Coastal News

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Unlawful Use of Weapon, March 29

News release Coos Co. Sheriff's Office. On 3-27-16 at 1759 hours Coos County Law Enforcement was alerted of a dispute in a home resulting in a firearm being discharged. Officers from the Bandon Police Departmen...
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Charter Company Owners Sentenced, March 29

On February 18th, 2016, owners and employees of Tradewinds of Depoe Bay, Inc. plead guilty to Felony Racketeering charges stemming from an Oregon State Police investigation that began in 2012 and resulted in th...
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Robber Arrested in Curry Co., March 25

A 23-year old Grants Pass male was arrested late Monday night, March 21, after he allegedly robbed the Subway restaurant on Hwy. 101 in Brookings at gunpoint. Alexander M. White was arrested without incident at...
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Body Found South of Port Orford, March 25

A beachcomber found the remains of a man’s body in a driftwood pile south of Port Orford in Curry Co. Wednesday, March 23. According to the Curry Co. Sheriff’s Office, the body had been at the location for quit...
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Missing Aircraft, March 25

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for an airplane that went down near the mouth of the Columbia River Wednesday. Pilot John McKibbin was helping a woman spread her husband’s ashes when the wreck occ...
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Sea Turtles on Stand By, March 23

A couple of tropical sea turtles, stranded in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest when their warm northerly ocean current ran out, are getting healthier during rehabilitation on the Central Oregon Coast an...
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Biggie on the North End, March 21

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook the northern end of two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast Friday, March 18, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was recorded at 3:46 p.m. and wa...