I want to know: Casino workers won't get vaccine
Question: I would like to know why the general public is having trouble getting H1N1 flu shots, yet The Mill Casino-Hotel is giving them to their employees who are not in the high-risk categories? Answer: The Mill isn t giving out H1N1 flu shots to...
 1.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 156.0 Coos County implements DUI task force
Coos county police agencies have created the state s first South Coast DUI Task Force. And officials are hoping other Oregon counties will follow their lead in combating drunken driving. It s a pilot program, Coquille Police Chief Mark Dannels said....
3.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 218.0 Retailers enter the hiring season
Tis the season to be hiring. Local retailers are hiring seasonal help to get them through what is expected to be a slightly better holiday shopping season than last year. For Margaret Hutcheson, owner of Horsin Around at Pony Village Mall, this seas...
3.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 172.0 Area agencies won't surrender to flu bug
NORTH BEND It may seem like a remote possibility now, but if Coos County were struck by an especially severe influenza outbreak, the city of North Bend would be prepared. Police Chief Steve Scibelli said each city department has developed an operat...
4.6K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 328.0 Lab Band leaders head to trial
COQUILLE The founder of Oregon Coast Lab Band and his wife plan to fight charges they stole from the nonprofit organization. The two, Greg and Patricia Young, appeared in Coos County Circuit Court this morning before Judge Michael Gillespie, who se...
2.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 143.0 Bandon fights the odds on police levy
Bandon officials say the day is approaching when the police department won t have enough officers to provide 24-hour protection. They are hoping taxpayers will dig deeper into their pockets to help pay for police officer salaries. Voters in the city ...
4.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 276.0 Bandon runs a fiscally tight ship
It was with interest I read Jim Giambrone s letter (The World, Oct. 27). This is the same man who tried to coerce the city s budget committee into hiring an eighth officer two years ago. Police Chief Bob Webb told us there were other things he needed...
2.6K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 159.0 Finding success with home-based businesses
Low overhead, a flexible schedule and the freedom of being your own boss those are the benefits some local business owners are finding with home as company headquarters. The beauty about a home-based business is you can demonstrate a product or ser...
3.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 138.0 County to vaccinate Bandon students
Bandon parents, get those permission forms in. The Coos County Health Department plans to administer the H1N1 vaccine to students in the Bandon School District on Friday. They will be stopping at all three schools. There is no charge. Only students w...
1.1K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 112.0 Alleged victim says he didn t lie about coach
The man who accused Wendi Boutiette of having sex with him when he was 17 says he didn t lie, but he was unwilling to take a polygraph test. A letter to prosecutor Shannon Sullivan, dated Oct. 4, explains why he would no longer cooperate. During the ...
3.3K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 193.0 Alleged victim says he didn t lie about coach
The man who accused Wendi Boutiette of having sex with him when he was 17 says he didn t lie, but he was unwilling to take a polygraph test. A letter to prosecutor Shannon Sullivan, dated Oct. 4, explains why he would no longer cooperate. During the ...
3.3K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 193.0 DA clears track coach
The state has dropped sex abuse charges against Wendi Boutiette, but she s still reeling from the events of the past nine months. Her 9-year-old son has wondered whether his mom would go to jail. She stepped down as Coquille High School s track coach...
4.1K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 140.0 DA dismisses charges against former track coach
The Douglas County District Attorney s office has filed a motion to dismiss sex-abuse charges against former Coquille High School track coach Wendi Boutiette. The filing was prompted by the unwillingness of Boutiette s alleged victim to cooperate wit...
1.4K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 112.0 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 210.0 Latest Coos County swine flu Q&A
Here are answers for frequently asked questions about the H1N1 vaccine. When can I get an H1N1 swine flu vaccination? Coos County got its first shipment on Oct. 5. Additional shipments will come each week. Vaccine is being shipped to the Health Dep...
9.3K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 229.0 Vaccines are available for county residents
Coos County has doses of the H1N1 vaccine, in the form of a nose spray, and it has been distributed to medical clinics and the Health Department. The vaccine in the nose spray contains a weakened form of the live H1N1 flu virus that has been altered ...
1.2K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 143.0 Frequently Asked Questions About H1N1 Vaccine
When can I get an H1N1 swine flu vaccination? Coos County got its first shipment on October 5 th . Additional shipments will come each week. Vaccine is being shipped to the Health Department, medical clinics, hospitals, and the Indian tribes. ...
14.2K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 245.0 Elks lodge raising money for veterans by collecting hides
The Coquille Valley Elks Lodge will be collecting deer and elk hides for veterans. These hides are picked up from our collection barrels, scraped, cleaned and slated down to preserve them. When sold, the profits are donated to a state Elks fund, whi...
3.0K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 138.0 Commission to combat teen drinking
The Coos County Commission on Children and Families in partnership with the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council has received a five-year grant for $625,000 to address teen alcohol abuse issues. The money comes from the Federal Departmen...
2.0K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 192.0 Day Planner
Ongoing Coloring contest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Headles and Treadles, Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave.,North Bend. Ends Oct. 10. Today A Little Lunch Music noon-1:30 p.m., through Oct. 9, Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson Ave. (269-1101) Tuesday F...
6.3K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 244.0 | 
