295 S. Broadway in Coos Bay. A memorial service will be announced and held in Portland at a later date. Cremation ...
1.8K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 77.0 Judge orders probe in Stevens case
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge dismissed the corruption conviction of former Sen. Ted Stevens today and took the rare and serious step of opening a criminal investigation into prosecutors who mishandled the case. In nearly 25 years on the bench, I...
1.9K - Apr. 7, 2009; scored 411.0 Bills to keep Oregon Guard home get hearing
SALEM (AP) Just months before more than 3,000 Oregon Guard members are expected to be deployed, a House committee held a public hearing on legislation supporters hope will keep them home. Dozens of citizens, including a father, a wife, a journalist...
3.8K - Mar. 12, 2009; scored 77.0 Scandal is what s legal
Righteous indignation over allegations about Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich s pay to play brazenness camouflages the corruption inherent in all government. After all, what does it mean to be a politician if you don t promise favors coerced from th...
3.8K - Dec. 18, 2008; scored 77.0 Police haven't explained bomb suspect father's involvement
SALEM (AP) Investigators are pointing to a father and son as the key suspects in a bombing that killed two Oregon law enforcement officers at a Woodburn bank. Two days after police arrested Joshua Turnidge, officers went to a farm in the rural comm...
7.8K - Dec. 17, 2008; scored 99.0 Ted Stevens fall points to political shift
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Alaska s incoming senator is bullish on gun rights, wants to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling and believes less government is better. And he s a Democrat. But definitely different than a New York ...
4.2K - Nov. 21, 2008; scored 1000.0 Alaska Sen. Stevens defeat marks end of an era
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens election defeat marks the end of an era in which he held a commanding place in Alaska politics while wielding power on some of the most influential committees in Congress. It also moves Senate Democrats within tw...
6.1K - Nov. 19, 2008; scored 216.0 Democrat Begich takes lead in AK Senate race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared ready to take his criminal record back to Congress, his re-election bid faltered. Democrat Mark Begich, who trailed Stevens by more than 3,200 votes to start the day Wednesday, jumped to an 8...
1.0K - Nov. 13, 2008; scored 128.0 Palin hints at running in 2012
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she wouldn t hesitate to run for the presidency in four years if it s God s will, even though she never thought Campaign 2008 would be as brutal a ride as it turned out to be. In a series of interv...
4.1K - Nov. 11, 2008; scored 99.0 | 
