West s wild horses may move East
WASHINGTON Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said ...
 3.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 218.0 Vilsack: Dairy industry must restructure
BATH, S.D. The struggling U.S. dairy industry must be restructured to avoid cycles of boom and bust, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday, less than a week after Congress announced a $350 million dairy bailout. Dairy farmers benef...
3.2K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 344.0 Community Sports: Community Scoreboard for Sept. 26
Bowling North Bend Lanes Sept. 14-20 HIGH GAME Young at Heart Seniors Larry O Neal 244, Virgil Pekoc 224, Nick Boutin 198, Berrell Vinyard 198; Sally Ash 215, Thelma Fairchild 199, Linda Nichols 192. Coast Robert Black 279, Dean Laber 267, Matt W...
13.4K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 281.0 Arlene Francis Martindale
Services will be held at a later date for Arlene Francis Martindale, 76, of Coquille. Arlene was born on March 21, 1933, in Wagner, S.D., to John and Josephine (Burian) Bartunek. She died Sept. 22, 2009, in Coquille. Arlene was class valedictorian at...
1.5K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 281.0 Police make kidnapping arrest
Law enforcement officers have arrested two more people in the late August assault of a Coos Bay man, who was abducted from his job and shot in the foot. On Wednesday armed with a grand jury indictment, South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team detective...
1.4K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 218.0 Temporary hires become permanent at college
COOS BAY Two interim administrators at Southwestern Oregon Community College now have permanent full-time jobs. On Monday night, the college announced it has named Linda Kridelbaugh as the vice-president of administrative services. She has served i...
2.7K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 218.0 Unenforced bullying laws give kids scant protection
ATLANTA Laws meant to rein in schoolyard bullying rarely if ever do that since adults generally don t enforce them, according to an Associated Press review, and several students recent suicides have parents and advocates calling for tougher measur...
7.5K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 344.0 T. rex heads for auction block
LAS VEGAS (AP) Museums and high-rolling natural history buffs will get a crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas Strip auction. Experts say the 170 bones discovered more than 15 years ago in South Dakota represent m...
0.8K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 218.0 Industrial hemp growth faces obstacles
ALBANY Despite recent approval from state lawmakers, industrial hemp growth in Oregon faces a number of hurdles, including a less than ideal local climate and likely opposition from the Drug Enforcement Agency, an Oregon State University official s...
2.2K - Aug. 10, 2009; scored 218.0 Officials: 28 sick from Calif. beef in 3 states
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 28 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella. On Thursday, Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. recalled nearly 826,000...
1.7K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 218.0 Housing marks economic turnabout
Even as Americans suffer rising unemployment, foreclosure rates in three states hit hardest by the housing bust California, Arizona and Florida stabilized in June, offering hope that the worst of the real estate crisis is over, according to The A...
5.8K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 281.0 Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ga. and SD
WASHINGTON (AP) Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver ...
5.3K - Jul. 18, 2009; scored 436.0 Gerald Bachman
A private family gathering for Gerald Bachman, 84, of Hillsboro, originally of Coos Bay, was held July 5, 2009, at the family home. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 18, at Wanda's Food and Beverage House, 740 Koos Bay Blvd...
2.8K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 218.0 Act fast on health care, Obama
President Obama has a green light and open eight-lane highway for health-care reform. But somehow the guy can't put his foot on the gas. He hedges in neutral while some fellow Democrats muck up policy and Republicans demagogue them into mush. A comma...
3.3K - Jul. 2, 2009; scored 218.0 Hiking buffs strip down for summer solstice
HAGERSTOWN, Md. Every year on the first day of summer, a few outdoor enthusiasts nationwide expose virtually all of themselves to insects, scrapes and thorns for the pleasure of bonding with nature au naturel. They call it Naked Hiking Day. There s...
4.5K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 218.0 DeLane Locken
A viewing for DeLane "Hank" Royce Locken, 70, of Abilene, Texas, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at North Bend Chapel, 2014 McPherson St., North Bend. A chapel funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June, 19, at North ...
2.0K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 218.0 All-star wrestlers put on a show
An elite cast of South Coast wrestlers took on some of the best competition the state of Wyoming had to offer Friday night and the local squad held its own. If the South Coast squad was intimidated by the Wyoming team, made up of high school and re...
4.3K - Jun. 13, 2009; scored 360.0 South Dakota rancher claims Powerball win
PIERRE, S.D. A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on Friday, one of the largest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history...
2.9K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 873.0 Ladrue Byron Way
At his request, no public services will be held for Ladrue Way, 64, of Coos Bay. Cremation rites will be held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematorium in Coos Bay. A scattering of his ashes at sea will take place at a later date. Ladrue was born Aug....
1.2K - May. 29, 2009; scored 218.0 Snohomish dog adopts a litter of kittens
SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) Four kittens tumble and fumble for a place at their mother s belly. It s a common springtime sight except one thing. These kittens are probably the only ones in Snohomish County with an Australian shepherd for a mama. Collee...
3.0K - May. 22, 2009; scored 218.0 | 
