Festival Season isn't all merrymaking
We ve celebrated cranberries, blackberries, seafood, chain saws and sand dunes. And just before festival fatigue settles in, we ve got another weekend of fun ahead of us. Today s Bay Area Fun Festival represents the last big hoorah before the tourism...
 5.8K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 179.0 Cheers and Jeers
Remaking tracks A prosperous local future without a railroad is hard to imagine. So cheers for the start of tunnel repairs on the Coos Bay Rail Link. And cheers to port officials for doggedly pushing this project forward. Good riddance A farewell jee...
1.9K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 179.0 July Jubliee
North Bend residents cut the cake for the city's 106th-birthday celebration today with July Jubilee. Here's a schedule of today's events. Chili cookoff at 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pony Village Mall. All Car Show 'n' Shine with free hotdogs at 10 a.m. to 3 p...
1.3K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 283.0 City to show off new pool renovations
NORTH BEND Let s let the North Bend mayor say it: If you haven t been to the swimming pool in the past six months, you haven t been to the swimming pool. Rick Wetherell has it right. Following a three-year revitalization effort that s updated ever...
3.0K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 179.0 NB marks 106th birthday
The July Jubilee will mark North Bend s 106th-birthday celebration on Friday and Saturday, July 17-18. Many local businesses are participating, according to their press release. The events begin noon, Friday with the North Bend Public Library s Child...
1.8K - Jul. 15, 2009; scored 320.0 Southern towns have art, food, fun
Bandon Bandon Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Bandon High School. The Bandon Lions Club will hold an Old Fashioned Independence Day of Celebration beginning with a parade and flyover at 10 a.m. Saturday. T...
2.0K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 231.0 North Bend birthday features free food, lots of events
NORTH BEND - One-hundred-six years doesn't quite match Oregon's 150, but North Bend will celebrate its 106th birthday in style nonetheless in July. It might even share some of the cake with the state while it's at it. It's all part of the theme for t...
4.3K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 606.0 North Bend will send a gift to the future
North Benders who have dreamed of time travel will have a chance to do it this summer. At least, their belongings will. The city of North Bend is putting together a 50-year time capsule and is asking locals to participate by donating items they think...
2.4K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 231.0 Vendor applications accepted for July Jubilee
The North Bend July Jubilee Committee is accepting vendor applications for the Taste of Downtown event on Saturday, July 18. The event is part of the annual North Bend July Jubilee. For more information, call 756-4613 or go online to the city s Web s...
0.4K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 1000.0 Vendor applications accepted for Jubilee
The North Bend July Jubilee Committee is accepting vendor applications for the Taste of Downtown event on Saturday, July 18. The event is part of the annual North Bend July Jubilee. For more information, call 756-4613 or go online to the city's Web s...
0.4K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 320.0 North Bend looks for citizen nominations
North Bend is accepting recommendations for outstanding citizens to be honored during the community s July Jubilee. Submissions can be dropped off before April 1 at the North Bend Information Center or mailed to The North Bend July Jubilee Committee,...
0.8K - Mar. 16, 2009; scored 359.0 City seeks nominations
North Bend is accepting recommendations for outstanding citizens to be honored during the community s July Jubilee. Submissions can be dropped off before April 1 at the North Bend Information Center, or mailed to The North Bend July Jubilee Committee...
0.8K - Mar. 6, 2009; scored 359.0 North Bend wants to send history into future
NORTH BEND It could be said North Bend city officials are truly taking the sesquicentennial into their hearts. So much so, they re already looking forward to the bicentennial. With a time capsule they hope to fill and seal by the city s annual Jul...
3.9K - Feb. 18, 2009; scored 283.0 Here comes 150: Oregon s birthday brings a year-long celebration
If it were your birthday, you d probably want to celebrate it by eating your favorite meal, taking in a show and seeing all your friends. It s no different for Oregon s 150th birthday, except the state gets to party all year long. In Coos County, a v...
8.7K - Jan. 10, 2009; scored 320.0 July
Horizon pullout dims airport gala Southwestern Oregon Regional Airport opens its new terminal with a gala featuring 320 invited guests. But the festivities are overshadowed by Horizon Air s announcement, just four days before, that it will discontinu...
1.4K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 231.0 | 
