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Sunrise/Sunset, Coos Bay, OR
Coos Bay, OR, Friday, March 20, 2026 – Sunrise: 7:19 a.m., and Sunset: 7:29 p.m., offering 12-hours & 10-minutes of daylight.

Tide, Coos Bay, OR
Tides for the Coos Bay, OR Estuary, Friday, March 20, 2026 – High tide: 2:57 am., 7.83 ft.; Low tide: 9:18 a.m., -0.06 ft.; High tide: 3:30 p.m., 7.03 ft.; Low tide: 9:19 p.m., 1.0 ft.

NBPL Event
North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend, OR - Toddler Play Time (Ages 2-3), Every Friday in March at 10:30 AM. Open play with interactive toys and board books for ages 2-3.

Friday Night Mysteries! Return to the North Bend Public Library
NBPL release - The North Bend Public Library is bringing back its popular interactive program Friday Night Mysteries! Starting on Friday, March 20 at 6:00 PM and continuing on a quarterly basis, participants can test themselves to see if they can solve a case. Each event will feature a different mystery that participants will need to work together to unravel by examining clues, solving puzzles, and piecing together evidence. Designed for fans of whodunits and problem-solving, Friday Night Mysteries! offers a collaborative and immersive evening of crime-solving fun. The first mystery in the series, “Death at the Dive Bar,” previously stumped our amateur “detectives” during its debut in the summer of 2025. Now it returns to challenge a new group of sleuths. Do you have what it takes to solve the case? Event Details: What: Friday Night Mysteries! When: Friday, March 20 at 6:00 PM; Where: North Bend Public Library; Who: Geared towards adults; Cost: Free.

CBPL Events
Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay, OR - Pickup/Drop-off Eastside, Friday, March 20 at the Eastside Fire Station, 365 D Street, Coos Bay, 9:00am – 9:30am. Return or pick up library materials every Friday in front of the Eastside Fire Department. Age Bracket: Everyone. Pickup/Drop-off Empire, Friday, March 20 at the Empire Fire Station, 189 S Wall Street, Coos Bay, 10:00am – 10:30am. Pickup or drop-off library materials in front of the Empire Fire Station. Age Bracket: Everyone. Tween Club, Friday, March 20 in the Cedar Room, 3:00pm – 4:30pm. The Coos Bay Public Library is starting a Tween Club for tweens age 10-14 (5th-8th grade). Join us for arts, crafts, conversations and snacks every third Friday of the month. Age Bracket: Kids & Teens. Lanzamiento del Club de Lectura, Friday, March 20 in the Myrtlewood Room, 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Únete con nosotros para el lanzamiento del nuevo club de lectura completamente en español. Tendremos copias del libro gratis disponibles en cantidad limitada. También habrá comida y bebidas. El club de lectura, se reunirá el tercer viernes de cada mes. Trae tus ideas y sugerencias para las siguientes lecturas. Join us as we launch our new book club entirely in Spanish. We will have free copies of the book available as well as food and beverages. The book club will meet the 3rd Friday of every month. Come with your ideas and suggestions for what books you'd like to see in this book club. Age Bracket: Teens & Adults. ¡Spanglish! Conversational Program, Saturday, March 21 in the Stacks, 10:30am – 11:30am. We meet at the library every third Saturday @ 10:30am! Program is for those who wish to practice their Spanish conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting. Attendees will have the opportunity to converse in Spanish as a group for one hour in a casual, informal environment. This is NOT a class but we will provide ideas for conversational topics. Beginners are welcome. ¡Vamos a hablar! Program is FREE and open to everyone. Practice your Spanish using our Free (w/your library card) language resource. Age Bracket: Teens & Adults. Clothing Swap, Saturday, March 21 in the Myrtlewood Room, 12:00pm – 3:00pm. A free community event where the public’s invited to bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing. This event is for CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT BRING UNDERGARMENTS OR SWIMWEAR. You don’t have to bring something to take something. Please do NOT bring: housewares, games, books, toys, furniture, large items, tube televisions, expired or open food, unsealed personal care products, medicine, dirty or ripped clothing, underwear or undergarments, fabric scraps, incomplete toys and games, non-working electronics, magazines, or sharp objects. This event runs from 12:30 pm-3:00 pm with donations accepted from 12:00 pm- 2:30 pm. How does it work? Simply drop any items at our "drop-off" table. We'll sort them and put them out on our display tables. Limited to dropping off 5 items. Please bring in your lightly used articles of clothing. We ask that you run your clothes through the dryer to freshen them up before bringing them in. Items on the display tables are free on a first come, first served basis. Age Bracket: Everyone. Craft Takeout, Kits available at 12:00pm on Saturday, March 21. Calling all crafty teens and adults! Have an appetite to get creative? Pick up a free monthly Craft Takeout kit in the library on the 3rd Saturday of each month. How-to instructions and everything needed to create the monthly project will be included in each Craft Takeout kit. Limit one Craft Takeout kit per person. Kits are available for pickup in the library while supplies last. A limited number of kits are available and are first come, first serve. Age Bracket: Teens & Adults. Ongoing Programs: Fabric Donations Needed. Feeling generous with your fabric stash? Please consider donating a bag of fabric to the Coos Bay Library for use in our twice-monthly sewing classes with OCATEC. Limit one bag per person per week. 100% cotton or linen fabrics only, please. We are unable to accept fabrics which have been exposed to cigarette smoke. Our sewing classes are free to the public and enormously popular, so your donation goes a long way towards keeping fabric arts alive in our community. Ark Project Food Drive. Survey Link in EnglishSurvey Link in Spanish; CRAFT SWAP INFO, Coming Up: Arts & Crafts Swap, Saturday, March 28 in the Myrtlewood Room, 12:00pm – 4:00pm. You asked, we listened! This year we'll be holding TWO Craft Swaps, one in March and one in November. Have extra art supplies in good condition? Help us divert materials from landfills while encouraging environmentally friendly creation! HOW IT WORKS: Community members who are interested can donate their new or gently used art supplies they no longer need to the Coos Bay Public Library from March 16 - through the day of the Art Swap on March 28. On the day of the Art Swap, come to our big meeting room and browse to see what art supplies you might be interested in! You can take up to as much as you donate (or just a couple items if you don't have anything to donate). DONATION GUIDELINES: Arts and craft materials only, must be fit for reuse (new or gently used), must fit in your car, and be of the following categories: sewing materials, fabric, threads, needles, etc.; yarn, crochet and knitting tools; paintbrushes, tubes and bottles of paint, canvases and drawing pads; stringing and beads; paper, card stock, scrapbooking; stickers, stamps, and stencils; frames or easels, art project kits; fun crafty items, pom poms, pipe cleaners, glitter etc. Materials to leave at home: broken or dried out materials, electric equipment, lumber, wood, or loose boards, in-progress art works, smelly materials like solvents and gallons of paint.

CBPL Tween Club
CBPL release - The Coos Bay Public Library Tween Club meets on the third Friday of every month from 3-4:30PM. This group is open to Tweens between the ages of 9-14 and each month features a different activity. The March activity will be painting pottery. In April we will be having the great cookie taste off to decide once and for all which cookie is the best! Come and join us for fun activities, conversations, and of course snacks!

Spring Whale Watch Week
OPRD release - OREGON COAST, Oregon— Oregon State Parks will host Spring Whale Watch Week along the Oregon Coast Saturday, March 21 through Sunday, March 29. Trained Oregon State Park volunteers and park rangers will be stationed at 15 sites along the Oregon Coast to help visitors spot whales and their calves and answer questions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily March 21-29. The sites are among the best places to watch whales on the Oregon Coast. “Spring is a great time for whale watching because the gray whale migration can be a bit closer on their return trip north, usually within a few miles from shore. As we get later into the spring, we can sometimes see the mothers with calves in tow,” said Park Ranger Peter McBride. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates 13,000 gray whales are expected to migrate past Oregon’s shores from late winter through June as they travel back toward Alaska, far fewer than earlier projections suggested. Although NOAA declared the Unusual Mortality Event over in 2023 and initially believed the population might be rebounding, new winter 2025 estimates instead show the lowest numbers since the 1970s. NOAA’s models, which combine visual surveys with migration pattern assumptions, indicate that the 2025 population most likely falls between 11,700 and 14,500 whales. A map of volunteer-staffed sites is available online on the official event webpage: https://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=thingstodo.dsp_whaleWatching The Whale Watching Center in Depoe Bay will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 21-29. Visitors to the center can enjoy interactive whale exhibits and take in the panoramic ocean views. Binoculars are provided. Park rangers and volunteers from Oregon State Parks will also be on hand to answer questions about the whales. All Whale Watch Week visitors are encouraged to dress for the weather, to bring binoculars and to follow beach safety guidelines such as remaining out of fenced areas, knowing the tide schedule and keeping an eye on the surf at all times. Go to https://visittheoregoncoast.com/beach-safety/ for a list of safety tips. For more information about coast parks and campgrounds, visit stateparks.oregon.gov. Visitors are encouraged to share their photos and videos from Spring Whale Watch on social media using #OregonStateParks and #ORWhaleWatch.

2 Salem health settings become latest measles exposure locations
Health officials urge people who were at locations during exposure period to talk to a health care provider - OHA release - PORTLAND, Ore.—Two new measles exposure locations have been identified, and Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Marion County public health officials are urging people to talk to a health care provider about their risks if they believe they were exposed. People might have been exposed if they were at the following location at this date and time: Salem Health Hospital, emergency department waiting room, 890 Oak St. S.E., Salem, between 6:10 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 16. Kaiser Permanente Skyline Medical Office, upper level (second floor), 5125 Skyline Road S., Salem, between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Friday March 13. People who were at this location during these dates and time period should immediately contact your health care provider and let them know they may have been exposed to someone who has measles. The health care provider can determine whether you are immune to measles based on your vaccination record, age, or laboratory evidence of prior infection.

White-nose syndrome detected in bats for first time in Oregon
ODFW release - SALEM, Ore.— White-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats has been detected for the first time in Oregon in Columbia and Benton counties. White-nose syndrome is caused by an infection with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans that disrupts hibernation, causing early winter emergence, dehydration and starvation. This finding follows the 2025 detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bat guano collected at a roost in Clatsop County. Bats in Oregon have now tested positive for the fungus and have shown signs of the disease. In March 2026, laboratory tests by the National Wildlife Health Center diagnosed white-nose syndrome disease in six Yuma myotis from Columbia County and one little brown myotis from Benton County. Both species are small insectivorous bats that are found throughout Oregon. The bats were found deceased in residential areas in late winter and reported to ODFW. How does white-nose syndrome affect bats? White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in North America since its detection in New York in 2007 and continues to spread. At least 30 states have detected the disease, and others have detected the fungus but no disease. The fungus spreads primarily through bat-to-bat contact and infects bats during hibernation. White-nose syndrome does not cause illness in humans or domestic animals, but it can be inadvertently spread through contaminated clothing, gear, and equipment after recreating in or near caves or visiting sites like summer roosts or mines. During hibernation the fungus grows on the bat's skin causing damage and irritation. Bats wake up frequently to groom it off which uses up critical energy needed to last through hibernation. Bats with WNS sometimes leave their winter sites early and head to spring roosts where they may be found weak or dead from WNS. What is ODFW doing? ODFW is coordinating with state, local and federal partners to learn more about WNS impacts to Oregon’s bats. Since 2011, ODFW and federal partner agencies (National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have surveyed for the fungus and white-nose syndrome across the state with the assistance of wildlife rehabilitators and the Oregon Department of Health. Surveys are completed throughout the year in places where bats spend the winter, spring sites where they raise pups, and other roost sites. Agency biologists and the ODFW Wildlife Health and Population Lab are identifying additional sites near the detections and increasing bat population monitoring and disease surveillance across the state. ODFW is also coordinating with wildlife rehabilitators and the Oregon Veterinary Disease Laboratory at Oregon State University who are screening bat patients and collecting samples. Help Oregon’s bats - You can help protect Oregon’s vulnerable bat populations: Disinfect shoes and gear after visiting a cave or other known bat roost before getting in your vehicle or leaving the site. Find detailed decontamination information and options at whitenosesyndrome.org. Report sick or dead bats to ODFW’s Health Lab using the Bat Health Survey or call the health lab and leave a message at 866-968-2600. Never touch or pick up a bat with bare hands. Report sites of known high bat activity using the Bat Colony Reporting Survey. Bat activity sites can include suspected hibernacula (places that bats hibernate) or roosts. If bats are impacting your home or another structure, exclusion practices can remove them safely and help prevent future entry. More information is available online, and some wildlife control companies specialize in bat-friendly solutions. Bats in Oregon - Oregon is home to 15 species of bat, including 13 that are Species of Greatest Conservation Need. Learn more about them in the State Wildlife Action Plan, which serves as a roadmap for protecting Oregon's at-risk species and their habitats. Learn more about white-nose syndrome and how it affects bats at whitenosesyndrome.org

New ice core studies expand histories of greenhouse gases and ocean temperature to 3 million years
By Michelle Klampe, OSU release - CORVALLIS, Ore. — New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth’s climate records and expanding researchers’ understanding of how the planet has changed over the last 3 million years. The findings, published this week in two papers in the journal Nature, show the long-term cooling of Earth’s climate during this period has been accompanied by only a modest decline in heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Scientists have known that Earth was much warmer and sea level much higher as recently as 3 million years ago since the first discoveries more than 100 years ago of temperate and subtropical forest fossils in Alaska and Greenland and ancient stranded beaches stretching from Georgia to Virginia. But the cause of that period of global warmth and subsequent cooling has remained a mystery, in large part due to the difficulties in accurately reconstructing global temperatures and the levels of heat-trapping atmospheric greenhouse gases. The new research was led by scientists with the National Science Foundation Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, a nationwide collaboration exploring Antarctica for Earth’s oldest ice, headquartered at Oregon State University. The two studies, led by Julia Marks-Peterson, a doctoral student at OSU, and Sarah Shackleton, then a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and now a professor at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, use recently discovered archives of multi-million-year-old ice from Allan Hills, at the margin of the East Antarctic ice sheet. Allan Hills is an unusual setting where ice from the Antarctic interior is stranded in mountain ranges at the edge of the continent. Flow patterns deform the originally horizontal layers, making it difficult to find continuous records of climate. Instead, the data provide “snapshots” that indicate average environmental conditions at discrete time periods. “Those snapshots extend climate records from ice much further than previously possible,” said COLDEX Director Ed Brook, a paleoclimatologist in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. “These longer records are also now raising new questions about Earth’s climate evolution and how far back in time we might be able to go with ice core data.” Using precise measurements of the ratio of different noble gases in air trapped in the ice, which reflect ocean temperature changes, Shackleton and colleagues showed that the average temperature of the ocean has declined by 2 to 2.5 degrees Celsius over the past 3 million years. Previous studies have extensively examined changes in ocean surface temperatures, which also show cooling over this period, but the new work shows that the timing of cooling is different between the ocean surface and the ocean depths. “The noble gases in ice provide a unique way to look at ocean temperature change,” Shackleton said. “Other methods can give you information about ocean temperature at a single site, but this gives a more global view.” For example, a large fraction of the mean ocean temperature cooling happened early, starting 3 million years ago and continuing for about a million years, during the time that ice sheets began to form in the northern hemisphere. In contrast, surface temperatures cooled gradually until about 1 million years ago. In the paper, Shackleton and her coauthors suggest that these discrepancies involve changes in how heat is transferred between the surface and deep ocean. Using the same ice core samples, Marks-Peterson and her coauthors identified the first direct records of the levels of two of the most important atmospheric greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, over the last 3 million years. The data show that long-term average atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have likely remained below 300 parts per million over this time; measured carbon dioxide levels were 250 parts per million 2.7 million years ago and declined modestly by about 20 parts per million until 1 million years ago. Long-term average levels of atmospheric methane remained unchanged at 500 parts per billion. Some previous work using the chemistry of ancient sediments has suggested higher values of carbon dioxide than the new data indicate, but not all such studies agree, underscoring the need for ice core data going back as far as possible, the researchers noted. Modern levels of carbon dioxide and methane have increased dramatically in the last two centuries, with carbon dioxide averaging 425 parts per million in 2025 and methane averaging 1,935 parts per billion in 2025, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The implications of the results are that the cooling of the last 3 million years probably involves, in addition to the key role of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, important contributions from other components of the climate system such as Earth’s reflectivity, variations in vegetation and/or ice cover and ocean circulation. “Our hope is that this work will refine our view of past warmer climates and sharpen our understanding of how different elements of the Earth system interact,” said Marks-Peterson. The work has led to new research questions, many of which are currently being investigated by others in NSF COLDEX, Brook said. COLDEX researchers recently discovered ice as old as 6 million years at the bottom of one of their cores and are currently developing new data from these older samples. Recently completed drilling of new ice cores should access additional old ice. Researchers are also investigating methods to test carbon dioxide reconstruction, studying other gases in the ice cores and developing a deeper understanding of the conditions that lead to preservation of very old ice, which should help identify new targets for drilling. COLDEX is supported by the NSF Office of Polar Programs; the Science and Technology Center Program at the NSF Office of Integrative Activities; and Oregon State University. Fieldwork in Antarctica is supported by the U.S. Antarctic Program and funded by NSF. Ice drilling support is provided by the NSF U.S. Ice Drilling Program and ice sample curation by the NSF Ice Core Facility in Denver, Colorado.

State Forests Advisory Committee
OR Dept. of Forestry - SALEM, Ore. – The State Forests Advisory Committee will meet at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 20, at the ODF Tillamook District office, 5005 3rd Street in Tillamook. To join virtually, please use the Teams video conference information found on the agenda. To provide public comment, please contact Nick Palazzotto at 971-375-6344. The committee’s agenda includes: Organizational changes; Financial overview; Fiscal year 2026 (FY26) current operational status; Forest Management Plan (FMP)/Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) updates; FMP overview; Implementation planning; Recreation, education & interpretation planning; Draft FY27 Annual Operation Plan (AOP) overview. The public may attend in-person or online via Teams. Public comments will be accepted near the start of the meeting.?Requests for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting Nick Palazzotto at 971-375-6344. The State Forests Advisory Committee (SFAC) is comprised of citizens and representatives of timber, environmental and recreation groups as well as a representative from Oregon’s Native American tribes. The SFAC provides a forum to discuss issues, opportunities and concerns, and offer advice and guidance to ODF on the implementation of the Northwest Oregon State Forests Management Plan. The plan provides guidance for managing 616,000 acres within the Tillamook, Clatsop and Santiam State Forests, and several scattered state-owned forest tracts in Benton, Polk, Lincoln and Lane counties through a balanced approach to generate revenue while prioritizing environmental and social benefits.

Quake
A 3.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded at the southern end of the two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast, Friday, March 20. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was located west of Petrolia, CA, near Cape Mendocino in Northern California.

Woodburn Male Threatens US Senator
U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Oregon release - PORTLAND, Ore.—A Woodburn, Oregon, man made his initial appearance today after threatening to kill a United States Senator. Donald Leroy Smith, Jr., 51, has been charged by information with threatening a federal official with the intent to intimidate that official for the performance of official duties. According to court documents, on November 12, 2025, Smith left a voicemail for a U.S. Senator stating he was “coming to kill you,” that “you need to be dead,” and that he was going to “put a bullet in your head.” Smith made his first appearance in federal court today before a U.S. Magistrate judge. He was ordered released pending further court proceedings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case with assistance from United States Capitol Police, United States Secret Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, Oregon State Police, and the Woodburn Police Department. First Assistant U.S. Attorney William M. Narus and Assistant U.S. Attorney James A. Kilcup are prosecuting the case. An information is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

One Call, Three DUII Arrests, Lane Co.
On March 19th shortly before 1:00am, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a vehicle that had crashed into a tree in the 82000blk of Barbre Rd. in Dexter. Upon arrival deputies observed the involved vehicle being driven on the roadway again. Deputies contacted the occupants of the vehicle and discovered that the driver, 22-year-old Gavin Beiderwell-Goodridge was intoxicated. During the course of this DUII investigation, deputies learned that 22-year-old Emmah Elizabeth Keyser had actually been driving the vehicle when it went off of the roadway. Keyser was also intoxicated and taken into custody for DUII. As deputies were still on scene finishing up these two DUII investigations, 20-year-old Christian David Ramos (also intoxicated), arrived on scene driving a second vehicle. It was learned that all three had been drinking together prior to the original crash. All three drivers were arrested and charged with DUII. Yes - three DUIIs, two cars, one call. Please do not drink and drive. Impaired driving claims the lives of innocent people every day in our country. Every one of these deaths are preventable and can be avoided simply by people choosing to make better decisions and act responsibly.

Warrant Arrest, Libby Lane
CCSO release - Date/Time: March 19, 2026 / 8:18 p.m.; Case #: S2026-00409; Classification: Warrant Arrest; Location: Libby Lane; Suspect(s): Meyer, Tiana M. (34); Summary: On March 19, 2026, at 8:18 p.m., a Coos County Sheriff’s Deputy contacted a vehicle trespassing on timber lands off Libby Lane. One of the occupants, Tiana M. Meyer (34) of Coos Bay, had an outstanding warrant for her arrest. Ms. Meyer was transported to the Coos County Jail on the outstanding warrant, where she was booked and remains in custody.

Felon in Possession of Weapon, Transpacific Hwy.
CCSO release - Date/Time: March 19, 2026 / 3:19 p.m.; Case #: S2026-00407; Classification: Felon in Possession of a Firearm / Probation Violation; Location: Transpacific Hwy; Suspect(s): Heather S. Dewalt (38); Summary: On March 19th, 2026, at 3:19 p.m., Deputies J. Anderson and S. Starr responded to the end of Transpacific Parkway to a report of individuals shooting on property owned by the Port of Coos Bay. During the contact, Heather S. Dewalt (38) was found to be in possession of a firearm and was shooting along with others. Ms. Dewalt was recognized by Deputy J. Anderson, who knew she could not possess a firearm. As a result, Heather S. Dewalt (38) of Coos Bay was arrested on the charge of a probation violation and a felon in possession of a firearm. The other subject was warned, in reference to shooting on private property. Ms. Dewalt was transported to the Coos County Jail and remains in custody.

CCSO Correction
CCSO release - (Previously the arrestees brother (Victim)was listed as arrested. That is my mistake and has been amended to reflect the correct information. My apologies to the victim in this case), Sgt. Adam Slater - On March 17th 2026, Sgt. Clayburn responded to 10284 Hwy 42 to a report of a disturbance in progress. After an investigation, Sean Randall (26) of Coquille was arrested on the charge of Harassment Domestic. Mr. Randall was transported to the Coos County Jail.

VRO
According to an entry on the NBPD log for March 18, noon, 1500 block Sherman Ave., “violation of no contact order,” 40-year old Korry Alexis Matthews charged with Violation of No Contact Release Agreement, “Matthews transported to CCJ.”

Counterfeit Money
According to an entry on the NBPD log for March 18, 5:55 p.m., 3480 Tremont Ave., Lucky Start, “counterfeit money.”

Illegal Camping, CB
According to an entry on the CBPD log for March 18, 5:19 a.m., 200 block La Clair, Advanced Health, “illegal camping.” At 6:58 a.m., 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay Public Library. At 7:15 a.m., 200 block 2nd St. Alley, “illegal camping,” 34-year old Sophia Romero, “Ticket.” At 7:19 a.m., So. Bayshore, Boardwalk, “illegal camping.” At 7:36 a.m., 7th & Ivy, “illegal camping.” On March 19, 1:12 a.m., 500 block So. Broadway, “illegal camping.” At 1:21 a.m., 2nd Ct. Alley, “illegal camping.”

Unlawful Vehicles, CB
According to an entry on the CBPD log for March 18, 7:26 a.m., So. 5th & Lockhart, “unlawful vehicle.” At 7:27 a.m., So. 5th & Lockhart, “unlawful vehicle.” At 7:53 a.m., 6th & Ivy, “unlawful vehicle.” At 8:12 a.m., 2nd & Kruse, “unlawful vehicle.”

UEMV
According to an entry on the CBPD log for March 18, 7:36 a.m., 1100 block So. Broadway, “unlawful entry into MV.”

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for March 18, 12:26 p.m., So. Empire & Michigan, “warrant service,” on 39-year old Charles Benjamin Collins charging FTA on FTA II; FTA on Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine; FTA on Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, “Collins transported to CCJ.”

Warrant
According to an entry on the CBPD log for March 18, 9:15 p.m., 1000 block No. Bayshore Dr., “result of suspicious subject,” 39-year old Scotty Edward Meyer charged with FTA on Contempt of Court, “transported CCJ.”

Burglary
According to an entry on the CBPD log for March 18, 11:49 p.m., 600 block Central Ave., “burglary.”

WX
Cloudy with a slight chance of a rain shower, highs near 60 and winds from the South to Southwest at 5-10 mph. Showers early tonight, then cloudy overnight with lows in the mid 40s and winds from the North at 5-10 mph. Sun and a few a passing clouds on Saturday with highs in the mid 50s and winds from the North at 10-20 mph.

Sports

Dance & Drill Teams
The OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union State Dance and Drill Team Championships are Friday & Saturday, March 20 & 21, at Salem Pavilion. In the 4A/3A/2A/1A Traditional Saturday: Newport at 3:25 p.m.; Marshfield at 3:35 p.m.; North Bend Jazz at 4:20 p.m.; Astoria Traditional at 4:35 p.m.; Marshfield POM at 5 p.m.; Astoria Hip Hop at 5:55 p.m.

Prep SB Scores
Prep softball scores from Thursday, March 19 – 4A: Siuslaw lost at Sweet Home, 17-2. Henley lost at Marist Catholic, 12-4.

Prep SB Schedules
Prep softball schedules for Friday, March 20 – 4A: St. Helens at Banks, 4:30p; Tillamook at Newport, 5p; 3A: Rainier at Taft, 4p; Brookings-Harbor at So. Umpqua, 4p; 2A/1A: Nestucca at Waldport, 4:30p; Monroe/Alsea at Toledo, 4:30p; Naselle (WA) at Knappa, 3p; No. Douglas at Myrtle Pt., 4:30p. Saturday, March 21 – 3A: Brookings-Harbor at Harrisburg, 11a; Toledo at Harrisburg, 3p; Brookings-Harbor vs. Toledo at Harrisburg, 1p.

Prep BB Scores
Marshfield’s baseball team won its opener, Thursday, over visiting Elmira, 12-2. North Bend fell twice in Southern Oregon. The Bulldogs lost to Cascade Christian, 9-5 and to Henley, 10-0 (5). Newport lost at Junction City, 9-0. Siuslaw/Mapleton fell at Sweet Home, 7-4. St. Helens won at Banks, 7-0. Astoria lost at Gladstone, 9-0. Marist Catholic beat visiting Blanchet Catholic, 19-10. Phoenix beat Bandon, 17-1, at the Gold Nugget Baseball Tournament, Yreka, CA. 2A/1A: Reedsport won at Mohawk, 20-4.

Prep BB Schedules
Prep baseball schedules for Friday, March 20 – 4A: Warrenton at North Marion/Gervais, 5p; Newport at Marshfield, 4:30p; 3A: Brookings-Harbor vs. Lost River at GPHS, 4p; Pleasant Hill at Taft, 2:30p; Neah-Kah-Nie at Harrisburg, 4:30p. 2A/1A: Monroe/Alsea at Toledo, 4p; Nestucca at Waldport, 4:30p; North Douglas/Elkton at Reedsport, 4:30p; Bandon at Gold Nugget Varsity Baseball Tourney, Yreka HS, Yreka, CA. Saturday, March 21 – 3A: Neah-Kah-Nie at Coquille, noon; Sutherlin at Myrtle Pt., 11a & 1p; 2A/1A: Knappa at Ilwaco (WA), 1p. Bandon at Gold Nugget Varsity Baseball Tourney.

SWOCC Sports
Southwestern Oregon’s baseball team has an NWAC doubleheader at Mt. Hood, Gresham, Saturday, March 21, 1 & 4 p.m. SWOCC’s softball team also travels to Gresham to play Mt. Hood, Saturday, March 21, noon & 2 p.m. The Laker track & field team competes at the PNW Invite, Friday & Saturday, March 20-21, OSU, Corvallis.

UO sb
Oregon’s softball team has three Big 10 Conference games at Purdue, West Lafayette, IN, beginning Friday, March 20, 2 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 11 a.m., & Sunday, March 22, 10 a.m. All three televised on B1G+ Network.

UO bb
Oregon’s baseball team hosts Northwestern for three Big 10 Conference games at PK Park, Eugene, beginning Friday, March 20, 4:05 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 2:05 p.m., & Sunday, March 22, 12:05 p.m., All televised on the B1G+ Network.

UO tr
Oregon’s track & field team competes at the Oregon State PNW Open, Corvallis, Friday, March 20 & Saturday, March 21.

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Oregon State’s baseball team takes on UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, Friday, March 20, 6 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 1 p.m., & Sunday, March 22, 1 p.m. All three televised on ESPN+.

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Oregon State’ softball team opened a three-game series against Idaho State, Pocatello, ID, Thursday with a doubleheader split. The Beavers won the opener, 9-4, but lost the nightcap, 9-1 (6). OSU (12-21) and Idaho play again today, noon.

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Oregon State women’s basketball post-season run was cut short by visiting Wisconsin in the opening round of the WNIT, Thursday, 62-58, Gill Coliseum, Corvallis. The Beavers finish the season, 23-12.

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OSU release - CLEVELAND, Ohio – Four of the six Oregon State wrestlers competing at the NCAA Championships won their first round bouts on Thursday. Maximo Renteria (125 pounds), Nash Singleton (141), Daschle Lamer (174) and Justin Rademacher (197) all opened the day with victories. Each of the four, however, will open Friday's action in the consolation portions of their brackets after taking losses in the second half of Thursday's action. Singleton and Lamer both recorded upsets in their victories. Singleton, ranked 24th, defeated Nebraska's Joey Olivieri, 2-1, who was seeded ninth. He picked up the win thanks to an escape at 1:57 in period three. Lamer, meanwhile, defeated 13th ranked Carter Baer of Binghamton, 2-0. Singleton opens Friday's action against No. 23 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell while Lamer opens versus No. 14 Moses Espinoza-Owens from South Dakota State. No. 6 Justin Rademacher opened his day with a 3-2 win over No. 27 Gabe Arnold from Iowa. The bout, which went to a third overtime, saw Rademacher get an escape at the 25-second mark and advance thanks to one second of riding time. He opens Friday against No. 12 Luke Geog from Ohio State. Maximo Rentera, ranked ninth at 125, also picked up a close victory, defeating No. 24 Ayden Smith of Rutgers, 8-7. His third bout of the NCAA Championships will be against No. 26 Cooper Flynn from Chattanooga. Gabe Whisenhunt, No. 30 at 133, and Matthew Olguin, seeded 22nd at 165, also made the trip to Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Both, however, lost their two bouts and saw their seasons come to a close. Session III of the championships will air primarily on ESPN+ - coverage of every mat – along with ESPNU and it gets underway at 9 a.m. PT Friday.

NCAA MBXB Tournament
Friday, March 20 (First Round/Round of 64): (7) Kentucky vs. (10) Santa Clara | 12:15 p.m. | CBS; (5) Texas Tech vs. (12) Akron | 12:40 p.m. | truTV; (1) Arizona vs. (16) Long Island University | 1:35 p.m. | TNT; (3) Virginia vs. (14) Wright State | 1:50 p.m. | TBS; (2) Iowa State vs. (15) Tennessee State | 2:50 p.m. | CBS; (4) Alabama vs. (13) Hofstra | 3:15 p.m. | truTV; (8) Villanova vs. (9) Utah State | 4:10 p.m. | TNT; (6) Tennessee vs. (11) Miami (Ohio) | 4:25 p.m. | TBS; (8) Clemson vs. (9) Iowa | 6:50 p.m. | TNT; (5) St. John's vs. (12) UNI | 7:10 p.m. | CBS; (7) UCLA vs. (10) UCF | 7:25 p.m. | TBS; (2) Purdue vs. (15) Queens | 7:35 p.m. | truTV; (1) Florida vs. (16) Prairie View A&M | 9:25 p.m. | TNT; (4) Kansas vs. (13) Cal Baptist | 9:45 p.m. | CBS; (2) UConn vs. (15) Furman | 10 p.m. | TBS; (7) Miami (Fla.) vs. (10) Missouri | 10:10 p.m. | truTV.