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 224.0 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 239.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 318.0 Questions surface in Astoria LNG probe
ASTORIA (AP) When liquefied natural gas developer Peter Hansen met Port of Astoria Director Peter Gearin and marketing consultant Susan Trabucco in San Jose, Calif., in October 2004, there was a moment when Hansen thought the two might be more than...
6.6K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 318.0 Seminar looks at generation gaps
The South Coast Employer Council is offering a seminar called Generations in the Workplace. It will look at the cultural differences between older and younger workers. The discussion will start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, No...
0.6K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 175.0 Did he lie? Stufflebean's bankruptcy explanation doesn t add up
Coos County Commissioner Kevin Stufflebean s public explanation of his recent bankruptcy filing contains factual discrepancies, The World has learned. In July, Stufflebean and his wife filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Eu...
9.7K - 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. 18, 2009; scored 346.0 Did he lie? Stufflebean's bankruptcy explanation doesn t add up
Coos County Commissioner Kevin Stufflebean s public explanation of his recent bankruptcy filing contains factual discrepancies, The World has learned. In July, Stufflebean and his wife filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Eu...
9.7K - Oct. 17, 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 346.0 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 273.0 Oregon's jobless rate dips in September
SALEM (AP) Oregon s unemployment rate dropped in September, but so did the number of people who have jobs. The state Employment Department says the jobless rate fell to 11.5 percent last month from the revised August figure of 12 percent. David Coo...
0.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 232.0 Panel focuses on Oregon tourism
BANDON A panel of industry watchers weighed in on the future of one of the state s main economic drivers in what was billed as an open conversation about the perceptions and realities of Oregon s tourism and hospitality industry. Oregon s tourism ...
3.3K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 297.0 Oregon Employment Deptartment trying to fix phone mess
SALEM (AP) The Oregon Employment Department hopes to have its phone and computer systems back to normal by this afternoon, after a weekend crush of people trying to file for benefit extensions caused the systems to crash. Oregon, which has a 12.2 p...
0.6K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 175.0 Employment department addresses phone mess
SALEM (AP) The Oregon Employment Department hopes to have its phone and computer systems back to normal by this afternoon, after a weekend crush of people trying to file for benefit extensions caused the systems to crash. Department spokesman Craig...
1.6K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 803.0 Hospitals pile up unpaid bills while providing care to uninsured
COOS BAY The Bay Area Hospital emergency room was relatively quiet Monday morning. Patients lay in only a handful of the 14 beds. The ambulance bay and trauma center were empty, allowing some of the physicians and nurses a chance to chat for a mome...
5.2K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 175.0 Ready, willing and able
Star of Hope is looking to place adults with developmental disabilities in the workforce. The organization will have a steep unemployment rate to contend with, but that may actually help. Since 2007, Star of Hope s labor force has provided services, ...
4.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 260.0 Oregon jobless rate climbs to 12.2 percent
SALEM (AP) Oregon s unemployment rate ticked upward to 12.2 percent in August, with state economists sticking by their prediction of a slow, jobless recovery in the near term. The seasonally adjusted rate has been hovering around 12 percent for the...
2.5K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 948.0 Ore. jobless rate climbs to 12.2 percent
SALEM (AP) Oregon s unemployment rate ticked upward to 12.2 percent in August, with state economists sticking by their prediction of a slow, jobless recovery likely to begin this fall. The seasonally adjusted rate has been hovering around 12 percen...
1.7K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 262.0 Unemployment beneficiaries may exhaust their benefits
EUGENE (AP) State Employment Department officials say roughly 3,000 Oregon residents have exhausted their unemployment benefits, with the final extensions expiring last week. But additional help is headed their way. Oregon s unemployment rate has b...
1.9K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 337.0 Union drops county complaint
COQUILLE Just weeks before a state hearing, the union representing Coos County s fired road workers has withdrawn its unfair labor practice complaint filed against the county in early January. Teamsters Local Union No. 223 dropped its case last wee...
4.0K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 224.0 | 
