Ida weakens to a tropical depression, heads east
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength today, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Ida s center f...
 1.6K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 249.0 Police search for woman
The Coos County Search and Rescue Team is looking for a 31-year-old Coquille woman who went missing Monday under suspicious circumstances. Jayme Austin called her mother, Cindy Gisholt, who was at work Monday morning and told her she didn t have any ...
1.4K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 124.0 FBI reassess its past look at Fort Hood suspect
WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an assessment of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. After the shooting, the FBI is doing a new a...
5.9K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 124.0 Don Brooks
A memorial service will be held for Don Brooks Sr., 85, of Langlois, at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Reedsport Assembly of God, 509 N. 19th St. Don was born Feb. 24, 1924, in Lancaster, Calif., to Clarence and Marion Brooks. He died Oct. 21, 200...
1.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 124.0 Landslides hit 20 homes, killing 14
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Torrential rains triggered a series of landslides on Indonesia s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 residents and burying many more, a local official said today. The downpours sent a mass of mud slamming into about 20 hous...
0.9K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 124.0 Tornado rips through Lincoln City
LINCOLN CITY (AP) The National Weather Service has confirmed that it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City over the weekend and packed winds that reached 85 mph. The tornado s destruction path was 150 yards long by 80 yards...
1.7K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 124.0 Local panel fields questions on health policy
When Rep. Peter DeFazio visited the coast three months ago, people crowded into town halls to vehemently voice concerns and ask questions about public health care reform. It was a different setting Saturday morning at Coos Bay City Hall. A panel of e...
7.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 124.0 James Dewitt Rutland
A celebration of life service will be held for James Rutland of Coos Bay at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Coos Bay Chapel, Seventh and Anderson with Dr. Jerry Hamilton officiating. Cremation Rites will take place at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crema...
1.8K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 124.0 Large Southern Baptist church in Texas announces expansion
DALLAS (AP) First Baptist in Dallas, one of the nation s largest Southern Baptist Convention congregations, will be growing into a more environmentally friendly campus. First Baptist announced a $130 million expansion featuring a 3,000-seat wo...
1.3K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 124.0 Grand jury clears cop of rape charge
A Coos County grand jury has decided not to charge a North Bend police officer with a crime after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman. North Bend Police Chief Steve Scibelli put officer Jason Griggs, 36, on administrative leave ...
2.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 124.0 No fool left behind
NORTH BEND No one planned a Neil Simon festival in North Bend, but with productions of four of his plays scheduled in six months, it sure seems that way. There are two each at Little Theatre on the Bay and North Bend High School, and directors at b...
4.5K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Council is wrong venue for vendetta
The editorial (The World, Oct. 28) about the Lakeside recalls was so spot-on for the opinions of most of the citizens of Lakeside. I ve been a resident of Lakeside since 1992 and have seen many petty factious groups use the recall procedure to settle...
1.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 197.0 Public Enemy No. 1: Cancer patients
A lot has changed in the 210-plus years since the nation adopted the Second Amendment, guaranteeing gun rights. For one thing, federal gun laws now ban convicted illegal drug users from toting handguns. But two Oregon sheriffs say that s not tough en...
2.1K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Man fatally shot by ex-wife after breaking into her house
REDMOND (AP) A man was shot and killed by his ex-wife after he broke into her house in Redmond and tried to attack her with an improvised weapon as she defended her children, authorities said. Patrick S. Hankins, 41, of Bend, was fatally shot We...
1.6K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Childhood chums paddle the Rogue to the sea
MEDFORD Waking in a sleeping bag to a bone-drenching rain on the fifth day of a nine-day raft trip down the Rogue River, Sam Jackson and his two childhood pals wondered whether this adventure would match what it looked like on paper. For 91 miles, ...
4.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Mushroom pickers find human remains near Gold Beach
The Curry County Sheriff s Office is asking for help in identifying a deceased person found north of Gold Beach. Deputies responded to a forested area near Edson Creek Road and Old Coast Highway on Wednesday afternoon, after two Gold Beach residents ...
1.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Obama to sign jobless benefit
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers...
4.4K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Gunman: 'Allahu Akbar!'
FORT HOOD, Texas Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted Allahu Akbar! an Arabic phrase for God is great! before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. U.S. A...
9.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Quiznos, Koos News and a motel makeover
After three months of reporting on business news, my higher ups have encouraged (forced) me to start a column, with the purpose of highlighting all the free market happenings in our community. Here s how you can make my job easy: Submit anything and ...
4.2K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 124.0 | 
