Train to be a master gardener
People with a strong interest in gardening, and who enjoy helping others, are invited to apply to become an Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener. Coos County-OSU Extension is accepting applications for training, which will begin ...
 1.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Huskies hope to stop slide Saturday at OSU
SEATTLE Seven weeks after what was believed to be a landmark victory over then-No. 3 Southern California that would expedite the quick turnaround Steve Sarkisian preached was going to happen at Washington, the Huskies spent Monday trying to digest ...
4.4K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Pac-10 reinstates Oregon back Blount
Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount, who was suspended for the season after punching a Boise State player in the wake of the season opener, has been allowed to rejoin the Ducks. The university requested Blount s reinstatement, which was approved by...
3.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 428.0 Pirates push back playoff start time
Marshfield will have a later start time than usual for its playoff game Friday against Hermiston, while Gold Beach will return to Pete Susick Stadium for the sixth time in four seasons. The state football playoffs begin this weekend with games around...
3.1K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Nov. 9, 8:21 a.m., a man reported his wallet was taken while he was sleeping at the South Coast Gospel Mission, 1999 N. Seventh St. Nov. 9, 8:54 a.m., a student had her ...
3.1K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Smash up leads to ticket for driver
Oregon State Police troopers cited a Charleston man Monday following a two-vehicle crash on Cape Arago Highway south of Coos Bay. A 2002 Ford Ranger pickup pulled into traffic from a driveway near Driftwood Lane and collided with a 1989 Cadillac Eldo...
0.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Crash sends woman to Coquille hospital
Medics took a Shady Cove woman to a hospital Monday following a single-car crash on state Highway 42 east of Myrtle Point. A 1999 Oldsmobile Alero was westbound on Highway 42 near milepost 26 when it left the wet roadway and crashed into vegetation a...
0.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 ODFW continues Chetco River closure
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is extending the current angling closure on the Chetco River upstream of Highway 101 until further notice. The season was expected to reopen today, but will remain closed to protect spawning fall Chinook. Pa...
1.5K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 84.0 Shoving tobacco smoke out the door
Smokers may wonder how much guff they must endure from a disapproving society. The answer is: More all the time, so get used to it. Back in the day, lighting up was as stylish as the tilted brim of Humphrey Bogart s fedora. People did it everywhere, ...
1.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 2 dead, reports of others shot at Tualatin office
TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) Oregon police say a shooting at drug-testing facility in a suburban Portland office park has left two people dead and two others wounded. Police say the apparent shooter was among those killed, apparently from a self-inflected g...
1.0K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 84.0 Kulongoski makes surprise visit to troops in Iraq
GRANTS PASS (AP) Gov. Ted Kulongoski has made another surprise trip to Iraq to visit Oregon National Guard troops. Speaking by telephone from Baghdad, where he was attending a barbecue with soldiers, the governor said Tuesday he was making good on ...
3.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 470.0 Coos County implements DUI task force
Coos county police agencies have created the state s first South Coast DUI Task Force. And officials are hoping other Oregon counties will follow their lead in combating drunken driving. It s a pilot program, Coquille Police Chief Mark Dannels said....
3.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 138.0 Curry campus close to reality
The dean of Southwestern Oregon Community College s Curry campus has a lot of hope for her school s future. She s looking forward to the day when all Curry classes will be held under one roof, to the day when she won t have to whisper in her office t...
3.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 107.0 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 84.0 IRS has unclaimed refunds
Were you expecting a tax refund, but didn t get it? The Internal Revenue Service might have your money. The agency has 1,310 refund checks worth $1.4 million for Oregon taxpayers that were returned by the U.S. Post Office due to mailing address ...
1.7K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Homebrew students learn to customize beer flavors
PORTLAND Learning to brew your own beer in Portland, a.k.a. Beervana, would seem to be pointlessness personified. Yet 80 homebrewers and brewers-to-be spent a rainy Saturday morning doing just that in a stark warehouse warmed only by two boiling k...
4.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Multnomah sheriff asks state for investigation
PORTLAND (AP) The new sheriff of Multnomah County has asked the state agency that oversees police certification to speed up its investigation into a high-ranking officer. Sheriff Dan Staton contacted the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards...
0.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Removing dam would end live fish counts
MEDFORD (AP) After decades of counting live salmon and steelhead reaching the upper Rogue River, biologists will be stuck counting only dead ones if Gold Ray Dam and its long-standing fish-counting station disappear as proposed next fall. Jackson C...
0.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 GOP targets lawmakers' health care vote
SALEM (AP) National and local Republicans are betting that Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader s vote for a national health care reform bill will make him vulnerable in 2010. Republicans say the freshman Democrat s vote will cause him problems with mo...
0.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 Train to be a Master Gardener
People with a strong interest in gardening, and who enjoy helping others, are invited to apply to become an Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener. Coos County-OSU Extension is accepting applications for training, which will begin ...
1.2K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 53.0 | 
