Police search for woman
The Coos County Search and Rescue Team is looking for a 31-year-old Coquille woman who went missing Monday under suspicious circumstances. Jayme Austin called her mother, Cindy Gisholt, who was at work Monday morning and told her she didn t have any ...
 1.4K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 119.0 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 75.0 Thefts & mischief
The following are reports from police logs. Coquille Oct. 23, 11:44 a.m., police arrested a teenager on charges of theft and unauthorized entry into a vehicle at Coquille High School. Oct. 23, 1:32 p.m., a fork lift was found in a ditch and reported ...
5.4K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 75.0 Prepare for access road closures
According to the Bureau of Land Management, Burnt Mountain Access Road and Tioga Tie Road, east of the Fairview area, will be closed during part of October for repairs due to road failures and slides. Hunters and others accessing these areas are aske...
2.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 75.0 County on target for road department OT
A slimmed-down county road department, in the final stretch of its summer paving projects, has not spent as much overtime as some expected this peak season. Roadmaster John Rowe attributes it to better planning. We have a lot of projects in the works...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 119.0 Agency plans to close Middle Creek Road section
The Bureau of Land Management will close a section of Middle Creek Road east of Fairview, starting Tuesday. BLM is replacing a damaged culvert on the road at milepost 11.5. The closure is expected to last until Sept. 18. Visitors to the area will sti...
0.6K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 Downtown Studio wants more help
The Coquille Art and Education Center also known as the Downtown Studio has been growing and thriving due to the wonderful Coquille and surrounding communities. Generous donations of services, items and finances have allowed us to fulfill our purpose...
2.3K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 75.0 Church will recycle cans to support troops overseas
FAIRVIEW Decorated war veterans driving vintage military vehicles cruised into the parking lot at Fairview Community Church to kick-off a recycled goods drive that will raise funds for Coos County National Guardsmen. The effort will raise money to ...
2.7K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 119.0 Fairview church is dry and thankful
All of us at Fairview Community Church would like to extend heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make our new roof possible. All of those who gave monetarily, the use of equipment and tools, brought food and helped prepare lunches and those who pu...
0.6K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 391.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay July 20, 6:40 a.m., elk were walking through the neighborhood of Wasson Street and Noble Avenue. July 20, 11:42 a.m., a dispute was reported in the 800 b...
3.7K - Jul. 22, 2009; scored 75.0 Co-op aims to create community gardens
FAIRVIEW A yen for homegrown produce has prompted creation of a cooperative gardening project in Coos County. The Coos Community Farm Project formed in March and has about 30 members. Using donated tools, supplies, land and labor, the group is tend...
2.2K - Jul. 20, 2009; scored 391.0 Co-op aims to create community gardens
FAIRVIEW A yen for homegrown produce has prompted creation of a cooperative gardening project in Coos County. The Coos Community Farm Project formed in March and has about 30 members. Using donated tools, supplies, land and labor, the group is tend...
1.9K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 454.0 Emma Alvena Gasner McClellan
A graveside service will be held for Emma Alvena Gasner McClellan, 98, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Thursday, July 16, at Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens in Coquille. Pastor Jerry Steele will officiate. Emma was born June 11, 1911, in Coquille, to pioneer p...
1.3K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 75.0 Sheriff's office probes vandalism
Coos County sheriff s deputies are investigating two related cases of vandalism in the Fairview area, in which someone damaged county park property and numerous mailboxes. It happened late Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning. At about 7:26 a...
1.3K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 151.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay n July 9, 10:44 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported in the 1300 block of North Eighth Street. n July 9, noon, theft was reported at McKay s Freshmart...
2.7K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 119.0 Searchers find Coos Bay man safe in Blue Ridge area
A Coos Bay man who wandered lost for a night and day in the Blue Ridge area east of Coos Bay is now safe and receiving care at Bay Area Hospital. At about 4:40 p.m., searchers located 42-year-old Richard D. Smith just east of radio tower sites on Blu...
2.1K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 75.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from area police department logs. Coos Bay n June 3, 8:28 p.m., a man in a truck was yelling obscenities and trying to start a fight in the 1300 block of Virginia Avenue. n June 4, 9:34 a.m., some...
2.9K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 Dennis Snodgrass
A celebration of life will be held for Dennis Snodgrass, 61, of Coquille, from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 27, at W. Laverne Park day use in Fairview. Dennis was born June 20, 1947, in Portland, to Quay and Virginia (Norris) Snodgrass. He died Nov...
1.4K - Jun. 5, 2009; scored 151.0 BLM offers reward for vandalism info
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is offering a reward for information that leads to a conviction in a case where someone plugged a culvert and damaged a road and killed fish. The incident occurred in the Coos Bay District along the East Fork of the...
0.9K - May. 19, 2009; scored 75.0 Janice Lee Kelly
At her request, no services will be held for Janice Lee Kelly, 77, of Coquille. Jan was born May 6, 1932, in San Mateo, Calif., to Robert E. and Dorothea Cockcroft Smith. She died May 11, 2009, at home in Coquille. She married Michael A. Kelly, in Ca...
2.5K - May. 18, 2009; scored 75.0 | 
