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Sunrise/Sunset, Coos Bay, OR
Coos Bay, OR, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 – Sunrise: 7:18 a.m., Sunset: 5:43 p.m., offering ten-hours & 25-minutes of daylight.

Tides, Coos Bay, OR Estuary
Tides for the Coos Bay, OR Estuary, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 – Low tide: 2:58 a.m., 3.88 ft.; High tide: 9:09 a.m., 6.75 ft.; Low tide: 4:44 p.m., 0.73 ft.; High tide: 11:47 p.m., 5.24 ft.

Water Main Work, CB
City of Coos Bay release - Water Main Installation Across Central Avenue at N 11th Street. The Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board will use trenchless technology to install a 2-inch water main across Central Avenue at N 11th Street in Coos Bay. Work will begin on February 12th and continue through Friday, February 13th. The construction activity requires the temporarily closing the right lane of Central Avenue from N 10th Street to N 11th Street. In addition, N 11th Street between Commercial Avenue and Central Avenue will be closed to through traffic. The Water Board requests that citizens use caution when passing through the construction zone. Should you have any questions or want more information, please contact the Water Board at (541) 267-3128.

Three Quakes at the Southern End
The Southern End of the two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast was hit by three seismic events Wednesday, Feb. 11. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quakes ranged from 3.5-magnitude, to 3.3 and 3.0, all west of Petrolia, CA, near Cape Mendocino in Northern California.

Hoyle, Merkley & Wyden seek USCG Study of Gold Beach & Bandon's Needs
U.S Congresswoman Hoyle release - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Senator Jeff Merkley led a letter with Senator Ron Wyden to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) requesting they conduct an updated assessment of Gold Beach and Bandon’s Search and Rescue Detachment Team (SARDET) existing stations rescue and safety needs along the coast. In their letter to Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, the lawmakers shared that, “we have heard from our constituents, fishermen and local officials that the current level of coverage is simply not enough to keep people safe.” In Gold Beach, the mouth of the Rogue River is often dangerous to cross, even to highly skilled boaters. Due to shifting conditions in the channel, the river bar has sudden and highly dangerous wave breaks. Sixty miles north in Bandon, over 23,000 boaters have to pass through a dangerous bar with unpredictable conditions. Emergencies are common along these points of the coast and local ports and captains are taking on the USCG’s responsibilities to warn the community of changing conditions and carry out rescues themselves. “The ocean off the Oregon’s south coast is both beautiful and powerful. It is essential for the communities of Bandon and Gold Beach to have a Coast Guard presence again,” said Rep. Hoyle. “Whether it’s our commercial fisherman or tourists taking whale watching trips, a timely response by the U.S. Coast Guard when a boat gets in trouble could mean the difference between a rescue or a body recovery. I will continue to fight for a robust USCG presence along all parts of the Oregon’s coast. It is the surest way to protect lives.” “A reliable Coast Guard presence is critical to keeping folks on the south coast safe where boaters—recreational and commercial—face extreme cold-water conditions, dynamic weather conditions, and shifting sand bars,” said Sen. Merkley. “I urge the Coast Guard to take a closer look at the seasonal staffing needs of the communities in Gold Beach and Bandon, prioritizing our local economies and public safety in the process.” “Every minute matters whenever people are fighting for their lives in the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coast,” Sen. Wyden said. “I’ll keep battling side by side with Senator Merkley and Congresswoman Hoyle to provide the robust Coast Guard coverage needed by Oregonians living and working on the South Coast, as well as by visitors attracted to the region’s beautiful beaches.” The lawmakers believe the conditions have significantly worsened since the Coast Guard pulled their seasonal presence in Gold Beach and Bandon. There has been an increase of on-water traffic and an increase in emergencies. At the same time, the Coast Guard recruiting numbers have improved, allowing for the possibility of increased bandwidth along the coast.

OHA partners with 125 Oregon CBOs to advance public health equity
OHA release -Agency provides $25 million to support adolescent health, communicable disease prevention, seven other program areas - PORTLAND, Ore.—Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has awarded $25 million in public health equity grants to 125 nonprofit organizations to support work on community-led and culturally and linguistically responsive programs. The funding through OHA’s Partnerships for Community Health Program covers nine program areas and supports the work of community-based organizations between Jan. 1, 2026, and June 30, 2027. “The response to this grant was remarkable — more than 800 applications from community-based organizations committed to supporting public health in Oregon, reviewed through a collaborative effort between state and local public health,” said OHA Public Health Director Naomi Adeline-Biggs. The Partnerships for Community Health Program will work with CBOs and programs within the Public Health Division to engage communities on long-term public health efforts in the following areas: Adolescent and School Health; Communicable Disease Prevention: Immunizations; Communicable Disease Prevention: Prevention of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Tuberculosis; Commercial Tobacco Prevention; Community Resilience: Community Connection & Empowerment; Community Resilience: Emergency Preparedness and Response; Environmental Public Health; Overdose Prevention; Preventing Environmental Exposures for Children’s Health (PEECH). Receiving Funds in Coos Co.: Coos Elderly Services, Inc., Bay Area First Step, & Bay Area Enterprises.

Coos Co. Airport District
This is to inform you that the monthly meeting of the Airport Park Steering Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026 at noon has been cancelled. The next meeting is scheduled for March 12, 2026, at noon at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, Third Floor Board Room, 1100 Airport Lane, North Bend OR 97459.

Safeway Leaving Central Coast
Safeway, a grocery store that’s been in Newport since the early 60s, will close this summer; however, the owner of the Newport Shopping Plaza where it is located in north Newport, says the 32,000 square foot space, will be replaced by a new grocery store. Newport still has a Walmart, Fred Meyer, Newport Market and several other smaller convenience stores in the Central Coast community.

Ongoing fisher research in southern Oregon now includes trapping and collaring bobcats
ODFW release - CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting research on fisher, a forest-dwelling carnivore that once occupied forests across the Cascade and Klamath-Siskiyou regions. Today, Oregon's remaining fisher persist as a small, isolated population in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains. And ODFW researchers want to know how fisher use available habitat and what interactions they have with other carnivores. Keifer Titus leads ODFW's Western Oregon research team. He says that research began with hair snare surveys in 2018 and pivoted to trapping and GPS collaring in late 2022. To date, 40 fisher have been collared to learn their movement patterns, habitat selection, and space use. "We wanted to know these things so we could better understand what is limiting fisher recovery. By knowing where and when they move, what type of habitat they prefer, and how they use those spaces, we can help inform land management decisions," Titus said. "We expanded the study in 2023 to include gray foxes to see if competition between the two animals is negatively affecting fisher. But that's likely not the case – we found the two animals largely avoid each other by separating their space and active time of day." Late last year, researchers began GPS-collaring bobcats, a larger carnivore known to prey on fisher in other portions of their range. By tracking bobcats alongside fisher and gray foxes, researchers can learn if predation risk or overlapping habitat use with other carnivores may affect fisher survival and limit population recovery. Results will help inform conservation strategies to support fisher persistence and guide future management actions in southwest Oregon. ODFW is actively trapping bobcats through the end of March on non-maintained trails and roads in several areas of the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains. Entrance to most trapping areas are signed. Traps are non-lethal foot holds so biologists can collar and safely release bobcats.

Warrant
According to an entry on the NBPD log for Feb. 10, 1 p.m., Lakeshore & Chickses, 33-year old Tiana Marie Meyer arrested on NBPD warrant charging FTA on Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance – Fentanyl Schedule II, “Meyer cited in lieu of custody.”

Probation Violation
According to an entry on the NBPD log for Feb. 10, 7:58 p.m., 1100 block Virginia Ave., 27-year old Trevar Reed charged with Probation Violation.

Disturbance
According to an entry on the NBPD log for Feb. 10, 9:07 p.m., 2000 block Sherman Ave., 37-year old Marvin William Rowe cited for Harassment.

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 5:15 a.m., Hwy. 101 & Lighthouse School, “warrant service,” 57-year old Donald Joseph Nowell Jr. arrested on Clatsop Co. warrant charging FTA on Probation Violation Assault IV, “transported to CCJ.”

Criminal Trespass
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 6:45 a.m., 525 Anderson Ave, CBPL, 34-year old Kayla R. Waletich charged with Criminal Trespass II, “cited in lieu of custody.”

Illegal Camping, CB
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 7:01 a.m., Les Schwab, “illegal camping.” At 4:45 p.m., 100 block Ocean Blvd., “illegal camping.” At 9:12 p.m., 505 So. Broadway, Tower Ford, “illegal camping.”

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 10:48 a.m., 2575 Center St., Salem, Oregon State Correctional Facility, “warrant service,” on 33-year old Justentyme Levi Lesher arrested on CBPD warrant charging Probation Violation on Aggravated ID Theft, Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, four-counts ID theft, two-counts Unlawful Possession of a Destructive Device, Escape III, Theft I, three-counts Forgery I, one-count Forgery II, four-counts ID Theft, Theft I, Forgery I, ID Theft & Unlawful Possession of Meth, “Lesher lodged at Oregon State Correctional Institution.”

Assault
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 1 p.m., 1100 block So. 1st St., Terrace Motel, 43-year old Richard J. Joyner charged with Domestic Strangulation, “transported to Coos County Jail.

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 2:29 p.m., 230 4th St., Springfield Police, “warrant service,” on 38-year old Brett Gillispie Comstock charging FTA on Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer, Reckless Driving, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, FTA I and Resisting Arrest.

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 3:07 p.m., 1360 Airport Ln., NB, OSP Coos Bay Command, 63-year old Karen Hayes Belletto arrested on warrant charging Resisting Arrest & Criminal Trespass II, “Belletto transported to Deschutes Co. Jail.”

Unlawful Vehicle, CB
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 10, 4:14 p.m., 900 block Augustine St., “unlawful vehicle.”

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 11, 2:07 a.m., 12240 NE Glisan, Portland, Multnomah County, “warrant service by Multnomah Co. SO, on 36-year old Teresa Ilene Thompson charging CBPD warrant for FTA Theft III.

DWS
According to an entry on the CBPD log for Feb. 11, 2:53 a.m., 807 So. Marple St., 38-year old Joshua James Beeb charged with DWS Misdemeanor, “transported CCJ.”

WX
A Beach Hazard Statement along the South Oregon Coast. Cloudy early with partial sunshine expected late, highs in the mid 50s and winds out of the North to Northeast at 5-10 mph. Cloudy skies tonight with lows in the upper 30s and winds light and variable. Cloudy skies on Friday, highs in the mid 50s and winds from the South at 5-10 mph.

Sports

GBXB Scores
Prep girls’ basketball scores from Wednesday, Feb. 11: 2A – Non-league, Mapleton won at Toledo, 43-39. 1A – Powers won in overtime at Perrydale, 42-36.

GBXB Schedules
Prep girls’ basketball schedules for Thursday, Feb. 12: 3A – Coastal Range Lg.: Riverdale at Warrenton. Neah-Kah-Nie at Rainier, both at 6 p.m. 2A – Valley Coast Conf.: Central Linn at Toledo, 6 p.m. 1A – Skyline Lg.: Pacific at Riddle, 6 p.m.

BBXB Schedules
Prep boys’ basketball schedules for Thursday, Feb. 12: 3A – Coastal Range Lg.: Riverdale at Warrenton. Neah-Kah-Nie at Rainier. 2A – Valley Coast Conf.: Central Linn at Toledo, 7:30 p.m. 1A – Skyline Lg.: Pacific at Riddle, 7:30 p.m.

OSU MBXB
Oregon State’s men have a WCC contest at San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m., televised on ESPN2.

OSU WBXB
Oregon State’s women have a WCC contest, Thursday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m., vs. Santa Clara, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, televised on ESPN+.

Oregon FB Spring Game Set
UO release - EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon football team's annual Spring Game, presented by Lane Transit District, has been scheduled for Saturday, April 25, and will kick off at 1 p.m. PT at Autzen Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network. Admission to the Spring Game is free. Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Food for Lane County food drive presented by Pacific Source Health Plans. Autzen Stadium parking passes for the Spring Game are now on sale. Current 2026 season ticket holders can enter the promo code 26FBSGP upon signing in to receive 25 percent off passes. CLICK HERE to secure a Spring Game parking pass. All passes are digital and viewable through the GoDucks gameday app. More details on the Spring Game will be made available over the coming months. The Oregon baseball and Oregon softball teams will also play at home following the Spring Game. First pitch for both games is set for 4 p.m. at PK Park and Jane Sanders Stadium, respectively.

OSU Fall FB Schedule
OSU release - CORVALLIS, Ore. – The JaMarcus Shephard Era officially begins on Saturday, Sept. 5 when the Oregon State football team plays at Houston to open the 2026 season. The Beavers will host six games at Reser Stadium, including San Diego State, Washington State, Texas State and Utah State as part of the new Pac-12 Conference. "We can't wait to kick off the new era of Pac-12 football," said Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould. "Today's schedule release is a major milestone on our path to launch, and the creativity behind our 2026 format reflects the strategic vision for what this conference will become. With national coverage across CBS Sports, USA Network and The CW, the new Pac-12 will debut on a national stage from day one." For information on season tickets, please call 541-737-2050 (ticket office hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). 2026 Oregon State Football Schedule: Sept. 5 – at Houston; Sept 12 – vs. Texas Tech; Sept. 19 – vs. Montana; Sept. 26 – at UTEP; Oct. 3 – at Colorado State; Oct. 10 – vs. San Diego State; Oct. 17 – vs. Washington State; Oct. 24 – BYE; Oct. 31 – at Fresno State; Nov. 7 – vs. Texas State; Nov. 14 – at Boise State; Nov. 21 – vs. Utah State; Nov. 28 – FLEX (road game); Dec. 4 – Pac-12 Championship Game (Friday); 2026 Pac-12 Schedule Overview: A four-game non-conference slate to begin the season over Weeks 1-4 (Sept. 5-26). A seven-game round-robin slate for league-play over an eight-week span, with one bye week each during that stretch from Weeks 5-12 (Oct. 3-Nov. 21). A home-and-home flex matchup among the league's eight football members to conclude the regular season in Week 13 (Nov. 28), which will be considered a non-conference matchup for standings. Home-and-Home Flex Matchup: For 2026 and the league's home-and-home flex matchup to conclude the regular season in Week 13, the Pac-12 will retain the right to adjust matchups based on the best interests of the league, including College Football Playoff (CFP) considerations at that time. Projected matchups for the final week on Saturday, Nov. 28, not to be confirmed until six days prior at latest, include: Boise State at Utah State; Texas State at Colorado State; San Diego State at Fresno State; Oregon State at Washington State. 2026 Pac-12 Football Championship Game Format: In addition to its schedule release, the Pac-12 also announced its championship for the first season of the new league will be hosted at the home venue of the highest seed. Set to take place on Friday, Dec. 4, the new Pac-12's 2026 football title game will be featured on CBS and Paramount+ as part of the conference's new media partnerships with CBS Sports, USA Sports and CW Sports. Following its seven-game slate of conference-play, where each team will face every other team once, the Pac-12 title's matchup will be determined upon the conclusion of Week 12 (Nov. 21), two weeks ahead of the championship game.