Events planned for Veterans Day
Local organizations are planning events Wednesday to honor vets on Veterans Day. Here s a look: Coos Bay At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Eagles Lodge, 568 S. Second St., will provide a free dinner for all veterans and their spouses. The guest speaker wil...
 0.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 133.0 Bah Humbug run and picnic planned
The South Coast Running Club will hold its annual club picnic and Bah Humbug Requiem Run at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Humbug Mountain State Park south of Port Orford. The non-competitive run or walk includes a 3-mile climb to the top of Humbug...
1.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 259.0 Youth Sports: Mustangs win soccer tourney
The Fall soccer season for the Boys Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon came to a close last weekend with a fifth/sixth-grade tournament at North Bay School. The Mustangs, a team coached by Erik Johnson and sponsored by C S Fire Safe Services, won ...
3.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 172.0 Former employee opens fire at Orlando office tower - 1 dead, 5 injured
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ” Officials searched Friday for a gunman who opened fire in a downtown office building where he used to work. At least six people were hurt. People streamed out of the 16-story Legion Place office building around lunchtime a...
2.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 133.0 Scene & Heard
Concerts This weekend Ambush Blue Moon. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.dbabluemoon.com . Battle of the Bands Three Rivers. Competition runs Nov. 6-Dec. 12. 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Prize is contract to perform regularly at...
10.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 172.0 Going Out
Theater etc. This weekend Coastal Douglas Has Talent!, a talent show and fundraiser for the Reedsport Rotary Club, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Pacific Auditorium in Reedsport. About a dozen performers of a variety of ages will compete, and PBA...
4.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 Former employee opens fire at Orlando office tower - 1 dead, 5 injured
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Officials searched Friday for a gunman who opened fire in a downtown office building where he used to work. At least six people were hurt. People streamed out of the 16-story Legion Place office building around lunchtime and some...
2.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 133.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 172.0 Beverly Ann Conway
A farewell gathering will be held for Beverly Ann (Pugh) Conway, 77, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3355 Virginia Ave. in North Bend to thank her for her loving support and bless her...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 172.0 Wise approach to LNG: Be prepared
Coping with the recession has absorbed most people s energy for the past year, but looking beyond the immediate crisis is always smart. The city of Coos Bay is being prudently proactive by negotiating a financial relationship with the would-be develo...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 238.0 Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold
ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters today in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. The soldiers were fighti...
3.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 133.0 Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars
WASHINGTON One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his vision for school reform. Obama is visiting Wisconsin, where lawmakers are po...
4.0K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 352.0 Coos Bay signs LNG pact
COOS BAY The city of Coos Bay isn t throwing its support behind the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal project, but it could benefit from it. The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to sign a deal with Jordan Cove Energy Project that would allow th...
2.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 133.0 Georgiana Gamble Smithers
A celebration of life will be held for Georgiana Gamble Smithers, 81, of Coos Bay, at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Fourth and Highland in Coos Bay. The service and sacrament will be officiated by the Rev. Stephen Tyson...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 253.0 Tree of Giving program begins
Tree of Giving is an annual program that lets the community provide a gift for a local child at Christmas. It also provides a way for someone to adopt an entire family of children. This is a great activity for a family, a work group or for someone ...
2.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 199.0 Blanchard Irene Davis Lorsung
A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Blanchard Blanche Irene Davis Lorsung, 102, of Coos Bay, at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Coos Bay Chapel, 685 Anderson Ave. with the Rev. Karl Schray, of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, officiating. Buri...
4.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 172.0 Sunset girls take junior high title
The Sunset girls cross country team raced to the Far West League middle school district title last weekend at Tugman State Park. Shaylen Crook led the way with a first-place finish as Sunset had five of the first eight runners across the finish line....
1.9K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 172.0 Pilots get fired, but others keep driving
This fan of news in all its various forms and presentations could not resist making the connection between the Northwest Airlines pilots story and our Oregon governor s decision to declare in-car talking/texting off limits, effective Jan. 1, 2010. W...
1.7K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 133.0 Scene & Heards
Concerts This weekend Amanda Dillon Java Jones. Acoustic folk. 9:30 a.m. Saturday. 888-4477. Ambush Mr. Zack s. Classic rock. 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 396-7111. Amy Clawson Coltrane Three Rivers. 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.three...
10.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 172.0 | 
