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Coos Bay Mayor Highlights Final Downton Movie Night
Coos Bay, OR. – Official Release: A release from Coos Bay Mayor Joe Benetti states the final movie planned in the new downtown parking lot at Third Street and Central Avenue is scheduled for this Friday. Coos Watershed Association has hosted this summer movie series, previously showing two documentaries: Project Wild Thing and The Beaver Believers. The final movie in this series, Movie in the Park(ing) Lot is Finding Nemo and it will begin airing at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2024. A special thank you is extended to both Coos Watershed Association and the Time Bomb building owner, Gary Rifkin, who provided the movie screen.
Coming up on KEZI 9 News at 4: Drugs found in charcoal bags at Roseburg park; Albany man accused of keeping wild animals
Douglas County deputies found illegal drugs in a charcoal briquet bag in a Roseburg park. Also, an Albany man is facing charges for allegedly keeping a cougar and other animals at his house. Chief Meteorologist Holden LeCroy has the weather.
Former Medford nurse wants stay in civil case against her, pending her criminal case
MEDFORD, Ore. -- A court hearing next month could determine whether a former Medford nurse accused of criminal assault of 44 hospital patients through drug diversion can "stay," or pause, a related civil case against her. Jackson County Circuit Court set a Sept. 9, 2024, date to hear arguments about...
Derelict vessel removed from Empire
Authorities removed a deteriorating 139-foot-long ship moored unlawfully on state-owned lands near the Empire Boat Ramp in Coos Bay during the first week in August. The Oregon Dept. of State Lands coordinated the effort to tow the rusting 86-year-old El Conquistador out of the area, with the Coos County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Coast Guard. A private contractor pumped out old fuel, oil and contaminated water before towing...
STEWART PARK DRIVE BRIDGE TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY AUGUST 24TH
The Stewart Park Drive Bridge, also known as the Green Bridge, will close to all traffic for several hours on Saturday, August 24th to accommodate a special community dinner being organized by Thrive Umpqua. A City of Roseburg release said the bridge spans the South Umpqua River between Fir Grove...
Milpitas Police Nab Oregon Man Suspected in Violent Necklace Snatching Incident
In a recent turn of events in Milpitas, a suspect responsible for a violent necklace snatching has been taken into custody by local law enforcement. The Milpitas Police Department reported the arrest on their Facebook page, crediting the rapid response of their detectives. The crime took place on Tuesday, near the 180 block of W. Calaveras Boulevard, at just past 10 in the morning.
Mane event: Mount Shasta teacher enters national mullet contest
MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. — In 2020, Paul Edwards Moore IV, a science and math teacher at Golden Eagle Charter School in Mount Shasta, gave into the COVID boredom and made a change. It started with a mohawk. It's like a lot of people did, COVID-cuts, because you're like, 'Why...
The opposition to BLM's Last Chance timber project
The federal Bureau of Land Management plans a timber sale that is drawing opposition. The sale north of Grants Pass is called the "Last Chance Project." The project would remove more than 3,400 acres of spotted owl habitat, target nearly 1,300 acres of riparian areas for logging, and allow dozens of miles of new logging roads, including through critical coho salmon habitat and old-growth stands.
Remains of U.S. POW who survived Bataan Death March identified
The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified and are set to return to the state for burial, federal authorities announced Thursday.The remains of U.S. Army Private William Calkins, 20, were identified after being exhumed along with other unknown soldiers buried at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines, the Department of Defense said.The department's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, tasked with recovering prisoners of war and service members missing in action, said Calkins was captured after U.S. troops in Bataan province surrendered to Japanese forces. After surviving the harrowing 65-mile Bataan Death March, he...
Columbia River Gorge planning a $50 million behavioral health campus
In the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon leaders are planning a campus to provide residential mental health care, addiction treatment services and a drop-in center for police to bring people in crisis. Their work started in 2017 when Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill gathered input from community and county leaders. Bit...
Local Private Basketball Coach Arrested for Luring a Minor, Detectives Looking for Other Victims
Jackson County, OR. – Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) detectives arrested a local private basketball coach yesterday for inappropriate contact with an underage child. The suspect, Geordan Victor Sanchez Edmond, 29, of Gold Hill, is charged with one count of luring a minor and is lodged in the Jackson County Jail.
Southern Oregon hotel voted No. 1 bed and breakfast in US
The Winchester Inn in Ashland has been voted Best Bed and Breakfast by USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. The boutique hotel in the Rogue Valley combines history and elegance to provide a luxury historical lodging experience in downtown Ashland. The building was built in 1886 as a private home and renovated...
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