Judge to defendant: Prove it
COQUILLE Bobbye Cikanek knows she probably won t be able to own horses anymore. But the woman convicted of abusing and neglecting 10 Tennessee walking horses hopes a Coos County Court judge will let her continue breeding and owning more than a doze...
 3.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 676.0 Army vet faked injury to avoid Iraq deployment
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. Jeffrey Rush, 27, al...
3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 655.0 Report: Amtrak loses $32 per passenger
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator s estimate, according to a private study. Amtrak operates a nationwide rail network, serving more t...
3.0K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 714.0 FAA investigators may be focusing on balloon call
DENVER (AP) The parents who reported last week that their 6-year-old son may have been on board a giant, runaway balloon could potentially be in more trouble with the Federal Aviation Administration for making a phone call than for setting loose th...
3.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 806.0 Airport new avenue for improved PDX connections
NORTH BEND Airport managers have a new plan to try to get money to add more connections for North Bend passengers at Portland. Executive Director Gary LeTellier said he plans to strategize an application plan with airport directors from Salem and K...
2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 752.0 Grant could add cargo dock to LNG project
Port officials could have a greater stake in the liquefied natural gas project proposed for Coos Bay if a sizable federal grant comes their way. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has filed a $45.3 million application for a Transportation...
2.7K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 827.0 New trail could link Sunriver, Lava Lands
SUNRIVER (AP) A new plan proposed by the U.S. Forest Service would link Sunriver with the Lava Lands Visitor Center by paved path for bikes and pedestrians. The Bend Bulletin reports the idea is part of an ongoing effort to link Bend and Sunriver w...
0.8K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 558.0 Sign of the old times
REEDSPORT History may be repeating itself in Gardiner. The large, brown historical marker in that town was just one year old when Ray and Loraine Potter moved to Gardiner in 1952. These days it looks its age, after five decades sitting under the su...
3.0K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 693.0 Ambulance finally has a place to call home
BANDON ” Bay Cities Ambulance crew and vehicles have a permanent home ” at last ” across U.S. Highway 101 from the Bandon Rural Fire Department s main station. Mast Bros. Towing, which operates out of the opposite e...
2.5K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 634.0 Log truck snags lines, creates traffic snafu
A log truck knocked down a string of communication lines along Virginia Avenue Wednesday afternoon, blocking traffic and damaging nearby cars. The truck was southbound on U.S. Highway 101 around 2:20 p.m., when its load caught a wire at the intersect...
1.0K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 512.0 Low power lines
A log truck knocked down a string of communication lines along Virginia Avenue Wednesday afternoon, blocking traffic and damaging nearby cars. The truck was southbound on U.S. Highway 101 around 2:20 p.m., when its load caught a wire at the intersect...
1.0K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 512.0 Repairs will close 101 at Florence bridge
The Oregon Department of Transportation plans intermittent traffic closures of the Siuslaw River Bridge on U.S. Highway 101 in Florence for four nights beginning Monday, Sept. 21, and ending the morning of Friday, Sept. 25, to allow a contractor to s...
1.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 613.0 Airport loses out on grant
Funds that would have helped Southwest Oregon Regional Airport establish more connecting flights in Portland will not come through after all. Last month, Coos County Airport District announced plans to arrange a code share. That would have given pass...
1.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 575.0 Speed trap label doesn't bother Reedsport police
REEDSPORT Drivers for years have called Reedsport a speed trap. And that s OK, said Reedsport Police Chief Shawn Essex, if it makes them slow down. On the busiest days, 6,400 vehicles pass through the northern city limits of Reedsport on U.S. Highw...
2.8K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 773.0 Bandon teen is still critical
A Bandon High School student was listed in critical condition Monday, four days after a van hit him as ran across U.S. Highway 101 north of Port Orford. The hospital would not release any information on his condition this morning. Kyle Lawrence, 17, ...
1.0K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 542.0 Bandon teen is hit by van, seriously injured
A 17-year old Bandon boy was seriously injured Friday morning when he was struck by a van as he attempted to run across U.S. Highway 101 in Port Orford. Oregon State Police said Kyle Lawrence, 17, was taken to a Portland-area hospital for treatment....
1.0K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 525.0 Economic gloom shows signs of lifting
WASHINGTON Americans pessimism about the economy appears to be lifting, with consumer expectations for the next six months hitting their most positive point since the recession began. The Commerce Department said today that orders for goods expect...
5.6K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 848.0 Airport seeks grant to boost north flights
NORTH BEND Coos County Airport District will apply for a $500,000 grant to arrange for more travel connections for people traveling to and from Portland International Airport. The matching grant would come from the U.S. Department of Tran...
1.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 571.0 ODOT pleased with Reedsport bridges
REEDSPORT Traffic is safe crossing waterways in Reedsport. An Oregon Department of Transportation bridge maintenance crew gave two bridges in the area nearly clean bills of health following routine inspections last week. Workers from ODOT s Coos Ba...
1.5K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 533.0 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 554.0 | 
