The World Newspaper

The World is a daily newspaper located in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. Operating from its office on Commercial Avenue in the heart of Coos Bay, it caters to Oregon's South Coast, covering cities such as Coos Bay, North Bend, Reedsport, Bandon, Lakeside, Coquille, and Myrtle Point. The newspaper has a circulation of 7,351 copies from Monday to Thursday and 8,353 on Saturdays. It holds the title of the largest newspaper by circulation along the Oregon coast.

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Oregon adds 7,300 jobs in March, unemployment rate highest since 2021

1 week ago | theworldlink.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.6% in March and 4.5% in February, after rising gradually over the past year from 4.1% in March 2024, according to the latest report from the Oregon Employment Department. Oregon’s 4.6% unemployment rate is the highest since August 2021, when the rate was 4.7%, and slightly higher than during the three years prior to the COVID recession that started in 2020. The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% in March and 4.1% in February.
‘Hands Off’ protests occur throughout the county, and the country

1 week ago | theworldlink.com | Nate Schwartz

Over 1,300 protests took place throughout the country on April 5th, 2025 as hundreds of thousands of impassioned citizens voiced their concerns over the current administration, including multiple protests throughout Coos County. The resounding message? Keep billionaires out of politics and away from public programs and services.
HOLY COW! HISTORY: Trump Wasn’t the First POTUS to Dodge a Bullet

1 week ago | theworldlink.com | J. Mark Powell

After a four-year absence, Andrew Jackson is back in the Oval Office. Not the actual Jackson, of course. After all, the iconic office didn’t exist when he lived in the White House. Instead, his likeness has returned. President Trump makes no secret of his admiration of Old Hickory. Jackson’s portrait hung there during Trump’s first presidency (a loaner from the U.S. Naval Academy). President Joe Biden replaced it with a painting of Ben Franklin when he moved in.
Landowners claim forestry company clear-cut, decimated property without their knowledge

2 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | Nate Schwartz

A lawsuit filed in a Eugene federal court outlines timber trespass, alleged fraud, and elder abuse of an out-of-state landowner concerning 321 acres of forest outside of Bandon. The Yoder family, based primarily out of New Jersey are claiming that North Bend based Pro Forestry Consulting LLC, along with contractors and the benefiting sawmill, used a misleading contract to clear-cut their land and abscond with the resulting timber to the tune of $1.7 million.
Coos County Urban Renewal follow up with proposals

2 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | Nate Schwartz

Members of the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency (CCURA) brought potential projects to the table on March 31st, in an attempt to keep the agency. County Commissioner John Sweet proposed ending the entity to help with shoring up county finances in a meeting on March 27th. Despite the short turnaround, representatives from the Port of Coos Bay put together a presentation with a number of uses for the $2.8 million currently sitting unused in the CCURA’s account.
Plane careens off runway at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, only minor injuries reported

2 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | Nate Schwartz

Early in the morning on April 7th, a small private jet flying in from St. George, Utah came in hot on Southwest Oregon Regional Airport’s (OTH) Runway 05/23. Its speed and a tailwind are thought to have contributed to the plane skidding off the east end of the tarmac and into Coos Bay near the swing span bridge.
HOLY COW! HISTORY: I Know Hillbilly

2 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | J. Mark Powell

Sixty years ago, Americans were doubled over laughing at a 70-something spitfire’s antics. When “The Beverly Hillbillies” made its debut on CBS in 1962, critics were aghast. However, viewers fell in love with the fish-out-of-water story of overnight rich mountain types transplanted into America’s glitziest ZIP code. It was a guilty pleasure for many. “The intelligentsia tell their friends they hate it,” one observer wrote at the time.
‘Caution - Rough Roads Ahead’ ODOT states in new report

2 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | Jeremy C. Ruark

Oregon’s highway system is facing ongoing challenges as the condition of many roads continues to decline, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s 2024 Pavement Condition Report. The report highlights that while 87% of Oregon’s 18,000 lane miles of pavement are still in fair or better condition, the quality of roads is slipping, with the percentage of “good” pavement reaching its lowest point since 2001.
Tourism insights from the Visitor & Convention Bureau

3 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | Nate Schwartz

On March 24th, at a North Bend City Council work session Janice Langlinais, Executive Director of the local Visitors & Convention Bureau (VCB), gave their semi-annual presentation outlining insights and statistics from Coos County’s tourism sector. Branded as Oregon’s Adventure Coast by the VCB, Coos Bay, North Bend, and Charleston bring in thousands of visitors a year, as tourism and hospitality remains one of Oregon’s biggest employers and economic drivers.
Coos County Urban Renewal Agency holds crucial discussion on its future

3 weeks ago | theworldlink.com | Nate Schwartz

A who’s-who of Coos County local politics was on hand in the Port of Coos Bay meeting chambers on the morning of March 27th to discuss the matter of dissolving the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency (CCURA). The county, which has been under great financial stress, wants to consider doing away with the CCURA in order to see those funds allocated elsewhere.