Special Reports
Your Future
Want to go to college? Aren't sure how to finance it? Aren't sure a four-year school is for you? Stop worrying and start reading. Cap Sharples is a retired high school counselor and a part time advisor at Southwestern Oregon Community College. He's got tips on getting into a trade school, college or university. He'll tell you how to get financial aid and even give you tips on potential jobs. Read More
Bandon Murder Suspect Gabriel Morris
On Feb. 8, 2010, a gunman repeatedly shot Robin L. Anstey, 62, and Robert W. Kennelly Jr., 48, at Kennelly's Bandon-area home. Police filed aggravated murder charges against Anstey's son, Gabriel C. Morris, 33. Morris fled the state with his wife, Jessica Morris, 33, and the couple's 4-year-old daughter that night. A SWAT team arrested Morris in Virginia on Feb. 22, also taking his wife and child into custody. Read More
Jayme Ausin Special Report
It started with a phone call Monday, Nov. 9. Cindy Gisholt answered the phone to find her daughter's employer on the other. Jayme Austin never showed up for work. The Coos County Search and Rescue Team started a wide search for the 31-year-old Fairview woman. Police found her body four days later and arrested her brother-in-law, charging him in her murder. Forty-five-year-old Patrick L. Horath awaits trial in the Coos County jail. Read More
Leah Freeman Murder
Fifteen-year-old Leah Freeman of Coquille disappeared the night of June 28, 2000, while walking home from her boyfriend's house. Police found her body 36 days later in the brush off the side of a rural road. Read More
Earthquake in Haiti
The powerful 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti the afternoon of Jan. 12. The temblor leveled buildings across much of the country, leaving millions homeless, more than 200,000 dead and 250,000 injured. Many nations have sent ships and planes laden with medical supplies, food and other aid. Recovery from the damage is expected to take years. Read More
Wave Energy - Information / News
Oregon residents have long known the Pacific Ocean packs a lot of power, as its wave action slams the coast. Wave energy developers are realizing it, too. They are proposing offshore wave energy buoys along the coast from Newport to Bandon, hoping to win federal approval to begin generating power. Read More
Gordon Everett - Love and regrets
Over the past two months, cancer patient Gordon Everett has opened his home and his life to The World's Alexander Rich and Lou Sennick. The father of four wants to leave a legacy of memories for his family and a lesson for others: Tobacco kills. Read More
Swine Flu - Information / News
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people. This special report includes the lastest swine flu information, vaccine information and FAQ's Read More
The New Carissa
It was Titan Salvage crew member Yuri Mayani to the rescue. When seagulls and their nests were going to be left without a perch on the carved-up New Carissa, Mayani found a way to transfer the birds to Titan's Karlissa B barge. Read More
LNG Terminal in the North Spit
Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is natural gas in its liquid form. When natural gas is cooled to minus 259 degrees Fahrenheit (-161 degrees Celsius), it becomes a clear, colorless, odorless liquid. LNG is neither corrosive nor toxic. Natural gas is primarily methane, with low concentrations of other hydrocarbons, water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen and some sulfur compounds. During the process known as liquefaction, natural gas is cooled below its boiling point, removing most of these compounds. The remaining natural gas is primarily methane with only small amounts of other hydrocarbons. LNG weighs less than half the weight of water so it will float if spilled on water. Read More
