NEWS & OPINION:

Harley dealership gets financial boost
Complainers and visionaries alike: Everything awaits you downtown
What is this committee?
Downtown group to pursue 'Main Street' program
County 'vision' gets less cloudy
Name calling -- the final refuge
SCDC receives city funds
Visitor center cost may top $1.5M
City won't expand urban renewal
Renewal board may back SCDC
SCDC boss takes it slow 
Tea Party, Occupiers meet on TV
Congress Passes Landrieu Priorities For Interior And Environment
Entire Oregon delegation backs forest restoration plan
Shorebirds: Study finds local impacts of fireworks less than expected
“Couch potato pill” may also prevent heatstroke
Fight Against EPA Orders Heads to Supreme Court
New laws ban happy hour, regulate fire-breathing
Is Army Islamizing The Military By Allowing Hijab?
Pistol Packin' Mama Kills Man Trying to Rob Her Son: Police
Massive solar storm 'could knock out radio signals', warn scientists
What next in China’s Wukan stand-off?
China Claims Afghan Mineral Resources While US Counts Down to Withdrawal
Sierra Club’s deceptive attack on Sen. Wyden
County Dumps U.N. Agenda 21 Sustainable Development Scheme
South Coast Marsh makes history near Bandon
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
Nasomah Memorial Garden to focus on tribal history
Massive marsh project
Chinese biologists assist tidal marsh restoration project
Armed and Ready: New Mexico Residents Defy Government
U.S. Army uniforms to include Muslim headscarves, turbans?
California announces $1B in budget cuts
Urban League Contract Under Review
State Auditor follows up with the Oregon Commission for the Blind: Finds “some improvement” with new problems
Applicants sought for library advisory board
The Oregon Leadership Summit: Ignoring the Obvious
'We're from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’ Hand over that guitar'
NY: Voting machine design blamed for 60,000 lost ballots
Feds: Couple claimed welfare, lived in $1.2M home
Oregon to feds: Revoke LNG permits
County leader blasts report
Shale gas opens door to U.S. LNG exports
National Association of Realtors kicks in $332,000 for Oregon ballot initiative
Federal agencies must consult with county
Virtual charter school enrollment soars after caps are lifted
Oakridge shortfall ‘wasn’t a surprise’
Measures 66 & 67 were a disaster
Oversight spotty for highway spending
Department of Housing and Urban Development Timeline of Growth
Port of Coos Bay selects interim CEO
Port details future objectives
Speakers lash out at state agencies
Bandon Marsh expansion studied by USFWS
City Council discusses beach fire ban
Participants sought for Ford Institute Leadership Program class
Bill Aims To Link Farm To Table
Adjudicating water: Who gets what and why
Bandon residents battle 'hidden tax'
Obama Sets Sights on Urban Renewal
Rethinking Urban Renewal
Urban renewal unpopular among Idaho's legislators
Prosecutor: Advocating jury nullification “not protected by 1st Amendment”
Deputies refuse to evict 103-year-old woman
Unconstitutional Defense Bill faces final vote Today
Cell Phones Are Tracking Devices
Getting food stamps in Oregon is a SNAP
Health Care’s Newest Epidemic: Red Tape
County analysis complete
Federal Land Grab in the Works
85-year-old woman may sue TSA after being strip searched at JFK Airport
Focus on Agenda 21 Should Not Divert Attention from Homegrown Anti-Growth Policies
Port meets with potential seafood market owners
Oregon to feds: Revoke LNG permits
Blocking the paths out of poverty
Education Savings Accounts Multiply Options for Kids

Apple eyes Prineville site for large data center
Kitzhaber looks to further reform education system in Oregon
Employees choosing 'wellness' plan option
County to feds: Let us know before land-use decisions
DEA launders Mexican profits of drug cartels
Will Japan build a backup Tokyo?
Writers on the Range: People-power starting to trump state Legislatures
Public employee retirees seek to block data
Oregon Co-Speaker Arnie Roblan to run for Senate
Brief Amicus Curiae Of Gun Owners Of America
Dr. Frank goes to Washington
For 1000 Friends of Oregon, land-use legacy is a flame that needs tending
Oregon recession chances still above 50%
Cove development wins over environmentalists, steps closer to deal
Much hinges on Supreme Court's upcoming decision on implied-consent law
Cabela’s development at heart of Oregon City commissioner recall campaign
Will a countywide vote on urban renewal cost taxpayers “a fortune” and an alternative backed by Clackamas County commissioners cost less?
Tribe requires tenants to prove immigration status
Obama used Bush program to send DEA commandos abroad
Oregon halts push to relocate people from nursing homes, but legal claims remain
Castle Pines North declares 3,000 acres blighted
NLRB lawyer: "We screwed up the U.S. economy"
After Wash. liquor plan, attention turns to Oregon and other states
U.S. foreclosure activity rises in Oct -RealtyTrac
Alabama county files for largest municipal bankruptcy
Jefferson County Alabama Files Biggest Municipal Bankruptcy
The real scandal
Police: Bicyclist shot in leg
Shooting victim is expected to recover
Trucking Coaliton Sues EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Oregonians vote conservative on local tax measures
Washington County voters say no to schools, yes to urban renewal
Ohio voters overwhelmingly reject Issue 2, dealing a blow to Gov. John Kasich
Supreme Court Hears Whether GPS Counts as 'Big Brother'
Supreme Court wrestles with sticky Jerusalem passport case
Oregon looks to iPads to help disabled people vote
80% of Urban Renewal Housing Set Aside Money Is For PUBLIC Housing NOT Affordable Housing.
Two businesses will receive renewal grant
Coos Bay urban renewal districts staying put
Incubator aids local business
NB incubator inspires program in CB
Southern Coos struggles to survive
Jobless rate flat in Coos County
Arnie Roblan's decision to run for Oregon Senate will reverberate through legislative campaigns
Corvallis on list of good-for-business cities
Oregon tax officials run afoul of Facebook
Rep. Peter DeFazio demands tighter rules, tougher oversight of foreign worker program
US Gov't Getting Snoopier and Snoopier, Says Google
Justice Department Proposes Letting Government Deny Existence of Sensitive Documents
Gold rises 1 percent on uncertainty over EU summit
H.R. 3267: To provide small businesses with a grace period for any regulatory violation, and for other purposes
Profits Are for People
Downtown neighborhood group says ‘whoa’ to eliminating free rail zone
Studded tires legal again when clock ticks past midnight into Tuesday morning
Property taxes rise as market values fall
Counties see rise in property tax appeals
WESD tries to keep its members
Wealthy developers, secrecy & failed projects: time to end PDC?
Push is on to save county payments
Urban Renewal: Government's addiction to the double-edged sword
End Corporate Welfare
10% of the Taxing Districts  
Loren Parks Weighs in on Urban Renewal
Corrected tax bills will be sent to Bandon
City seeks increase in urban renewal debt
Occupy Wall Street comes to Coos Bay
Law allows for more diverse uses of farmland
Big cost of doing small business in Portland: Salon owner's rezoning request generates $28,560 fee
Oregon State Sen. Joanne Verger will not seek re-election
Port snapping up industrial land
Regional planning initiative approved by county-Jackson County
Justice Department could be giving money back to the legislature
Central Oregon to see property-tax revenue drop
Foreclosures and short sales are hurting area
S. 270: La Pine Land Conveyance Act
A Tree House Costs $1,400 under Zoning Regulations
FHFA announces new program to help ‘underwater’ homeowners
Former KGB Official Explains Plan Unfolding in America Right Now!