Looking back at 'On the Origin of Species'
It was revolutionary. This month, 150 years ago, Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species." Darwin's experiences as the naturalist on the HMS Beagle on its five-year 'round the world voyage were just part of a life-long love of natural scie...
 3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 246.0 Navajo Code Talkers will take their place in NYC vet parade
NEW YORK The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. Only about 50 of the 400 Code Talkers are believed to be still alive, most living in t...
5.7K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 297.0 FBI reassess its past look at Fort Hood suspect
WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an assessment of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. After the shooting, the FBI is doing a new a...
5.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 213.0 Bandon library beckons birders
BANDON Ameri-Corps volunteer Kelly Balcarczyk needs some local volunteers to help with her community project. On assignment with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Bandon, Balcarczyk is recruiting potential bird watchers who regularly visit the ...
3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 294.0 Homebrew students learn to customize beer flavors
PORTLAND Learning to brew your own beer in Portland, a.k.a. Beervana, would seem to be pointlessness personified. Yet 80 homebrewers and brewers-to-be spent a rainy Saturday morning doing just that in a stark warehouse warmed only by two boiling k...
4.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 213.0 Police look for driver who fled crash scene
Medics took a Coos Bay woman to a hospital Friday, following a single-vehicle accident near Bastendorff Beach. Coos County deputies responded to Coos Head Road where they found a crashed Ford Ranger pickup. The driver and a passenger reportedly fled ...
0.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 165.0 ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
1.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 165.0 Readers question decisions
Friday s headline about the Fort Hood shootings brought a protest from one reader. The headline quoted the alleged gunman, who reportedly shouted, Allahu Akbar! before opening fire. A reader in Charleston e-mailed me to blast the headline as shame...
3.1K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 246.0 Museum unpacks '150 Years of Toys'
NORTH BEND Only old-timers may remember Coquille s toy company. In the 1950s, Sturdi-Bilt produced metal logging trucks for children that is until cheaper toys appeared on the market, said Vicki Wiese, collections manager and interim director of ...
4.8K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 213.0 Don't like prices? Vote with your gas tank
Local gas stations have the right to charge anything they want for fuel. They have no need to get together to fix prices as the price signs are information for other stations. They operate by charging what the traffic will bear, meaning, they charg...
1.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 165.0 Looking back at On the Origin of Species
It was revolutionary. This month, 150 years ago, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Darwin s experiences as the naturalist on the HMS Beagle on its five-year round the world voyage were just part of a life-long love of natural scien...
3.5K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 246.0 Youth Sports: Mustangs win soccer tourney
The Fall soccer season for the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon came to a close last weekend with a fifth/sixth-grade tournament at North Bay School. The Mustangs, a team coached by Erik Johnson and sponsored by C S Fire Safe Services, won ...
3.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 246.0 ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
3.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 294.0 Former Blazer eyes run for governor
SALEM Chris Dudley s free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor s chair and Oregon s Republicans think he can score. Dudley hasn t formally announced a bid for t...
3.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 213.0 Girls set new standard for excellence
PORTLAND In Oregon high school girls cross country, 19 is becoming the new 20. Over the past 10 years, there has been remarkable growth in the number of girls who can cover 5,000-meter cross country courses in less than 20 minutes. Once a benchmark...
5.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 213.0 Poets give reading at NB library
Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday at the North Bend Public Library. Siverly s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors experiences alo...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 165.0 Works of the Northwest
Northwest poets Gary Adams and Bill Siverly give a free reading at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the North Bend Public Library. Siverly s latest book is Clearwater Way (2009), poems inspired by the Wasco myth cycle about Coyote, and the authors experi...
1.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 165.0 Who will teach nurses?
COOS BAY Experienced nurses have seen it before. In a recession, retired and semi-retired RNs come out of the woodwork to support their families. But once this economic slump ends, nurses including Susan Walker foresee a shortage of medical worker...
4.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 213.0 Libraries celebrate 30 years of progress
Dora residents celebrated the grand opening of a new library in August. Coos Bay may be on the verge of opening a coffee shop in its library, while Coquille s is also looking to expand. In a time when businesses are scaling back and scrambling to com...
3.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 261.0 Pickup led 'Clunker' trade-ins
WASHINGTON Billed as a way for the government to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on highways, the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program mostly involved swaps of old Ford or Chevrolet pickups for new ones that have only marginally bette...
6.4K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 213.0 | 
