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Sunrise/Sunset, Coos Bay, OR
Coos Bay, OR, Thursday Oct. 22, 2026 – Sunrise: 7:39 a.m., and Sunset: 6:22 p.m., offering ten-hours & 43-minutes of daylight.

Tides, Coos Bay, OR Estuary
Tides for the Coos Bay, OR Estuary, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 – Low tide: 5:13 a.m., 1.15 ft.; High tide: 11:44 a.m., 6.69 ft.; Low tide: 5:53 p.m., 1.76 ft.; High tide: 11:48 p.m., 6.22 ft.

Fire Season Reminder, South Oregon Coast
CFPA release - Although the Oregon Department of Forestry has declared the end of fire season in some districts, fire season remains in effect throughout the Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA) district. All debris burning remains strictly prohibited. Recent rain does not mean fire danger is gone. Dry conditions can return quickly, and even a small fire can spread and threaten our communities, homes, and forests. Please continue to follow all regulated use restrictions until CFPA officially announces changes for our district

CBPL Events
Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay, OR - World Octopus Day Storytime, Thursday, October 22 at the Charleston Marine Life Center, 63466 Boat Basin Rd., Charleston, OR 97420, 10:00am - 10:30am, Ages 0-5. Celebrate your favorite cephalopod at a special storytime at the University of Oregon's Charleston Marine Life Center. Octopus rhymes, songs, stories and an eight-legged craft. Free entry for storytime participants. Check out a local treasure today! Age Bracket: Kids, Families. Pokémon Club, Thursday, October 22 in the Myrtlewood Room, 3:30pm – 4:30pm, Ages 5-14, Thursdays, 3:30pm - 4:30pm, October 22, November 12, December 10. Celebrate all things Pokémon at a monthly club for fans. Pokémon games, crafts, and puzzles. No experience necessary. Age Bracket: Kids. Community Cooking with the Co-Op, Thursday, October 22 on Zoom, 5:30pm – 6:30pm. Need a new recipe? Join us! Coos Bay Library has teamed up with Coos Head Food Co-op to provide safe, easy, and healthy recipes to create at home. Join us virtually on Zoom for this fun community event! Monthly Event: Every Fourth Thursday! For this month’s recipe, Tim Bulster from Coos Head’s Outreach and Marketing Department will be making Sesame Noodles + Cucumber Salad. Learn More & Register. Age Bracket: Teens & Adults. Community Yoga with Abby Knipp, Thursday, October 22 in the Myrtlewood Room, 5:30pm – 6:30pm. Grounded Alignment: A blend of yoga asana, philosophy, and breath into an accessible class for all bodies and experience levels. This class is for total beginners and experienced practitioners who enjoy taking it slow. A focus on the foundational basics to gently move your body while using breath to focus your mind. These classes are anatomy and trauma-informed with props available for use. Similar to: hatha yoga, gentle yoga, yoga 1. Bring a mat if you have one and plenty of water. Wear comfortable workout clothes. Age Bracket: Teens & Adults.

NBPL Events
North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave, North Bend, OR - Lapsit Storytime (Babies), Thursdays, October 22 at 10:30 AM. Enjoy stories, songs, & gentle play designed to support the early literacy skills of babies who are not yet walking. Unbook Club, Thursday, October 22 at 1:00 PM. Discuss your latest read in a book club without assigned reading. Attend in person or online at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/958309491.

Marbled murrelet chicks face greater predation risk when ocean conditions are poor
By Steve Lundeberg, OSU release - CORVALLIS, Ore. – Less favorable ocean conditions mean marbled murrelet chicks take longer to leave the nest, making them more vulnerable to predation, according to a new study of the iconic Pacific Northwest seabird by Oregon State University scientists. Findings were published today in the journal Ornithology. The research, which quantified how murrelet parents provided food for their young under different ocean conditions, is important for understanding how the secretive species might fare as climate change alters the ocean environment, said the OSU College of Forestry’s Jim Rivers, director of the Oregon Marbled Murrelet Project. Scientists use multiple indicators to measure ocean conditions from an ecological perspective, Rivers explains, but overall poor conditions often mean “it’s warmer and there’s less food available.” “And in really bad years, murrelets may forgo breeding altogether,” he said. Murrelets can only produce one offspring per year, and their young require forage fish for proper growth and development. Adult marbled murrelets spend most of their time in coastal waters eating krill, other invertebrates and fish such as herring, anchovies, smelt and capelin. The dove-sized birds are closely related to puffins and murres, but unlike those birds, murrelets raise their young as far as 60 miles inland in mature and old-growth conifer forests. Murrelets typically lay their single egg high in a tree on a horizontal limb at least 4 inches in diameter. The birds are monogamous and the parents take turns bringing fish to their offspring, usually in the early morning or late evening. Steller’s jays, American crows and common ravens are the main predators of murrelet eggs and chicks. “Murrelets have secretive nesting behaviors that help protect their young from predators,” said Cecelia Frisinger, a graduate student who led the study. “They also commute long distances from ocean feeding areas to inland nesting sites, a behavior that is highly unusual among seabirds. Together, these traits make conducting research on these birds especially challenging.” Frisinger, Rivers and collaborators at Oregon State used more than 12,000 hours of video recordings to study marbled murrelet chick provisioning at 18 nests over two years of poor ocean conditions and two years of more favorable conditions. Analyzing 1,332 feeding events, the scientists found the chicks received fewer feeding visits per day – consisting of a single fish per visit, typically a smelt, anchovy, herring or sand lance – when ocean conditions were poor. However, the chicks’ estimated daily energy intake was only slightly greater during better ocean conditions because when conditions were poor, the fish the chicks received were larger and more energy dense. Nevertheless, under poor ocean conditions, the chicks took an average of 25% longer to fledge, or eight days longer, greatly increasing their exposure to nest predators. “This study includes more marbled murrelet chick provisioning observations than all previous studies combined, making it the largest dataset of its kind to date,” Frisinger said. “Determining variation in behavioral traits, including parental care behaviors that buffer reproductive output against changing environmental conditions, is critical for predicting how animals will cope with climate change.” The findings suggest that successful murrelet reproduction depends on a narrow range of prey species and that climate-driven changes in those species’ availability will affect murrelets’ reproductive output, she said. Along the West Coast, marbled murrelets can be seen from Santa Cruz, California, to the Aleutian Islands. The species is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in Washington, Oregon and California. Projected increases in ocean warming coupled with the loss and fragmentation of murrelet nesting habitat suggest that murrelet population recovery will require conservation efforts in both marine and terrestrial habitats, Rivers said. “On the marine side, we need to enhance populations of murrelet prey items by reducing bycatch of forage fish and protecting spawning areas,” he said. “Those actions will also benefit large predatory fishes, other seabirds and marine mammals, whose populations are also dependent on the long-term health of forage fish stocks.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the OSU College of Forestry supported this research, which was conducted in Rivers’ Forest Animal Ecology Lab. The study also included Oregon State’s Matt Betts, Dan Roby, Kim Nelson, Elizabeth Daly, Jonathan Dachenhaus and Kaitlyn Osborne.

Recreational use advisory downgraded to a precaution for Cullaby Lake
Pet owners should continue to keep their pets away from areas that appear to have a bloom - OHA release - PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has downgraded the recreational use health advisory to a precaution for Cullaby Lake. OHA issued the advisory Sept. 17. Water monitoring has confirmed that the level of cyanotoxins in Cullaby Lake are below recreational guideline values for people. However, levels detected are still above OHA’s educational guideline values for dogs, and owners should keep their pets away from areas with blooms. OHA advises recreational visitors to continually be alert to signs of cyanobacteria blooms. This is because blooms can develop and disappear on any water body at any time when bloom conditions are favorable. Only a fraction of water bodies in Oregon are monitored for blooms and toxins, so it’s important for people to become familiar with the signs of a bloom, and exposure routes and symptoms by visiting OHA’s Cyanobacteria (Harmful Algae) Blooms website at http://www.healthoregon.org/hab. When recreating, people, and especially small children, and pets should avoid areas where the water is foamy, scummy, thick like paint, pea-green or blue-green, or if thick brownish-red mats are visible or bright green clumps are suspended in the water. If you see these signs, avoid activities such as swimming or motorized or non-motorized boating activities that cause you to swallow water or inhale droplets, and keep pets out of the area. Cyanotoxins can still exist in clear water. When a bloom dies, toxins released may reach into clear water around the bloom. Blooms can be pushed into other areas, leaving toxins behind. There also are species of cyanobacteria that anchor themselves at the bottom of a water body, live in the sediment, or can grow on aquatic plants and release toxins into clear water. For health information or to report an illness, contact OHA at 971-673-0482, or visit OHA’s Cyanobacteria (Harmful Algae) Blooms website.

Rain is coming. ODOT crews get ahead by targeting trouble spots
ODOT release - SALEM — As Oregon heads into the rainy season, proactive maintenance is helping to keep highways safe and open. Repairs completed over the past two weeks at three recurring trouble spots on U.S. 101, U.S. 26 and OR 18 offer a look at that ongoing work. Along Oregon’s coast and Coast Range, rain can soak into the ground and increase movement beneath the road. ODOT has identified more than 4,000 unstoppable slopes, landslides, debris flows and rockfalls across Oregon highways. Maintaining roads through these areas requires regular monitoring and repeated repairs. By taking action before the heaviest rain arrives, crews aim to provide a smoother, safer ride and reduce how often travelers encounter repair work. “Our crews are taking proactive steps now to prepare these trouble spots for the rainy season,” said Brian Morey, ODOT District 4 manager. “These repairs help smooth the road and improve drainage, but the ground underneath will continue to move. Our crews keep watch and respond as conditions change. Travelers can help by slowing down, driving for the conditions and giving crews room to work.” Smoothing the road on U.S. 101 and OR 18 - ODOT crews grind uneven pavement on U.S. 101 north of Newport to smooth the road ahead of the rain. ODOT maintenance crews and contractors ground down uneven pavement to leave smoother surfaces on U.S. 101 north of Newport between mileposts 133 and 136, a stretch with several active landslides near Beverly Beach State Park. They also addressed the Murphy Hill sink on OR 18 at milepost 17. Neither location needed repaving. Improving drainage at the U.S. 26 Bump - ODOT maintenance crews tried a new drainage approach at the U.S. 26 “bump” near milepost 13, where an active landslide continues to shift the road. Crews installed six dry wells, each 10 to 15 feet deep, to give groundwater more space to collect and flow into existing drainpipes. The wells supplement the pipe trenches, which crews believe may be too narrow to collect all the groundwater in the area. Crews lined the wells with tough fabric and filled them with rock and gravel. The fabric filters out silt to help keep the drainpipes clear and helps the repair flex as the ground moves. Spaces between the rocks allow water to flow toward the pipes more easily than through compacted soil. Crews then paved the surface with cold mix asphalt, which stays flexible as the ground shifts, helping limit large cracks in the pavement. Crews will monitor the area through the rainy season to see whether the work reduces water reaching the surface and slows ground movement. An ongoing challenge - A smoother road at “the bump” on U.S. 26 at milepost 13 after ODOT crews completed maintenance ahead of the rain. At active landslide locations, repairing the pavement does not stop the ground beneath it from moving. Smoothing uneven surfaces and improving drainage help manage the effects of that movement and keep roads open for travelers. Crews regularly monitor the U.S. 101 slide areas and the U.S. 26 “bump.” During rainy fall and winter conditions, they check these locations multiple times a day because heavy rain can change road conditions quickly. These repairs are paid for through ODOT’s maintenance and operations budget. At the U.S. 26 “bump” alone, annual maintenance costs are about $200,000. A project to address the underlying slide would cost millions of dollars and require planning, design, environmental review and construction. Even that work would not necessarily eliminate future movement within the ancient landslide beneath the highway. ODOT currently has no funding to permanently address these three locations. These repairs are just a few examples of the proactive work ODOT maintenance crews do to prepare for winter rain and snow. Crews also sweep roads, maintain signs, clean culverts, clear ditches and remove hazardous trees. Keeping drainage paths clear helps water flow away from roads, while other maintenance helps keep routes clear and signs visible for travelers. Maintenance work puts crews close to moving traffic, sometimes just inches away. Travelers can help keep them safe by slowing down, paying attention and giving crews room to work.

Quake
A 3.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded at the southern junction of the two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast, Wednesday, Oct. 21. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake as located southeast of Petrolia, CA, near Cape Mendocino in Northern California.

Tragedy at Bend has tenacles that reach the Oregon Coast
While investigators search for the why and how following the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, some of the background of the shooter, 16-year old Griffin J. John II, has reached the Oregon Coast. According to reports, his father and mother lived in Newport when they were first married, but it didn’t last long. Court records show the two divorced in 2014 after five-years of marriage; however, they had been living apart since 2012, when the mother and her three-year old son moved to the Bend area. The father, 47-year old Griffin J. John was contacted in the Astoria area recently. He hadn’t seen his son in about a year and is considered homeless living in the woods outside of Astoria. When the news of the shooting in Bend was told to him by Astoria Police officers, they say he seemed distraught. John has had several run-ins with the law over the last nine-years for weapons violations and drugs.

Hwy. 30 Fatal, Multnomah Co.
OSP release - MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (21 October 2026) - On Monday, October 19, 2026, at approximately 6:02 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Highway 30 near milepost 18 in Multnomah County. The preliminary investigation indicated a green Subaru Outback, operated by Christopher Lee Matteson (48) of Columbia City, was traveling westbound on Highway 30 when, for unknown reasons, it crossed into the eastbound lanes and struck a red Volkswagen Bug, operated by Rachel Ann Mitchell (57), head-on. The operator of the Volkswagen (Mitchell) was declared deceased at the scene. The operator of the Subaru (Matteson) sustained serious injuries and was transported to an area hospital. The highway was impacted for approximately six hours during the on-scene investigation. OSP was assisted by the Scappoose Fire Department, Scappoose Police Department, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Drunk Driver Strikes Law Enforcement Vehicle, Lane Co.
Lane Co. SO release - On October 21st at about 2:00pm, a Lane County Sergeant was rear ended by a drunk driver while stopped at a traffic light. The collision occurred near the intersection of Delta Highway and Beltline Highway in Eugene. After striking the patrol truck, the suspect attempted to flee southbound on Delta Highway. The sergeant and other Lane County Sheriff’s deputies pursued the vehicle as it attempted to elude southbound on Delta Highway. Ultimately the driver entered the Valley River Mall parking lot and brought the vehicle to a stop. The driver was identified as 35-year-old Christopher Paul Haxby. Haxby’s driving privileges were suspended. Haxby also showed signs of intoxication. Following the investigation LCSO Deputies arrested Haxby and lodged him at the Lane County Jail. Haxby was charged with the following crimes: DUII; Elude by Vehicle; Hit and Run; Reckless Driving; Reckless Endangering. Thankfully, the LCSO Sergeant was uninjured, and has returned to duty. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Eugene Police Department for its assistance with the crash investigation.

No Contact Order, Charleston Area
CCSO release - Date/Time: October 20, 2026, Case #: S202601663, Classification: Violation of No Contact Order, Location: Charleston Area, Suspect(s): Saunders, Kara (58). Summary: On October 20th, 2026, at approximately 1851 hours, Coos County Deputies were dispatched to a residence in the area of Charleston, to the report of a disturbance. Upon arrival, the Deputies learned that one of the involved parties, Kara Saunders, was in violation of an active No Contact Order, regarding one of the other individuals at the residence. After the Deputies completed their investigation, Kara Saunders was arrested for violating the No Contact Order, and transported to the Coos County Jail.

Burglary, Barview Area
CCSO release - Date/Time: October 19th, 2026, Case #: S202601657, Classification: Burglary 2, Criminal Mischief 2, Location: Barview Area, Suspect(s): Robinson, Jerry (66). Summary: On October 19th, 2026, a Coos County Deputy responded to the area of Barview to investigate a reported burglary taking place in the area. The Deputy learned that someone had drilled out the locks leading into a vacant residence, and began moving their property into the residence. The Deputy was able to contact the property owner and confirm that no one had permission to be inside the residence at this time. As a result of the investigation, Jerry Robinson was arrested on the charges of Burglary in the Second Degree, and Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree, and transported to the Coos County Jail.

Patrol Check
According to an entry on the NBPD log for Oct. 20, 7:10 a.m., Harbor Ave., “patrol check,” 47-year old Brenna Rojas, “Ticket.”

Illegal Camping, NB
According to an entry on the NBPD log for Oct. 20, 12:05 p.m., Harbor Ave., “illegal camping.” At 2:54 p.m., 1900 block McPherson Ave., “illegal camping,” 44-year old Jeremy Lewis received a “Ticket.”

Warrant
According to an entry on the NBPD log for Oct. 20, 10:59 p.m., 1800 block Newmark St., “officer served valid Lincoln County warrant” on 35-year old Sean Michael Jordan charging FTA on UPM, “Jordan was transported to CCJ.”

Burglary
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Oct. 20, 6:10 a.m., 227 So. Empire Blvd., Empire Mini Storage, “burglary.”

Illegal Camping, CB
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Oct. 20, 8:06 a.m., 1005 Newmark Ave., Cranberry Sweets, “illegal camping.” At 9:09 a.m., 1210 No. Front St., Coos History Museum, “illegal camping,” 60-year old Lisa Guerrin received a “Ticket.” At 11:15 a.m., 357 So. 6th St., St. Monica Catholic Church, “illegal camping.” At 12:41 p.m., No. Morrison, Vega Property, “illegal camping.” At 8:35 p.m., 200 block Golden Ave., “illegal camping.”

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Oct. 20, 2:04 p.m., 1200 block Teakwood Ave., “result illegal camping,” 67-year old Mark Steven Pruitt charged with Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, and an additional warrant for FTA II, “transported CCJ.”

DWS
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Oct. 20, 4:25 p.m., 500 block No. Morrison St., 33-year old Andrew Casey Jones charged with DWS Misdemeanor & Failure to Perform the Duties of a Driver, “cited in lieu of custody.”

WX
A Small Craft Advisory along the South Oregon Coast. Cloudy skies with highs in the upper 50s and winds out of the North to Northwest at 10-20 mph. Some clouds tonight with lows in the mid 40sand winds from the North at 10-20 mph at first, then decreasing to less than five mph. Intervals of clouds and sunshine on Friday with highs near 60 and winds from the North at 10-20 mph.

Sports

Prep xc
Prep cross-country results from Wednesday, Oct. 21 – At the Umpqua Invite, Stewart Park, Roseburg: Jael Legutki, Bandon, won the girl’s 5K race in 18:50.4. Addison Horning, North Bend, was second (18:55.0), followed by Lauren Wolfe, North Bend, in third (19:21.9). Race Gertner, Coquille, was 32nd (21::55.4). Coco Plaep, Gold Beach, 36th (22:274). Roseburg won the girl’s race with 92-pts. Bandon was second (110 pts.), North Bend third (112 pts.). Adrian Estes, Springfield, won the boy’s race in 15:37.6. Bandon’s Beckett Pahls was second (15:48.8) and North Bend’s Angelo Pedrini was fourth (15:59.3). Reedsport’s Alex Martinez was 47th (18:09.9). Mason Simonson, Gold Beach, 65th (18:51.4). Thurston won the team race with 82-pts. Bandon was second with 89 pts. North Bend took ninth (271 pts.). At the Happy Hustle, Crystal Lake Sports Park, Corvallis: Newport’s Gabriel Flores was 35th (17:23.8), while the Cubs’ Alexandra Curtis was sixth (19:29.8) in the girl’s race. At the Bigfoot Classic, Alderbrook Golf Course, Tillamook: Taft’s Ava Zalewski, placed first in the girl’s race (19:15.1). Neah-Kah-Nie’s London Martin was third (21:29.4). Astoria’s Ila Canessa was 13th (22:59.3). Seaside’s Lexie Dickau took 19th (23:27.4). In the boy’s race, Dylan Sigman, Neah-Kah-Nie was first (16:18.8), Nestucca’s Mason Vu placed second (16:23.9). Astoria’s Grady Tillotson placed seventh (17:13.9). Neah-Kah-Nie won the team race with 39-pts. Astoria was third (110 pts.), and Seaside seventh (204 pts.).

Prep vb
Prep volleyball schedules for Thursday, Oct. 22 – 4A: SkyEm Lg.: Marshfield at North Bend, 6:30p. Marist Catholic at So. Umpqua, 6p. Junction City at Cottage Grove, 6:30p. OR West Conf.: Newport at Taft, 6p. Cowapa Lg.: Tillamook at Scappoose, 6:45p. Seaside at Astoria, 6:15p. 3A: Far West Lg.: Siuslaw at Glide, 6p. Coquille at Sutherlin, 6p. Brookings-Harbor at Douglas, 6p. 2A: Valley Coast Conf.: East linn Christian at Waldport, 6p. Lowell at Toledo, 6p.

Prep sc
Prep girls’ soccer schedules for Thursday, Oct. 22 – 4A: SkyEm Lg.: Marist Catholic at North Bend. OR West Conf.: Newport at Taft, 4p. Cowapa Lg.: Valley Catholic at Seaside, 6p. Tillamook/Neah-Kah-Nie at Astoria, 6:15p. 3A/2A/1A: Special Dist. 3: Siuslaw vs. Lost River/Bonanza at Central Pt., noon. Brookings-Harbor at Coquille/Myrtle Pt., 4p. Prep boys’ schedules – 4A: SkyEm Lg.: Marist Catholic at North Bend/Bandon, 7p. Junction City/Harrisburg at Elmira, 7p. So. Umpqua/Riddle at Cottage Grove, 7p. OR West Conf.: Taft at Newport, 6p. Cowapa Lg.: Seaside at Valley Catholic, 6:15p. Astoria at Neah-Kah-Nie, 7p. 3A: SPD3: Siuslaw vs. Lost River/Bonanza, Central Pt., 2p. Brookings-Harbor at Douglas, 4p. 2A/1A: SPD3: Pacific at Umpqua Valley Christian, 4p. Rogue Valley Adventist Academy at Gold Beach, 4p.

OSU msc
In a Big West Crossover men’s soccer match at Lorenz Field, Corvallis, Oregon State’s men beat visiting Sacramento State, 8-1. The Beavers travel to Oren, Utah, Saturday, Oct. 24, 5p, to take on Utah Valley.

OSU wsc
Oregon State’s women’s soccer team plays at Fresno State, Thursday, Oct. 22, 7p.

UO wsc
Oregon’s women’s soccer team plays Wisconsin, at Madison, Thursday, Oct. 22, 5p.

Thursday Night NFL Football
Two 4-2 NFL teams play Thursday night, Oct. 22. The New England Patriots are at the Chicago Bears, 5:15p, televised on Amazon Prime.