Coos Bay needs 600 new homes by 2040. A planned subdivision would add 400.
A new 400-home subdivision in the works for Oregon’s south coast city of Coos Bay could ease the area’s housing crunch and ...
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Fatal Crash on Highway 101 in Coos County
On Friday, November 8, 2024, at 5:55 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Hwy 101, near milepost 230, in Coos County. The preliminary investigation indicated ...
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Coos County Goes Red in the General, Matching Much of the Country
The last time Oregon’s electoral votes went to a Republican was for Reagan in ’84. Coos County, however, was clearly trending red, along with many other rural areas. According to the ...
Coos County voter registration up ahead of 2024 general election
Voter registration in Coos County has increased ahead of this year’s general election on Nov. 5. The county has 50,447 registered voters as of Sept. 24, Coos County Clerk Julie A. Brecke told. “There ...
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Coos County voters missing ballots should call election office, clerk says
(Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Coos County election officials on Tuesday urged voters who haven’t yet received their ballot for the Nov. 5 election to call the county elections office or ...
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Body of five-year-old Coos County boy discovered by searchers
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — UPDATE (Nov. 12, 2024): The body of Joshua James McCoy was discovered by searchers approximately 1.6 miles from the child’s residence. Updated Story here. HAUSER ...
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Coos Bay looks to shipping as its future economic engine after decline of timber
“I absolutely love this place,” Melissa Cribbins, an attorney and former county commissioner born and raised in Coos Bay, told OPB. “I love the idea that more economic development helps the ...
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Coos County Jail expected to release inmates early due to jail levy failure
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — The Coos County Jail capacity is expected to be cut in half, with inmates being released early, due to the apparent failure of a tax levy measure during Tuesday's election.
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Coos County Sheriff searching for 5-year-old boy missing since Saturday
COOS COUNTY, Ore. – The Coos County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a 5-year-old who went missing over the weekend. Police say Joshua James McCoy has been missing since 5:30 p.m. on Saturday from a ...
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Coos County Jail expected to release inmates early due to jail levy failure
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — The Coos County Jail capacity is expected to be cut in half, with inmates being released early, due to the apparent failure of a tax levy measure during Tuesday's election. The ...
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Coos County Jail facing likely capacity reduction after failure of Measure 6-217
COOS BAY, Ore. – After 63% of Coos County voters rejected Measure 6-217, which called for a five-year property tax increase levy to fund the county’s jail, Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier ...