Local News

Construction In Coos Bay–Street Closures

The City of Coos Bay has authorized Benny Hempstead Excavating, Incorporated, to perform a sewer line replacement project along South 10th Street, scheduled to start May 13th, weather permitting. This line is badly damaged due to its age and is in need of replacement to help ensure the sewer line is in good working [...]


Monday May 13 2013

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Ocean Salmon, Pacific Halibut Seasons Set By ODFW

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has made official the 2013 ocean salmon and Pacific halilbut seasons, including several fisheries that opened earlier in this month under temporary rules. The commission adopted regulations for ocean coho and chinook salmon fishing in Oregon’s territorial waters that are in line with the seasons set by Pacific Fisheries Management [...]


Monday May 13 2013

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Rotary Dinner And Auction Supports Local Projects

Get your tailgate on Saturday May 11th with the Coos Bay North Bend Rotary Auction. This annual event helps support local projects, scholarships and world community service. You may have been to other auctions but you can’t miss the casual fun, silent and live auctions, games and prizes. Tickets are 40 dollars [...]


Saturday May 11 2013

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Help To “Stamp Out” Hunger On Southern OR Coast

Help stamp out hunger on the South Coast with the National Association of Letter Carriers Annual Food Drive, the largest one-day food drive in the world! Simply place your bag of nonperishable food donations by your mailbox on Saturday, May 11th, and the rest is taken care of! This is the one day of the [...]


Saturday May 11 2013

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Celebrate Mother’s Day With Dancing

The next Greenacres Grange Barn Dance will be held on Saturday, May 11th, beginning at 7pm. New dancers are welcome. Local fiddlers and friends will play three hours of light-hearted social dancing. This is an open band of local musicians that gather together each year for a special night of lively dance [...]


Friday May 10 2013

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CCPH Offers Cancer Screenings

The Coos County Public Health Department provides a breast and cervical cancer screening program to eligible women 40 to 64 years old. The federally funded program also provides breast cancer screening to eligible men who have symptoms such as a lump in the breast or discharge. This BCC program is for women and men who [...]


Friday May 10 2013

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Sunset Classic Chevy Swap Meet This Weekend

The Sunset Classic Chevy Club Annual Swap Meet is scheduled for this Saturday, May 11th. It starts at 7am and will be held in the large lot, one block north of Coos Bay Toyota on Bayshore Drive in Coos Bay. Space will be available for $15 per space. Refreshments and lunch will be for sale. The [...]


Thursday May 9 2013

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Free Fishing Derby This Weekend

[ May 11, 2013; 7:00 AM; ] The Langlois Lions Club invites all young people from pre-kindergarten to age 13 to the annual Van Wormer Memorial Free Fishing Derby on Saturday May 11th. Bring your fishing gear and life jackets. Boat and bank fishing will be available. Prizes will be awarded in each age group. One grand prize for largest fish over [...]


Thursday May 9 2013

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Israeli “F-F-F” Free To Watch At Library

The “Friday Foreign Film” series at Coos Bay Public Library continues at 7pm on Friday, May 10th. This month’s feature is festival favorite Seven Minutes in Heaven . A film from Israel, 2008. Mysticism and memory-play collide in this quietly powerful Israeli neo-noir thriller. Galia has spent the last year recovering from a terrorist bus bombing, and as one [...]


Thursday May 9 2013

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Face Rock Creamery Ribbon Cutting

The Bandon Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for Face Rock Creamery, Wednesday, May 8th, in Bandon. Join cheese lovers from around the state in celebration of agriculture and industry on the Oregon coast. The ribbon cutting will take place at 1 pm, followed by the grand opening celebration. Face Rock Creamery [...]


Wednesday May 8 2013

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