Schools improve certification for free lunches
WASHINGTON (AP) Schools are doing a better job of identifying students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches, but some states are much better than others, the Agriculture Department says in a report to Congress. In 2008-2009, 78...
 1.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Study: Half of U.S. kids will get food stamps
CHICAGO Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say. The estimate comes from...
3.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 141.0 Farmers grow electricity
WIMER Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell do a lot of the typical things that make a small farm self-sufficient. Besides the 40-some dwarf Nigerian goats they milk to make artisanal cheeses, they also raise chickens for meat and eggs, a steer for beef, hor...
4.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 89.0 Out of the bog
Aiming to capitalize on a growing demand for raw, organic produce, the Coquille Tribe is taking the hard route to harvesting cranberries this season. To harvest deep red berries in the raw, the tribe will put its back into the year s bountiful crop t...
3.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 89.0 Community Action loses campus site
COQUILLE Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal grants to build it, after an Empire property owner refused to sell its land. Now the agency is looking at airport land in North Ben...
3.0K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 Community Action loses campus site
COQUILLE ” Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal grants to build it, after an Empire property owner refused to sell its land. Now the agency is looking at airport land i...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 89.0 Dune lakes off limits to ATVs
There will be no more joyriding around the Beal and Snag lakes on the south end of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Off-road enthusiasts who get a thrill skirting the perimeters of those dune lakes could face a fine of up to $5,000...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 89.0 Vilsack: Dairy industry must restructure
BATH, S.D. The struggling U.S. dairy industry must be restructured to avoid cycles of boom and bust, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday, less than a week after Congress announced a $350 million dairy bailout. Dairy farmers benef...
3.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 141.0 Reedsport clinic gets renewable energy grant
Dunes Family Health Care of Reedsport is receiving a $19,934 grant for energy efficiency improvements. The clinic plans to install a solar panel system to save on electrical costs. The clinic was one of 44 businesses in the state awarded a g...
1.3K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 462.0 Snack Pack program seeks volunteers
Oregon Coast Community Action has started preparing food packs for needy students and is looking for help from volunteers. Community Action started the Share Bear Snack Pack program three years ago and has expanded to serve nine schools, including el...
1.7K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 89.0 Oregon Outdoor Report: Local Chinook fishing consistent
Chinook fishing has been very consistent in all of our local rivers. The Coos system is producing good catches, but the vast majority of the fish are jacks. This has become one of the largest returns of jack Chinook to the Coos River in modern times....
3.2K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 89.0 Voigt named head of Oregon farm agency
WASHINGTON ” Lynn Voigt will serve as Oregon State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA. Voigt has served for over 40 years in the Farm Service Agency and its predecessor the Farmers Home Administration. He currently ...
0.7K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 Oregon bison ranch is certified organic by USDA
WILLIAMS Full Circle bison meat received a seal of approval from customers almost as soon as Williams ranchers Tobias and Abigail Hatfield started selling it in 2003. Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture has stamped Full Circle bison meat as cert...
5.1K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 896.0 Feds must help dairy farmers
Dairy operations all over the country are going bust because of a collapse in the wholesale price of milk and cheese. In 2008 dairy farmers could sell fluid milk for $19 per hundred pounds. Now the price is $12 per hundredweight, we...
1.4K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 141.0 U.S. cranberry production expected to fall
BOSTON The nation s cranberry production is expected to fall by 10 percent from last year s record-breaking crop, but Oregon s production is expected to increase 23 percent. And worldwide demand for the berry continues to rise steadily. The U.S. De...
3.4K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 141.0 Officials: 28 sick from Calif. beef in 3 states
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 28 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella. On Thursday, Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. recalled nearly 826,000...
1.7K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 141.0 U.S. court halts new timber roads
WASHINGTON A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked road construction in at least 40 million acres of pristine national forests. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates most of a 2001 rule put in place b...
5.7K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 89.0 Fair: Natural Resources Exhibits
Tuesday 11a.m., Raptors Free Flight Pam Wright noon, question and answer with Smokey Bear Coos Forest Protective Association 1 p.m., Energy Trust of Oregon Incentives Program Heather Laird 2 p.m., Master Gardner Education Series at OSU Master...
3.7K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 179.0 Lakeside council should help seniors
I have been asked Who do the politicians work for? several times in the past few months. My thoughts are that a politician should do what is best for the majority of the people. In our town the majority is retired and/or senior citizens. When I ran...
2.3K - Jul. 25, 2009; scored 141.0 Average folk can get energy incentive info
Energy - how to save it and how to generate it - will be the topic of a workshop on July 22 in North Bend. Coos County homeowners and business owners can learn how to earn cash incentives for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy proje...
1.7K - Jul. 1, 2009; scored 89.0 | 
