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 259.0 Drivers need an occasional lesson
This is in response to Mr. Tim Groce s letter concerning center lane usage, which gives a perfect description of the illegal usage of the lanes. I encourage you to check with Oregon Department of Transportation and the Department of Motor Vehicle on ...
2.1K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 249.0 Judge to defendant: Prove it
COQUILLE Bobbye Cikanek knows she probably won t be able to own horses anymore. But the woman convicted of abusing and neglecting 10 Tennessee walking horses hopes a Coos County Court judge will let her continue breeding and owning more than a doze...
3.9K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 203.0 KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
MILLINGTON Ingrid Hill never found a full-time job after getting laid off last year, but she did find a dump truck. Hill has 22 years of experience in the construction industry, most recently working for Knife River Corp., but cutbacks last year ca...
3.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 222.0 Douglas County has funds for senior transportation
REEDSPORT For seniors waiting on new transportation options, more waiting may be in store. Douglas County has $310,00 in special transportation money, earmarked for use in public transportation for elderly or disabled people. It came from the ...
2.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 259.0 A fresh beginning
NORTH BEND A few hours a week delivering newspapers, handing out tickets or cleaning a sandwich shop may hardly sound like self-esteem boosters, but to people dealing with mental health issues, holding on to a part-time job is a big deal. Having a...
4.3K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 225.0 Amtrak stops Redding to Medford bus service
REDDING, Calif. (AP) Amtrak California has canceled its bus route from Redding to Southern Oregon because of low ridership. The canceled route is part of Amtrak California s Thruway bus service, which originates in Sacramento and is an extension of...
0.9K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 191.0 Ex-mill site sees activity
Developers are starting to move dirt that has sat untouched for almost 20 years at the old Georgia-Pacific mill site in Coquille. The new tenants, McKay s Market and Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Inc., have started priming more than six acres on th...
3.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 191.0 Bangor School rezoning advances to North Bend council
NORTH BEND Compared to the nearly six-hour long meeting last held by the North Bend Planning Commission to review a zone change for the former Bangor School site, Monday night s meeting seemed almost like a non-event. Done in less than 30 minutes, ...
3.2K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 185.0 Bullards Bridge will get rehab work in 2010-11
BANDON The Oregon Department of Transport-ation plans to spend $3.4 million to rehab Bullards Bridge north of Bandon. The agency expects to award a contract on the year-long project in February 2010, with work to be complete in spring 2011, ac...
1.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 164.0 Bullards Bridge will get rehab work in 2010-11
BANDON The Oregon Department of Transport-ation plans to spend $3.4 million to rehab Bullards Bridge north of Bandon. The agency expects to award a contract on the year-long project in February 2010, with work to be complete in spring 2011, ac...
1.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 164.0 Airport new avenue for improved PDX connections
NORTH BEND Airport managers have a new plan to try to get money to add more connections for North Bend passengers at Portland. Executive Director Gary LeTellier said he plans to strategize an application plan with airport directors from Salem and K...
2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 283.0 Grant could add cargo dock to LNG project
Port officials could have a greater stake in the liquefied natural gas project proposed for Coos Bay if a sizable federal grant comes their way. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has filed a $45.3 million application for a Transportation...
2.7K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 270.0 Oregon's jobless rate dips in September
SALEM Oregon s unemployment rate dropped in September, but so did the number of people who have jobs as Oregon s economy continued to sag under the weight of the recession. In its monthly jobs report, the state Employment Department said the jobles...
1.9K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 234.0 New trail could link Sunriver, Lava Lands
SUNRIVER (AP) A new plan proposed by the U.S. Forest Service would link Sunriver with the Lava Lands Visitor Center by paved path for bikes and pedestrians. The Bend Bulletin reports the idea is part of an ongoing effort to link Bend and Sunriver w...
0.8K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 164.0 Sign of the old times
REEDSPORT History may be repeating itself in Gardiner. The large, brown historical marker in that town was just one year old when Ray and Loraine Potter moved to Gardiner in 1952. These days it looks its age, after five decades sitting under the su...
3.0K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 232.0 Chinook fishing slow in some rivers
Chinook fishing in the Coos River has slowed this past week. But with a forecast of rain and larger tide exchanges, we should see more salmon coming into the river. The wild coho season on the Coos has closed but you may still retain fin-clipped coho...
4.1K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 299.0 Log truck snags lines, creates traffic snafu
A log truck knocked down a string of communication lines along Virginia Avenue Wednesday afternoon, blocking traffic and damaging nearby cars. The truck was southbound on U.S. Highway 101 around 2:20 p.m., when its load caught a wire at the intersect...
1.0K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 191.0 Low power lines
A log truck knocked down a string of communication lines along Virginia Avenue Wednesday afternoon, blocking traffic and damaging nearby cars. The truck was southbound on U.S. Highway 101 around 2:20 p.m., when its load caught a wire at the intersect...
1.0K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 191.0 Repairs will close 101 at Florence bridge
The Oregon Department of Transportation plans intermittent traffic closures of the Siuslaw River Bridge on U.S. Highway 101 in Florence for four nights beginning Monday, Sept. 21, and ending the morning of Friday, Sept. 25, to allow a contractor to s...
1.9K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 185.0 | 
