Coquille News

PORT ORFORD Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative General Manager Roger Meader said he will probably recommend a rate increase of 15 percent to the co-op's board of directors 7.5 percent to 9 percent in October and the rest next spring.

Jul. 3--As sovereign nations, Oregon Indian tribes aren't subject to the local and state laws that would require them to pay property taxes or collect occupancy taxes from guests at their hotels.

The Coquille Tribe operates The Mill Casino in North Bend and pays for city services through lodging revenue, matching the rates paid by other motel and hotels in an occupancy tax.

It has been nine years since a young, teen-age, girl was murdered in Coquille. But, in that time, neither her family nor the investigators involved have wavered in their belief that justice will one day be served.

Improved U.S. housing starts and permits have bolstered the price for logs and mill studs in Southern Oregon.

COOS BAY, Ore. - The Coquille Indian Tribe celebrated the 20th anniversary of its restoration this weekend.

The shooting death of a woman in Coquille last November is resolved in a Coos County Courtroom on Friday, as the charge against a Coquille man is changed and a plea deal accepted.

Thirty years ago, award-winning sculptor and artist Kenneth Means took his creativity in a new direction, reviving the lost art of carving carousel animals.

The Mill Casino is on what's considered reservation land. Thus, the Coquille Indian Tribe doesn't have to pay the local property and room taxes.

Loggers and forest managers in Coos County say they see a lot of energy generation potential in waste wood, or biomass, on the Southern Oregon coast.

A prominent member of the Coquille community is going to jail, after admitting in court to a single charge of Sex Abuse in the Third Degree.

Free summer lunch programs have started up this week around Coos County, providing meals for kids and adults.

I've got all sorts of great stuff for today's roundup, courtesy of the Hush Records blog and a nice publicist at Sub Pop who told us about a new Blitzen Trapper EP two days ago.

COQUILLE - A judge will decide whether a mentally retarded teen accused of killing a woman he considered like a mother should be committed to a mental institution.

COQUILLE, Ore. - An 18-year-old student whose arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old girl ignited protests at their high school has been sentenced to 30 days in the Coos County Jail.

A two day hearing is underway to determine the fate of Henry Levi Cozad, the autistic teen accused of killing his father's girlfriend earlier this year.

There was a lot of buzz in Coquille over the weekend, from the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast to the South Coast Cruisers Car Show and Cruise, but the Gay 90's Parade was again one of the top spectacles.

John M. Ellis died of a heart attack following his morning walk on May 18, 2009.

As autopsy results confirm that a Charleston man died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, his half-brother appears in a Coquille courtroom on Monday to face charges.

With a record amount of vendors, and some new items featured this year, the first Coos Bay Farmers Market of the season kicks things off on a high note on Wednesday.