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KCBY Can Do Food Drive

Help hungry people right here in Coos County and donate food to the KCBY Can Do Food Drive. Drop off your donations to the KCBY Studios or at your local Les Schwab Tire. The event runs through this Thursday and all donations stay right here. For more information contact KCBY TV at (541) 269-1111.


Monday April 15 2013

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Free Safety Program At Coos Bay Library

[ April 18, 2013; 6:30 PM; ] The Coos Bay Library will host “Better Safe Than Sorry!”, a safety education program presented by members Coos County Search and Rescue on Thursday, April 18th at 6:30pm. Members from the SAR team will offer tips on what to do if you get lost; how to help if someone else is lost, what to pack [...]


Monday April 15 2013

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Reed To Spend 85 Months in Prison

A Coos Bay man has been sentenced to just over seven years in prison. Judge Richard Barron imposed that sentence on 49-year-old Douglas Paul Reed after Reed pled guilty to charges of kidnapping and assault. The charges stem from a report made on January 31st, 2013 alleging that a man, who was later identified as [...]


Monday April 15 2013

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ODOT: April Is Distracted Driving Month

The Oregon Department of Transportation reminds drivers that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and advocates hope it will make drivers think twice about picking up their mobile phone when behind the wheel. Over the past three years, 41 people have died on Oregon roads, due to distracted driving, and over 500 have been seriously [...]


Thursday April 11 2013

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United Way Day Of Caring

The United Way of Southwestern Oregon is seeking local service clubs, employee groups, individuals and others interested in volunteering to help Bay area seniors and the disabled during this year’s fifth annual Day of Caring. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 27th, and will involve local volunteers visiting the homes of seniors and persons with [...]


Thursday April 11 2013

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Jam Sessions Raising Funds For Star Of Hope

The Pyramid Club and the Phoenix band announce a series of fundraising events scheduled for Sundays at the club, located in the old City Hall building in Coos Bay starting April 14th. There will be weekly jam sessions from 6pm to 9pm during which donations will be graciously accepted. The jam session is open [...]


Wednesday April 10 2013

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Pinwheel Planting To Raise Child Abuse Awareness

The Child Abuse Intervention Center is holding their annual pinwheel planting today. Each of the 213 pinwheels that are planted will represent a Coos County child abuse case in 2012. Members of Coos County’s Multidisciplinary Team, which include the District Attorney, law enforcement, DHS and other agencies, will present information. They will explain [...]


Wednesday April 10 2013

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Airport Closure Delayed Until June 15th

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration announced that it will delay the closures of all 149 federal contract air traffic control towers, including North Bend, until June 15th. Last month, the FAA announced it would eliminate funding for these towers as part of the agency’s required $637 million budget cuts under sequestration. This additional [...]


Wednesday April 10 2013

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Bus wreck on Newmark in North Bend

The Coos County Crash team assembled this afternoon to investigate a collision between a Mid Columbia Bus, carrying students from the North Bend School District and a BMW. According to law enforcement on the scene at Newmark and Brussels, neither of the 2 high school students on the bus were injured in the crash. [...]


Monday April 8 2013

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Chasing Ice

CHASING ICE coming to the Hales Performing Arts Center

[ April 22, 2013; 7:00 PM; ]   Acclaimed National Geographic photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture [...]


Monday April 8 2013

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