Coos Bay News

Police in Coos Bay say an armed man who barricaded himself in a hotel room has died in an apparent suicide.

Officers from Coos Bay, Oregon State and North Bend Police Departments responded to the Edgewater Inn at Coos Bay at around 11 a.m. Monday.

When grave sites aren't maintained, the knowledge of is resting under a marker can be lost, along with the memories of that person.

A Salem man who worked in the Dairy Queen restaurant his parents ran on the Oregon Coast is now looking to open one of his own in Bend.

Decent-looking seas are forecast for the weekend after a storm front moves through today, which bodes well for a holiday weekend on the seas.

There are at present six proposals to export coal from Northwest ports. If all of these proposals are built, and if all of them operate at full capacity, the Northwest would be shipping 145 million tons of per coal year.

The Coos County sheriff's office says a 29-year-old Coos Bay, Ore., man on trial on multiple counts of sex abuse has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

America's real economic threat - states the HBO TV program "The Weight of the Nation" - is us; with experts stating how "the obese workforce costs American business an estimated $731 billion per year." It's been called TV at its best, by critics, doctors and viewers who've watched HBO's landmark series "The Weight of the Nation" that explains how ... (more)

COOS BAY, Ore.- Coos Bay Police are investigating three cases of counterfeit money in the past week.

Authorities in North Bend say a former Marine has died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after firing at police and barricading himself inside a house.

The Bandon City Council has agreed to terms with a developer who wants to build a new cheese factory at the site of the former Bandon Cheese Factory.

The Lakeside Rural Fire Protection District plans to ask voters in November to triple the size of its coverage area, which would add a tax to about 700 rural and lakefront property owners.

The Bandon City Council has agreed to terms with a developer who wants to build a new cheese factory at the site of the former Bandon Cheese Factory.

Dying in 2012 has become such a fascination that a recent Jeopardy quiz show TV question asked: "When the world ends?" with the answer "Mayan Prophecy, December 2012." "How We Die" is not a Jeopardy quiz show TV question, but the title of a national bestseller and a "National Book Award Winner" for Dr.

A small-craft advisory is posted through tonight, but the ocean is forecast to lay down through the weekend, and fishing should be good.

COOS BAY, Ore.- They may be cute but people do more harm than good when getting close to baby seals .

After a long, gray and wet winter, sun breaks are a welcome sign of spring in Oregon, and we make... Two people have been arrested in connection with the Monday night robbery of Lyons Market, Linn County Sheriff's office reported.

Blustery weather has kept most chinook and bottomfish anglers at bay, but those sneaking out in the mornings have done well of late for black rockfish.

Two challengers are trying to unseat Oregon's longest-serving county commissioner.

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