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 156.0 Retailers enter the hiring season
Tis the season to be hiring. Local retailers are hiring seasonal help to get them through what is expected to be a slightly better holiday shopping season than last year. For Margaret Hutcheson, owner of Horsin Around at Pony Village Mall, this seas...
3.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 809.0 GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, N.J.
WASHINGTON Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading ...
6.4K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 202.0 Stimulus creating jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) About 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama s economic stimulus plan, the White House said today, saying it is on track to reach the president s goal of 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. New jo...
2.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 156.0 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 247.0 Chamber membership is worth looking into
Arlene Soto Should I join my local chamber of commerce? The Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization that supports business efforts in the local community. Generally, the chamber will offer benefits that members want and support. Each chamber...
2.2K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 297.0 Column: New group lobbies for community sports funding
If the high school and youth sports programs in your town aren t already having trouble paying their bills, they will soon. And if that doesn t sound like headline-worthy news in this battered economy, just wait. You ll have your pick of headlines fr...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 156.0 Oregon job losses hit predicted bottom point
PORTLAND With the news that Oregon shed 10,000 more jobs in September, the toll the Great Recession has taken on unemployment has reached the turnaround point in hiring predicted by state economist Tom Potiowsky. He s sticking with his story. Most ...
3.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 202.0 Oregon job losses hit predicted bottom point
PORTLAND With the news that Oregon shed 10,000 more jobs in September, the toll the Great Recession has taken on unemployment has reached the turnaround point in hiring predicted by state economist Tom Potiowsky. He s sticking with his story. Most ...
3.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 202.0 Pharmacy violated patient's trust
I would like to share a story with you that I feel should be brought to everyone s attention considering the economy today. I recently lost my job, as well as, what little insurance I had. I have found another job, minimum wage and no benefits. One o...
2.3K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 156.0 Two industries see job growth
WASHINGTON Businesses in the South and Southwest benefited most from the first federal contracts awarded under President Barack Obama s stimulus program, according to initial data released by a government oversight board. Military construction and...
6.5K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 259.0 FERC owes Bay Area an answer
Federal energy officials need to fish, as the saying goes, or cut bait. After five years of argument, anticipation and anxiety, the Bay Area deserves a ruling on a liquefied natural gas terminal not perpetual, unexplained delay. The Federal Energy ...
2.1K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 234.0 Out of the bog
Aiming to capitalize on a growing demand for raw, organic produce, the Coquille Tribe is taking the hard route to harvesting cranberries this season. To harvest deep red berries in the raw, the tribe will put its back into the year s bountiful crop t...
3.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 156.0 Oregon reports first stimulus impact: 8,000 jobs
PORTLAND Gov. Ted Kulongoski says the first wave of federal stimulus spending flowing through the state government created or saved the equivalent of more than 8,000 full-time jobs in Oregon. Kulongoski announced results Monday of the state s firs...
2.8K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 156.0 Unions are ensuring Americans work
As a member of a union, the Ironworkers to be exact, I m getting a little tired of union bashing by the right and the uneducated about unions. We re not left wing or out to ruin America. We just have the guts to want a better life and we re not waiti...
1.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 156.0 Donation downturn
In hard times, many turn to thrift stores to save on everyday needs. But they might not find what they re looking for. Nonprofit retailers rely on donations for their inventory, and rising competition is combining with the weak economy to make high-q...
3.5K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 234.0 Community Action loses campus site
COQUILLE Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal grants to build it, after an Empire property owner refused to sell its land. Now the agency is looking at airport land in North Ben...
3.0K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 156.0 Community Action loses campus site
COQUILLE ” Oregon Coast Community Action is back to square one in looking for a community campus site, and the federal grants to build it, after an Empire property owner refused to sell its land. Now the agency is looking at airport land i...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 156.0 Myrtle Point mill expands, hires
MYRTLE POINT A local alder mill is growing despite a recession that is hammering the lumber industry. W L Lumber, formerly known as W L Contractors, has added a lumber-drying kiln and a planer to its existing alder mill and chipping facility. The ...
5.5K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 1000.0 Stimulus money beats no money at all
As a rule, public agencies shouldn t use one-time grants to pay salaries. Doing so almost guarantees a crisis when the money runs out. Meanwhile, employees spend half their energy thinking about their precarious futures. But an older rule applies to ...
2.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 156.0 | 
