Berkshire buying Burlington Northern
NEW YORK (AP) Legendary investor Warren Buffett is making what he calls an all-in wager on the U.S. economy $34 billion to buy a major railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,...
 5.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 281.0 Rescuers pull woman off bridge
A North Bend woman went to Bay Area Hospital on Friday night after U.S. Coast Guard seaman rescued her, as she was clinging to a railroad bridge support beam. At about 5:51 p.m., North Bend police received a transferred emergency call from a tug boat...
1.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 391.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 15, 11:31 a.m., a hit-and-run accident was reported in the parking lot next to the Head Start Administration Office, 250 Hull St. Oct. 15, 11:38 a.m., a gas can was...
2.9K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 75.0 No Social Security increase for 2010
WASHINGTON There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975, the government announced today. Blame falling consum...
5.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 119.0 Thefts & Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 12, 5:48 a.m., police took a 25-year-old man to the Coos County jail on a charge of domestic strangulation from a case in the 100 block of Marino Drive. He was cite...
3.2K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 75.0 Thefts & Micchief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Oct. 6, 9:55 p.m., someone stole a shopping cart from Safeway, 230 E. Johnson Ave. Oct. 6, 1:42 p.m., police detained a teenager for possession of less than one ounce of...
2.6K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 75.0 City wastes money at wrong time
You could hear this train coming from a mile away. The railroad job was so orchestrated and choreographed they could have handed out a script. By a pair of three-to-four votes, Mr. Freeman was ridden out of town on a rail, complete with tar and assoc...
2.0K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 75.0 Chamber to discuss rail link
The Coos Bay Rail Link will be the topic for this week s Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Independent Business Operators luncheon forum Wednesday in North Bend. A representative from the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay will provide an update on the...
0.7K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 Deer escapes car, pole doesn t
A Cadillac sheared off several feet of a utility pole on Wednesday, as the driver swerved to miss a meandering deer on Highway 42. At about 10:10 p.m., 33-year-old James L. Hazen of Coos Bay was heading west on 42 near milepost 1 in a 2007 Cadillac, ...
1.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 75.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. br Coos Bay br Sept. 30, 12:28 a.m., shots were heard near the Seagate-Empire Lakes area. Sept. 30, 7:17 a.m., a rear window was broken and Bible stolen from a car in the 1000 ...
2.0K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 75.0 City hall burglar heads to jail
A man who pleaded guilty to stealing a police vehicle, Tasers and other items from the North Bend Police Department will spend six months in the Coos County jail for his misdeeds. Twenty-six-year-old Robert L. Finder has taken a plea deal, which redu...
2.3K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 75.0 New York transit systems warned to watch for terrorists
DENVER An airport shuttle driver under arrest in Colorado may have been planning with others to detonate backpack bombs on New York City trains in a terrorism plot similar to past attacks on London s and Madrid s mass-transit systems, officials sai...
7.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 75.0 A light in the tunnel
NOTI The Coos Bay Rail Link has exactly three flatbed railcars riding its rails. No, they aren t hauling any cargo. They are helping restore rail service to shippers along the 111-mile line. Their current home is inside Tunnel 13. It cuts through a...
4.5K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 391.0 A new line of talks
Port officials are talking with railroad giant Union Pacific about leasing or purchasing the tracks from Coos Bay to Coquille. The short segment of line is considered crucial to operating the railroad successfully. Repairs are under way on four tunne...
2.3K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 175.0 Junction City sues railroads
JUNCTION CITY (AP) Junction City is suing two railroad companies, claiming more than $860,000 in street damage from freight operations. The lawsuit was filed Friday against Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Portland Western Railroad Inc. ...
1.1K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 846.0 Junction City sues railroads
JUNCTION CITY (AP) ” Junction City is suing two railroad companies, claiming more than $860,000 in street damage from freight operations. The lawsuit was filed Friday against Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Portland & Western...
1.0K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 846.0 Vernon Brecke
A celebration of life potluck with sharing of stories and memories will be held for Vernon Brecke, 57, of Coos Bay, from 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Southwestern Oregon Community College Culinary Arts Center, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. ...
3.8K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 75.0 Thefts and Mischief
The following are theft and criminal mischief reports from police logs. Coos Bay Sept. 10, 4:52 p.m., a drunken man was passed out in the Pedway in the 200 block of Broadway. Sept. 10, 5:57 p.m., two cars collided near 10th St. and Central Ave. No on...
1.4K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 75.0 Guitar Hero 5 makes rocking out easier than ever
A few suggestions for the folks who acquire the songs for Guitar Hero : How about a moratorium on Kiss? They were lousy when they started, and their songs haven t gotten better with time. Why so little love for punk and New Wave? Dozens of neglected...
3.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 75.0 Curtis Dean Mason
A celebration of life for Curtis Dean Mason, 80, of Gold Beach, formerly of Myrtle Point, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road in Coquille. Pastor Jim Lloyd will officiate. Curtis "De...
3.8K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 75.0 | 
