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COOS COUNTY, Ore. – Police are asking for help finding whoever is responsible for poaching three deer in Coos County. According to Oregon State Police, three young blacktail deer were found dead alongside a sandy road on the north spit of Coos …

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced the latest update to county risk levels. Late last year, the state created a COVID risk level framework, with individual counties assigned one of four risk levels—Extreme Risk, High Risk, Moderate Risk, and Lower …

COOS CO., Ore. — Coos County Health and Wellness confirmed it received Moderna doses from the same batch which caused severe reactions in California. The county’s Dr. Eric Gleason says no severe reactions have been reported in Coos County by people who …

COOS CO., Coos County organizations are pleading for Governor Kate Brown to keep Shutter Creek open. It’s one of three state prisons, that Governor Brown is looking to close in her budget proposal released earlier this month. Non-profit, South Coast Development Council and …

COOS CO., Or- Governor Brown’s proposed budget plan released this week calls for the closure of three state prisons. But according to a county commissioner, the closure of these prisons will have a huge impact on the communities. The governor wants to …

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Coos County is reporting the first death from COVID-19 in the county. Coos Health and Wellness said the person who died was a 58-year-old woman. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on October 18 and died on October 22. …

COOS COUNTY, Ore. – Several homes in Coos County were saved by firefighters this week. The Coos Forest Protective Agency said on Tuesday, a trailer being towed on Highway 38 had a mechanical failure that sparked a fire near mile marker 16 …

COOS CO., Ore. – Coos Health and Wellness is encouraging people to wear a facial covering in a creative way, #MaskMonday. The Coos Health and Wellness team has been posting photos of their residents in masks every Monday. Underneath each photo it …

COOS CO., Ore. — The fire danger level has been raised back to ‘high’ for Coos, Curry, and Western Douglas Counties. The Coos Forest Protective Association says it lowered the fire danger to ‘moderate’ after some cool, damp conditions last week. But …

COOS BAY, Ore. — A Facebook post is met with outrage from concerned citizens in Coos County, after it claims an elderly woman in a wheelchair was dropped off at a homeless camp with no supplies. It says the 70-year-old was dropped …