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SWOCC students earn academic honors for winter term

COOS BAY — Southwestern Oregon Community College students who have excelled during the winter term of 2017-18 were honored by placement on the college’s dean’s, honor roll and academic excellence lists. Students must have had at least 12 credit hours.

Protests, anger a month after Brazil activist slain

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro Saturday to demand answers in the death of city councilwoman and human rights activist Marielle Franco, whose slaying one month ago is seen by…

As I See It, April 9: Millard School

The first photo I am sharing this week is the former Millard School on Langlois Hill, 14 miles south of Bandon. At the time this photo was taken in the 1950s, it was home to Millard School, owned by Colonel…

Southwestern announces winter term honor roll

COOS BAY – Southwestern Oregon Community College announces the names of students who excelled winter term 2018. These students are being recognized with placement on the college’s Dean’s List (3.0-3.49 GPA in at least 12 credits), Honor Roll (3.5-3.99 GPA…

Once wildly popular, Brazil's da Silva is jailed for graft

CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was spending his first night in jail, a stunning fall from grace for a man who rose from nothing to lead Latin America's largest nation and later became…

Brazil's da Silva first president jailed, but others accused

SAO PAULO (AP) — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been arrested and will become the first current or former president in Brazil's modern history to be incarcerated. However, he is not the first to be accused of criminal activity.…

Brazil's Lula creates standoff with defiance of prison order

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's defiance of a judge's deadline to turn himself in and start serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption has created a tense standoff with the…

Brazil's ex-President 'Lula' defies court, hunkers down

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defied an order to turn himself in to police on Friday, instead hunkering down with supporters at a metallurgical union that was the spiritual birthplace…

AP Explains: Brazil elections if ex-Prez da Silva is jailed

SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal judge ordered the arrest of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, giving him until Friday afternoon to turn himself into authorities. Being forced to begin serving a corruption conviction while he appeals it…

Oregon Author Night event is April 28 in Langlois

LANGLOIS — Jane Kirkpatrick, an award-winning author, will be the guest speaker at an Oregon Author’s Night on Saturday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Old Cheese Factory, 94179 Allen Boice Drive, Langlois.

Coos Curry Electric Cooperative to study broadband feasibility

PORT ORFORD - Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc. is the recipient of a grant that will cover the costs to explore the feasibility of providing broadband Internet service to the underserved rural areas on the southern Oregon coast. The grant is…

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