Why are signals out of sync?

Question: I want to know why the traffic signal at Elrod Avenue and Bayshore Drive (U.S. Highway 101 North) is no longer timed with the one on Broadway (U.S. Highway 101 South). Traffic now gets backed up onto 101 South!

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Why no arrest in the Leona Robison case?

Question: Why has there been no arrest in the Leona Robison case?

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What’s to be of the leftover money from the new fire hall?

Question: The taxpayer voted almost $7 million for a new fire hall. It is completed at a cost of about $3.5 million. What’s happening to the $3-plus million that is left?

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Why is college’s search for AD internal only?

Question: I want to know why is the athletic director job search at Southwestern Oregon Community College an internal-only search?

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What’s up with those Ocean Boulevard updates?

Question: It was nice the city of Coos Bay built a new sidewalk on Ocean Boulevard. But why did they build it on the dark side of a four-lane road, when there are street lights on the other side, making it safer for pedestrians walking at night?

Also, is the fancy new brickwork for the mailbox and wall that is being built in front of the red house on Ocean paid for by our tax dollars or by the home’s owner.

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Any repairs to 101 before May?

Question: Highway 101 between Coos Bay and Bandon is full of potholes, and they are growing larger each day. Who is responsible for repairing them in Coos County?

I realize that the section mentioned is going to be repaved next summer, but we need some holes filled in before then.

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How did NB basketball team pay for Hawaii trip?

Question: How did the North Bend boys basketball team pay to travel to Hawaii?

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February start for Head Start

Question: What happened to the big Head Start/Community Action project on LaClair Street?

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Whither the weather vane?

Question: What became of the ‘wind weather vane” that was erected at central dock by Mike Vaughan? We grew accustomed to seeing it when going around Timber Inn corner. Although a novelty, it could be seen traveling north or south on 101. Coos Bay needs more of the same.

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Can officials leave a meeting early?

Question: I heard that at the recent county commissioners’ work session about ORC, Commissioner Stufflebean left at 5 p.m. before the meeting was over. If this is true, what were the circumstances of his leaving?

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