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911 Outage Western Douglas Co., Jan. 30

News release Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 8:25 a.m.  The 911 lines have been restored. Affected residents should now be able to dial 911 from their landline telephone.  ****END UPDATE****  ****ORIGINAL RELEASE**** ...
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Phone Problems in Lakeside, Jan. 30

News release from Frontier for Saturday, Jan. 28.  Frontier landline customers in the Lakeside area may be experiencing a problem preventing them from being able to reach 911. Frontier is aware of the problem a...
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Oregon to Expand Open Enrollment Outreach, Jan. 30

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced today it is taking steps to reach more Oregonians before the Jan. 31 deadline to enroll in individual health insurance plans. With report...
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BAH Grant Applications, Jan. 30

In the last ten years, the Bay Area Hospital Community Foundation has dispersed over $2 million dollars back through the local community in the form of grant funds awarded to local non-profit organizations. In ...
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Pursuit Arrest, Jan. 27

On Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at about 9:15 pm, Douglas County Emergency Communications was advised that agencies from Coos County were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle on Highway 42, which was entering Douglas...
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Luring Children Arrests in Douglas Co., Jan. 27

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has recently been conducting investigations into minors being lured by adults via the internet for purposes of sexual contact. While this issue has been a well-known problem ...
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Board Canidates Needed, Jan. 27

The May 2015 election saw the lowest number of candidates for Oregon school board seats in a decade, and nearly three-quarters of all candidates ran unopposed (data: http://bit.ly/2ktz0LU). To combat that trend...
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Crocheting & Knitting, Jan. 27

Want to learn to knit or crochet? Do you need a refresher? Looking for new patterns? The OSU Extension Family & Community Educators will be offering a free class on knitting and crocheting that is open to t...
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Funksgiving Dinner, Jan. 27

Saturday, January 28th at 6:30pm is North Bend High School's annual Funksgiving dinner and concert at the North Bend Community Center featuring the NBHS and Middle School jazz bands playing the music of Stevie ...
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Selling on Craig’s List Workshop at CBPL, Jan. 27

Coos Bay Public Library will be offering a FREE Selling on Craigslist class for beginning Craigslist sellers. This class will be held on Friday, January 27th, from 2:00-3:30pm in the library’s Cedar Room. This ...