Harbor News

GOLD BEACH A Brookings man who led authorities on a high speed chase from Harbor to Crescent City in early June had his bail reduced this week, but the district attorney added more charges before Drake Alexander Bettinger, 35, had a chance to post the bail.

For a small town, Brookings always puts on one heck of a fireworks show at the Port of Brookings Harbor.

In-part of their series of beautification and safety projects, the city of Winchester Bay unveils it's new, "Winchester Creek Pedestrian Bridge and Sidewalk," on Salmon Harbor Drive on Tuesday.

Jerrod Kenneth Strong, 23, Gold Beach, was convicted June 12 of reckless driving, driving under the influence of intoxicants and attempting to elude police.

Comforted by the U.S. military's missile defense systems, Hawaii residents doubt a North Korean missile would light up the clear island sky.

The following information is taken from the daily logs of local law enforcement agencies.

Fire, 2:04 a.m.: An unattended fire spread into driftwood at the North Jetty beach.

Volunteers Tuesday discuss whether to save a particular tree at the Botanical Garden.

Chris and Nanett Villalvazo want everyone to know that they took over the business at the Boardwalk Mail Services at the Port of Brookings Harbor June 1. Since the purchase, the Villalvazos said they are determined to give the best possible service to anyone wishing to ship anything anywhere.

The Brookings-Harbor School Board on Wednesday is expected to approve a budget that will strip more than a million dollars from schools.

Three Brookings residents have been arrested and more arrests are expected in connection with a home burglary and subsequent high-speed police chase that started in Harbor and ended in Crescent City.

Curry County Sheriff Deputy Tracy Wood places amarker next to a plastic baggie with suspicious material inside, possibly tossed from the suspect's vehicle.

A small group of Brookings area model plane flyers have been temporarily banned from the Kite Field at the Port of Brookings Harbor and know exactly who to blame: Ron Duvall.

There will be no more wings over the Port of Brookings Harbor, at least for the time being.

Acoustic music, dancing and hand clapping gave the Chetco Grange Community Center the feel of an old-fashioned barn hoedown Saturday afternoon when the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association came to play.

Anyone who is hungry is invited to the grand opening of the Brookings-Harbor Monday Soup Kitchen, which will open its doors on Monday, June 1. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 102 Park Ave.

A suspected bomb reported inside a Harbor mailbox Tuesday night turned out to be a hoax, and the authorities are looking for the perpetrators.

Starting around June 15, motorists and commercial truckers who use the intersection of Constitution Way and Highway 101 will be detoured through nearby neighborhoods as work begins to reconfigure the roads and install a traffic light.

Authorities have cordoned off a 300-foot area around a Harbor home tonight and called in the state's bomb unit after a Curry County Sheriff's deputy spotted what appeared to be an explosive device inside a mailbox.

Music provides a constant soundtrack to my life. In the car, at home and at work.