Fewer sea lions eat more salmon
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates sea lions ate 4,960 salmon and st...
 3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 137.0 Church to hold holiday bazaar
The Emmanuel Episcopal Church will hold its 121st holiday bazaar and luncheon from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Also a lunch of turkey sandwiches will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for $6 per person. Handmade crafts, collectibles and h...
0.7K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 159.0 Coming Soon
Holiday bazaar The Emmanuel Episcopal Church will hold its 121st holiday bazaar and luncheon from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. A turkey sandwich lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for $6 per person. Handmade crafts, collectibles ...
0.7K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 159.0 Native flowers help birds, insects, ecosystem
Flower fanciers have generally forsaken native plants over the years for the fashionable and the flashy, but the robust perennials are quickly becoming garden chic and the center of an ongoing conservation campaign. The handbook of the natural landsc...
6.0K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 172.0 Culture collection
October is National Arts and Humanities month, hailed as a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture. For the next four weeks there will be proclamations, poetry readings, performances and prizes and in Oregon, an expansive menu of cultural ...
4.8K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 199.0 Business choices decide promotion
Public Forum From time to time there is discussion about how Bay Area Chamber of Commerce promotion of chamber member business meshes with overseeing the Coos Bay Visitor Center in partnership with the city. It is my privilege to serve on the chamber...
2.1K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 131.0 CB businesses host Wine Walk
Expect to see a lot of people walking in Downtown Coos Bay on Friday night. The monthly Wine Walk is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. beginning at Bay Appliance, next door to the Egyptian Theatre. In the past two years, the event coordinated by The World n...
0.9K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 143.0 Cheers & Jeers, Sept. 19
Give a holler Visitors to Empire s Hollering Place find no real invitation to stop, gawk and learn. Cheers for a budding plan to build a wayside, with parking and a viewpoint. A sign explaining the spot s history would be good, too. Oh, by the way .....
1.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 176.0 Nature Guide Journal: Learn about local leeches
An e-mail from a friend described a recent encounter she and her son had with leeches in the Willamette River. Leeches? In the Willamette? While many people may equate leeches with murky, tropical rivers, leeches live all over the world, in a wide va...
4.1K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 198.0 Business stacks up
Nate Traylor Staff Writer NORTH BEND Coos Bay Area Habitat for Humanity is reaping rewards for relocating its retail operation. ReStore, a used-building supply store, has doubled its inventory since setting up shop on Broadway Avenue earlier this...
4.3K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 166.0 'Missing link' found for HIV?
WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists believe they have found a missing link in the evolution of the virus that causes AIDS. It bridges the gap between the infection that does no harm to most monkeys and the one that kills millions of people. That link is a...
3.4K - Jul. 22, 2009; scored 171.0 Cheers and Jeers
Let the sun shine Cheers to Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, for peeking into the secrecy that often hides the inner workings of public agencies. Hundreds of exemptions to open government laws keep citizens from knowing what s going on. Tunes in ...
1.9K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 162.0 Not much can be done for pigeons
Question: My boyfriend and I recently found a wounded pigeon next to his house, but when we called a number of organizations, including local veterinarians, for help on how to care for it or have it put down, no one seemed to be able to help much. We...
2.8K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 172.0 A new Habitat for building supplies
The Coos Bay Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore is holding its grand opening Saturday in the old Broadway Builders building on Broadway Avenue in North Bend. The store has been in business for more than a month in its new, highly visible location, tha...
1.3K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 234.0 Panel will supply a local voice on reserves
The first round of local jawboning about marine reserves confirmed what everyone knew: The 35-member panel convened by port officials is supremely unlikely to agree. But maybe that s OK. The advisory panel will provide an orderly public dialogue, con...
2.0K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 118.0 Plans afoot to truck salmon to upper McKenzie
BLUE RIVER (AP) - Fish biologist Greg Taylor knows better than most how the 13 dams on the Willamette River have blocked salmon from their historic habitat. It's a very human-altered environment, he said. A little more human alteration is going on a...
3.3K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 178.0 NB church raises nearly $12,000
For the sixth year, the North Bend United Methodist Church recently held its annual dinner/auction fundraiser. More than 90 people enjoyed the evening of great food with a silent and oral auction. This year s theme was M*A*S*H and there was even a ...
1.4K - Jun. 27, 2009; scored 131.0 Habitat open for new home applications
Coos Bay Area Habitat for Humanity is accepting pre-applications from families seeking homes. Families must be at 50 percent of the median income, or have a minimum $1,500 monthly gross income. Applicants must be able to complete 500 hours o...
0.7K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 152.0 Paul Colbert
A celebration of the life of Paul D. Colbert, 56, of Bandon, and an honorary baseball game will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, June 29, at the Bandon Community Center, 1200 11th St. N.W., in Bandon. Paul was born March 6, 1953, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the so...
2.3K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 118.0 Habitat ready to give home to new family
Coos Bay Area Habitat for Humanity is accepting pre-applications from families seeking homes. Families must be at 50 percent of the median income, or have a minimum $1,500 monthly gross income. Applicants must be able to complete 500 hours o...
0.7K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 504.0 | 
