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F-15 night flying training on May 14-17

PORTLAND, Ore. -The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing will be conducting routine F-15 night flying training on May 14-17.   The missions allow the wing to stay current with mandatory Air Force requirements. Night flying is conducted almost monthly as it provides essential training for the use of night vision goggles (NVG’s) and other night [...]

Airport Disaster Scenario Volunteers Needed

Request for Volunteers Emergency Preparedness: Mass Casualty Exercise On September 26th, Emergency Response Agencies will be participating in a Full Scale Mass Casualty Exercise at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. The scenario is an airbus 319 charter with 52 passengers has crashed during takeoff due to a mechanical failure. Volunteer Role: Volunteers are needed to play [...]

Shooting South of Coos Bay: One Dead, One Critical and Another Injured

PRESS RELEASE On Sunday, September 2, 2012, at approximately 6:00 PM, the Coos County 911 Center began receiving numerous 911 calls indicating that two bodies were lying on or next to Highway 101 just north of its intersection with Seven Devils Road. At least one call described some sort of altercation at that location and reported [...]

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Part of Tsunami Dock Goes To Oregon Historical Society

Portland, OR – Two pieces of the massive 201 ton dock that was washed away from a city on Japan’s northeast coast by the devastating March 2011 tsunami and that landed on Oregon’s Agate Beach this past June have now arrived at the Oregon Historical Society. According to Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation, the [...]

West Nile Virus Case Confirmed in Coos County

Two human cases of the West Nile virus have been confirmed in Oregon this week, prompting health officials to remind people to protect themselves during the coming Labor Day weekend. One individual each in Coos and Malheur counties has tested positive for the virus, according to health officials. Both individuals – a man and a woman, both 50 or [...]

Phone Scam Alert

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S SCAM ALERT  A Consumer Protection Alert from the Oregon Attorney General    MEDICAL CARD SCAM ON THE RISE  Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum reminds Oregon consumers never to share their personal or financial information with anyone by email or over the phone. The Oregon Department of Justice has seen a recent influx in reports from senior citizens who received [...]

Michael Ames Coos Bay PD Press Release

On 5-28-12 at 9:25 am Officers of the Coos Bay Police Department attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Michael Ames after locating his vehicle at the Edgewater Motel. The previous day, Officers had received a report of Michael Ames stalking his estranged girlfriend. During that investigation, Officers learned that there [...]

The Tall Ships Return to Coos Bay

Coos Bay, Ore. – The brig Lady Washington and her companion ship, the topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain, will visit Coos Bay for 13 days in May, starting Thursday, May 2. Working in partnership with the Coos Bay Boat Building Center, the two ships will offer public sailing programs, educational programs for K-12 students, and public [...]

SWOCC Geology Lecture Series

The geology lecture series continues with Dr. Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State University) on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. presenting “The Role of Sea Level Rise and Increased Storminess in Pacific Northwest Coastal Change and Flood Hazards”. Dr. Ruggiero earned a BS from Lehigh University and MS and PhD degrees from [...]