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 160.0 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 68.0 Helicopter crashes kill 14 Americans in Afghanistan
KABUL Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans today in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale confer...
6.3K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 88.0 Marine patrol honored for communication
The state has honored the Coos County Marine Patrol Program with its top honor for communication and administration over the 2009 boating season. The Oregon State Marine Board presented the marine patrol with the Yearly Administrative Award of Excell...
1.3K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 136.0 Sports Briefs: Group to push for playoffs over BCS
WASHINGTON Lawmakers who have been trying to prod college football to replace the Bowl Championship Series with a playoff system now have a political action committee. A group of college football fans launched the Playoff PAC with the goal of elect...
6.7K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 88.0 Women more likely to be forced out of military
SAN FRANCISCO Pentagon officials won t speculate why women in uniform are more likely to be discharged from the armed services under don t ask, don t tell, but critics of the policy say that new figures reflect deep-seated sexism in the armed for...
4.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 101.0 Growing the ranks
NORTHFIELD, Vt. Burgeoning ranks of Army ROTC students are filling college classrooms around the nation this fall as the Army seeks to beef up its officer corps with a generous scholarship program that pays the college tuition of students who are ...
6.6K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 88.0 Public input sought on marine reserve teams
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon Sea Grant will host a public meeting in Newport next week to take comments on the process of forming three marine reserve teams. The meeting is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 22, at th...
1.0K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 863.0 Reunions
Empire Grade School Anyone who attended the Empire Grade School is welcome to attend the yearly reunion at 11 a.m. on Sept. 12 at Simpson Park in North Bend. Lunch will be served at noon. Marshfield Class of 1949 A no-host bar and dinner will be held...
3.6K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 88.0 Baseball: Pujols hits walk-off homer to give Cardinals win
ST. LOUIS John Smoltz struck out six and allowed one run in six innings in his first home start for St. Louis, and Albert Pujols hit his 41st homer leading off the bottom of the ninth to give the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over Washington. Pujols home...
5.9K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 88.0 Reunions
Bandon Class of 1959 Bandon High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50th class reunion today through Sunday, Aug. 28-30. At 5 p.m. today, classmates wll meet at campsite C34 at Bullards Beach for a campfire and potluck. The banquet event kicks off a...
4.7K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 88.0 Reunions
Bandon Class of 1959 Bandon High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50th class reunion on Friday through Sunday, Aug. 28-30. Friday will be a catered dinner at the community center. Saturday will feature a potluck picnic at Bullards Beach Gazebo, at ...
4.5K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 88.0 Researchers make maps of seafloor
FLORENCE (AP) A survey of the ocean floor off the Oregon coast is under way to provide detailed undersea maps to help protect marine habitat. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University will study water depths, s...
2.4K - Aug. 19, 2009; scored 142.0 Clamboree was a partnership
The Community Coalition of Empire thanks those who supported the revival of the Empire Clamboree. The city of Coos Bay, U.S. Coast Guard and Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. Tom and Stephanie Kramer, South Slough Res...
1.3K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 68.0 Reunions
Marshfield High Class of 1951 Classmates of the Marshfield High School Class of 1951 are invited to attend a no-host pizza dinner at Abby s Pizza on South Broadway, Coos Bay at 5 tonight. A no-host picnic will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Simpso...
6.1K - Aug. 14, 2009; scored 88.0 Reunions
Marshfield Class of 1951 Classmates of the Marshfield High School Class of 1951 are invited to attend a no-host pizza dinner at Abby s Pizza on South Broadway, Coos Bay at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14. A no-host picnic will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, ...
5.8K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 88.0 A healthy way to have red meat
Want to be health conscious and a red meat lover? Try bison. Bison (also called buffalo) meat has a flavor that is similar to beef, though many say it is slightly sweeter. But what is most notable, especially to the healthy cook, is that the American...
3.5K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 88.0 Pilot's remains found in Iraq desert
WASHINGTON (AP) The remains of the first American lost in the Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, a sorrowful resolution of a nearly two-decade old question about the fate of Navy pilot Capt. Michael Scott Speicher. The Pe...
8.3K - Aug. 2, 2009; scored 68.0 New GI Bill sending veterans to school
WASHINGTON Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He ll end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition. The Post-9/11 GI Bill rol...
6.3K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 107.0 Reunions
Marshfield Class of 1989 Marshfield High School Class of 1989 will hold a reunion Friday through Sunday, July 31 to Aug. 2. A no-host, informal gathering will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Coney Station in Coos Bay. On Saturday, a guided tour of t...
8.5K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 88.0 | 
