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Oregon had 22,900 Job Vacancies in the winter
Oregon’s private employers had approximately 22,900 job vacancies during winter 2013, according to a Job Vacancy Survey recently completed by the Oregon Employment Department. During the same month there were 181,100 unemployed Oregonians, or roughly 8 unemployed people for each vacancy. The high ratio of unemployed to vacancies reflects the still-sluggish labor market, and the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
OSBA Testified in Salem Today on School Gun Policies
FlashAlert Salem – Before a packed hearing room, school board members and the executive director of the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) testified Friday in favor of giving local districts the ability to determine whether guns will be allowed in K-12 schools. “For school board members this is not about gun control — this is about [...]
Man From Myrtle Point Gets Lost In Woods
A man from Myrtle Point is safe after getting lost in the woods. On March 31st, the Coos County Sheriffs office received a call regarding a missing and possibly endangered person who had been separated from his party. 48-year-old Gene Ivan McLaughlin had gone into a wilderness area, south of Powers, to pick mushrooms with [...]
Judge Rules In Favor Of Port of Coos Bay
An Oregon judge has ruled in favor of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay’s permit for the development of an access channel and multi-purpose vessel slip on the North Spit of lower Coos Bay. Following the decision, the Oregon Department of State Lands issued a final order this week, affirming its decision to approve [...]
Oregon School Board Association in Favor of Local Gun Decisions
FlashAlert Salem – School board members and the executive director of the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) will testify Friday morning in favor of allowing local districts to determine whether guns will be allowed in K-12 schools. Their testimony will come during hearings planned at the state Capitol for four gun-safety bills before the Senate Judiciary [...]
Coos Art Museum Among Those To Receive Grants
The Oregon Arts Commission has awarded 18 capacity grants totaling $349,014 in its Sustaining Oregon’s Arts effort to strengthen arts organizations in Oregon. Grant recipients included five Southern and South Coast organizations, including Umpqua Valley Arts Association and the Coos Art Museum. Sixty-four applications requesting over $1.2 million were submitted to aid arts organizations in [...]
Washed Up Wood Debris Part Of A ‘Torii’
Part of a free-standing arch called a torii washed up in Oceanside on March 22nd. Since then, other pieces of wood have washed ashore that have prompted reports to Oregon Parks and Recreation Department coast staff. The wood, small beams and other structural timbers, could be debris from buildings in Japan destroyed in the March [...]
ODF+W: Bag Limit For Sturgeon Changes April 1st
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that Oregon fishery managers announced the statewide annual bag limit for sturgeon will go to two fish effective April 1st. Since January 1st, the annual statewide bag limit has been one legal white sturgeon total for all zones. According to ODFW fish director, Steve Williams, [...]
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