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 934.0 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 149.0 Ducks crush Trojans
EUGENE As the T-shirts worn in Oregon s student section proclaimed, it was Fright Night at Autzen Stadium. It certainly was for USC. Jeremiah Masoli threw for 222 yards and a touchdown and ran for 164 more yards with another score and the 10th-rank...
5.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 250.0 Sports Briefs: Beaver QB Moevao needs surgery on ankle
CORVALLIS Oregon State backup quarterback Lyle Moevao will need surgery after injuring his ankle during practice. The senior started most of last season but had a slow recovery from offseason shoulder surgery and settled into a backup role behind S...
4.0K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 172.0 Veteran talks about stress disorder
I didn t have issues. There were just stupid people around me doing stupid things, Eddie Black told about 50 people at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Tuesday night. That s how Black felt when he returned home from serving in Baghdad, Iraq,...
3.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 149.0 Combat vet discusses stress disorder
Southwestern Oregon Community College is hosting a free post-traumatic stress disorder presentation. Eddie Black will be giving the presentation at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Oregon Coast Culinary Institute building on the Coos Bay campus. The d...
1.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 190.0 Rescuing Bandar
WASHINGTON (AP) They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets. When it was time to go home, Joe...
13.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 289.0 Myrtle Point Hall of Fame capsules
Frank Grove (Coach): Grove graduated in 1944 from Powers High School, where he was a member of the 1944 state champion basketball team, and served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. He competed in basketball and track and field for two years each at Lew...
8.6K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 232.0 Gerhart carries load for Stanford
STANFORD, Calif. Toby Gerhart s massive arms were so bloody after his latest dominating performance that coach Jim Harbaugh thought he had been cut with razor blades. Gerhart figured he d at least get some cool stitches out of the deal as yet anoth...
5.7K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 190.0 Staying Connected
BEND (AP) Every Sunday night, just before bedtime, Caitlin and Luke Wulf wave at a computer screen, say good night and close the video chat program that connects them with their father. They head back downstairs, put on their pajamas and go to slee...
6.8K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 581.0 Ducks host Utah team struggling on offense
SALT LAKE CITY The last two victories in the nation s longest winning streak have included signs of problems on offense for No. 18 Utah. The Utes continued to win, but had plenty of work to do this week before today s game at Oregon. Utah (2-0) won...
3.6K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 190.0 Football 2009 Field of Dreams
Last week, North Bend unveiled a new scoreboard complete with a giant video screen at Vic Adams Field. The latest addition to the ever-improving facility can make it hard to imagine that nearly a decade ago, the school district was in a stadium crisi...
17.5K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 149.0 Now is the time for seasonal flu shots
WASHINGTON (AP) - It s time to get the first of at least two flu shots recommended for many Americans this fall: Vaccine against regular winter flu is ready. Despite all the headlines about the new swine flu, doctors do expect some garden-variety inf...
4.3K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 179.0 Searchers find missing woman
Investigators succeeded in their search today to find an 81-year-old California woman missing since Tuesday, at Cape Blanco State Park near Port Orford. The Curry County Sheriff s Office and Oregon State Police responded to the state park after learn...
1.6K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 149.0 Kill order placed on wolves
GRANTS PASS (AP) A kill order was issued Tuesday for the first wolves caught killing livestock in Oregon since they began moving to the state. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy said extensive efforts were made to p...
2.9K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 221.0 Oregon military ID's two Oregon soldiers
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon National Guard has identified two soldiers killed when a convoy they were guarding was attacked in Iraq. Spc. Taylor D. Marks, 19, and a decorated veteran, Sgt. Earl D. Werner, 38, died Friday when the convoy was struck by ...
1.0K - Aug. 30, 2009; scored 679.0 Two Oregonians killed today in Iraq
Two Oregon National Guard members were killed and one wounded during a convoy security mission in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Friday. The injured was taken to a combat support hospital for treatment with no additional information on status of injuries. Th...
0.5K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 549.0 Governor readies state for flu pandemic
SALEM As many as two out of five Oregonians are expected to come down with the flu this fall and winter, prompting the state to prepare for the possibility of an epidemic that would close schools and threaten the economy, officials said Friday. One...
2.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 190.0 Police seize marijuana plants in raid
WARM SPRINGS (AP) Police have seized 1,630 marijuana plants in a raid on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in what tribal authorities call the latest sign of increasing drug cultivation on Indian lands. Friday s action, which didn t result in an...
1.9K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 165.0 Sports Briefs: Payton picked for Oregon Hall
PORTLAND Former NBA guard Gary Payton and former NFL linemen Pete and Stan Brock head the list of inductees into the Oregon Sports of Hall of Fame. Payton starred for Oregon State, finishing as the university s all-time leading scorer before headin...
4.5K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 172.0 | 
