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 105.0 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 105.0 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 187.0 Some moms struggle with disappointment
LAS VEGAS My good friend just found out she is pregnant with a boy. It is her first child, and instead of celebrating the good news, she cried during her ultrasound. That s because she really wanted a girl. Good mothers are supposed to say they are...
3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 135.0 Scientists use disabled HIV in gene therapy
WASHINGTON (AP) French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn t cause AIDS, and then us...
3.5K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 105.0 Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the Senate promises to be rocky. The 220...
4.3K - Nov. 8, 2009; scored 157.0 No fool left behind
NORTH BEND No one planned a Neil Simon festival in North Bend, but with productions of four of his plays scheduled in six months, it sure seems that way. There are two each at Little Theatre on the Bay and North Bend High School, and directors at b...
4.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 173.0 Gunman: 'Allahu Akbar!'
FORT HOOD, Texas Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted Allahu Akbar! an Arabic phrase for God is great! before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. U.S. A...
9.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 105.0 10,000 children benefit from health plan
SALEM More than 10,000 children have been added to the state health plan under a new law aimed at expanding health insurance coverage to nearly every child in Oregon, officials said Tuesday. Cathy Kaufmann, manager of the program, said the sign-ups...
2.1K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 230.0 Agencies overestimate job impact of stimulus dollars
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama s economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there. The Georgia nonprofit s infla...
4.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 187.0 American races to win in New York Marathon
NEW YORK Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success. Salazar was the last U.S. man to win the New York City Marathon, a distinction he held until Keflezighi proved...
5.3K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 105.0 Health care could mean tax on rich
WASHINGTON The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their low-income neighbors could come out ahead. Their wealthy counterparts, however, face big tax increases that could eventual...
4.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 240.0 No themed wedding at Sleepy Hollow
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) A church made famous by Washington Irving s short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, has rejected a couple s request to hold a Halloween-themed wedding. Lisa Panensky and Jim Nieves signed a contract 13 months ago to get...
0.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 105.0 Lucille Claire Johnson
No services are planned for Lucille Claire Johnson, 88, of Grants Pass. Private inurnment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Lucille was born June 16, 1921, in Philomath, to Christopher and Gertrude Danielson. She died Oct. 28, 2009, in Grants...
1.4K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 105.0 Thora Marie Gardner
No services are planned at this time for Thora Marie Gardner, 60, of North Bend. Thora was born July 5, 1949, in North Bend. She died Oct. 26, 2009, in Coos Bay. She was raised in North Bend and graduated from North Bend High School in 1967. Thora wa...
1.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 135.0 Savoring a school house
RANDOLPH A good site, money and a passion for history that s what Charlie Ruddell had. After four years, a lot of research and creative problem solving, he now has a renovated historic schoolhouse, too, at Randolph about 6 miles north of Bandon....
5.1K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 105.0 City slows progress on construction of house
Question: Who is building the very large home above the playground area of Mingus Park on 11th Street? Answer: Steve Wenbourne of Wenbourne Sons is building a single-family home at 294 N. 11th St. It will have 4,151 square feet, with a 1,140-squa...
1.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 173.0 4-H kids pony up for new fair barn
A group of ambitious youngsters have dug into their own pockets to help fund a covered arena at the Coos County Fairgrounds in Myrtle Point. They are halfway to their goal of $40,000. Now, they are calling on the community to help come up with t...
3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 135.0 Sports Briefs: Oklahoma QB has shoulder surgery
NORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford had surgery on his injured right shoulder and the school called it a success. In a release sent out by the school, Bradford s father says Dr. James Andrews informed him that t...
4.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 135.0 House unveils health reform
WASHINGTON After months of struggle, House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation today to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan patterned cl...
6.0K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 173.0 | 
