Coos County

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) confirmed that Cape Arago and Shore Acres state parks are closed to vehicle traffic. The Sunset Bay State Park camping area was evacuated due to flooding, but the day-use…

A 65-year-old woman who was separated from her friends while on a mushroom foraging expedition near the Shore Acres State Park in Coos County spent two nights alone in the wilderness before she was rescued. People Venturing into…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — The failure by Coos County residents to support a public safety tax on the November ballot has led to the early release of 49 inmates from the county jail before year-end. Several Coos County Employees Will…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Emily Hopfer died while rescuers attempted to remove her from the icy waters of a river in a remote section of the Burnt Mountain in Coos County. The woman had been clinging to a log in the creek for more than two hours…

Five counties have been selected to receive $5 million in funding from Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) to fight homelessness among young people and their families. The OHCS, via its Youth Emergency Housing Assistance Program…

The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians are suing the federal government to stop Oregon’s first offshore wind auction. They want a full environmental analysis of how floating wind farms will impact marine life…

Following several challenges to the first-ever Oregon offshore wind auction scheduled for October, bidders withdrew, leaving just one potential buyer. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has now canceled the auction. …

UPDATE: News Of Oregon Offshore Wind Auction Cancellation Welcomed Auctions set to take place in October related to wind energy developments off the Oregon Coast by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management…

UPDATE: News Of Oregon Offshore Wind Auction Cancellation Welcomed Two auction areas totaling nearly 195,000 acres off Coos Bay and Brookings were recently announced by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a floating…

A coalition that includes numerous members of the seafood industry and other interested parties called on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek to put a stop to the offshore wind energy development planned off the Southern Oregon Coast. The group hopes to…