Is ORC disposing of equipment?
A stock pile of machinery believed to belong to ORC and its subcontractors located just north of the Mill Casino is reported to be up for auction.
Read MoreA stock pile of machinery believed to belong to ORC and its subcontractors located just north of the Mill Casino is reported to be up for auction.
Read MoreThe commission for the Port of Coos Bay had two slots come open and two more openings on the five person commission were vacant when Dan Smith and Caddy McKeown resigned. Sources indicate that Gov John Kitzhaber has appointed Eileen Ophus, Community Development Director of CCD Business Development and Eric Farm of Menasha Forest Products to fill two commission seats. These appointments would indicate that Kitzhaber supports the port’s role as an economic development agency while simultaneously ignoring the effect of a healthy environment on local industry. No one on the port appears to represent the environment or the fishing industry.
Read Moreby Kim Barker A former Illinois congressional candidate and a government watchdog organization...
Read MoreActing Coos County planning director, Jill Rolfe, was chosen by the selection committee to head the department. Rolfe has been interim director since last summer when Patty Evernden retired and was one of four finalists considered for the decision.
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