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 121.0 Sherbondy in prison for 2 years
COQUILLE When Gwen Sherbondy stole money from a graduation fund for Coquille seniors, she didn t just take $11,665. As a parent helper for the fundraiser, she also betrayed the community s trust to pay for her gambling addiction. It s for this...
4.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 134.0 Making holiday food gluten free
Gluten free holiday food tasting from 4 to 6 p.m on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at Coos Head Food Store in North Bend. Come and try samples of favorite holiday foods made gluten free. Among the recipes will be stuffing made with wild rice, gluten free biscu...
0.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 81.0 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 134.0 Cheers & Jeers
Check it out! When you finish reading today s paper, pick up a library book and give a cheer. The Coos County Library Association is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Public libraries bring us a world of knowledge at a bargain price. Educate your own...
2.0K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 104.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 145.0 Hold onto your hat - a storm's coming
Batten down the hatches and check those mooring lines. Head to Shore Acres State Park, not the beaches, to watch the big surf rolling in. Forecasters say a big storm s on the way. On Wednesday, they were busy sending out notices: There s a high wind ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 81.0 Coming Soon
Tonight Lifting quilts Join the Coos Sand N Sea Quilters meeting at 7 tonight at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road, Coos Bay. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Featured speaker Kara Alexander will present Lift the Quilts Out of Your Stash. She ...
2.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 134.0 College needs to first solve crimes
This is about the article concerning smokers (The World, Oct. 28) College May Snuff out Smokers. Why? This is still the United States of America and we should still have some rights left, without having intimidation hanging over our heads. Nonsmoke...
2.5K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 104.0 Coos Bay schools, teachers can't agree
Coos Bay teachers and schools officials are headed to mediation to try to resolve disagreements over pay and workday conditions. The two sides continued their now half-year negotiations Monday night, but failed to produce a compromise. I think it was...
2.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 121.0 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 134.0 Crashes sends teens to hospitals
Two separate crashes sent teenagers to the hospital earlier this week. On Friday at 2:33 a.m., Coos County Sheriff s deputies, along with Charleston Fire Department, responded to Coos Head Road in Charleston. There they found a full-sized pickup, dri...
1.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 104.0 Elected leaders need to push for progress
Well, I guess Jody McCaffree and her CAVE people have scored another hit on the liquefied natural gas plant coming to Coos Bay. Meanwhile, we still have people out of work, losing their homes and cars and going hungry crime is also up. When The Wor...
0.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 134.0 Airport names director
The Coos County Airport District board has selected a new director to head the North Bend airport. Theresa Cook will begin at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in December, bringing with her 14 years of experience in airport management. District ...
1.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 81.0 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 121.0 Center lane hogs oink off others
We have seen several new laws put in place regarding how everyone should be driving. I really believe most of these are created because some people won t use their heads. The problem with these new laws is there are so many driving rules that people ...
1.4K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 81.0 Not rain, nor tweet ...
Talkies trumped silent films. Video killed the radio star. But your local post office doesn t intend to be the next victim of progress. The majority of people don t write letters anymore. They don t send greeting cards. They text and Twitter and a lo...
4.8K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 121.0 Nor rain, nor tweet ...
Talkies trumped silent films. Video killed the radio star. But your local post office doesn t intend to be the next victim of progress. The majority of people don t write letters anymore. They don t send greeting cards. They text and Twitter and a lo...
4.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 121.0 Nor rain, nor tweet ...
Talkies trumped silent films. Video killed the radio star. But your local post office doesn t intend to be the next victim of progress. The majority of people don t write letters anymore. They don t send greeting cards. They text and Twitter and a lo...
4.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 121.0 City resists isolationist urge
Building an area s economy requires patient teamwork by both public and private players. Encouragingly, the city of Coos Bay seems to be rejoining the Bay Area team, after briefly flirting with isolationism. This week city officials agreed to pay mos...
2.0K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 81.0 | 
