Guest columnist asks questions about livability, ecology and promised jobs related to Coos Bay port in this opinion piece.

Road trips with kids have their own rhythm — equal parts snack breaks, sightseeing, and spontaneous beach stops. On a recent ...

For decades, it seemed like Oregon’s south coast city of Coos Bay couldn’t catch a break — at least not economically. The timber industry mostly fled, taking hundreds if not thousands of jobs with it.

There has been a carefully orchestrated media campaign to promote a massive container port project at Coos Bay, also heavy lobbying of state and federal legislators. Only the positives as claimed by ...

The $2.3 billion Port of Coos Bay and NorthPoint Development project will create an international cargo ship and rail terminal on the south coast. A vessel is seen moored at the Port of Coos Bay, Ore.