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North Bend is a city

City

A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 in Coos County

Coos County, Oregon

-National protected areas:*Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge*Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge *Siskiyou National Forest *Siuslaw National Forest - Incorporated cities:- Unincorporated communities and CDPs:-See also:...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

, in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 with a population of 9,695 as of the 2010 census. North Bend is surrounded on three sides by Coos Bay

Coos Bay

Coos Bay is an S-shaped inlet where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, approximately 10 miles long and two miles wide, on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States. The estuary is situated south of the Salmon River. The city of Coos Bay, once named Marshfield, was...

, an S-shaped water inlet

Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh. In sea coasts an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an...

 and estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....

 where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

, and borders the city of Coos Bay, Oregon

Coos Bay, Oregon

Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area...

 to the south. North Bend became an incorporated city in 1903.

Geography and climate

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

, North Bend's total geographic area is 5.1 square miles (13.2 km²), with 3.9 square miles (10.1 km²) of land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), (23.08%) of water.

The climate in North Bend and surrounds can be described as a very humid version of the Mediterranean climate

Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate is the climate typical of most of the lands in the Mediterranean Basin, and is a particular variety of subtropical climate...

 or a dry-summer version of a oceanic climate

Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also called marine west coast climate, maritime climate, Cascadian climate and British climate for Köppen climate classification Cfb and subtropical highland for Köppen Cfb or Cwb, is a type of climate typically found along the west coasts at the middle latitudes of some of the...

. Typically winter temperatures range from 35 to 55 °F (1.7 to 12.8 C) and summer ranges from 52 to 70 °F (11.1 to 21.1 C), though on the rare occasions continental air masses penetrate they can be much more extreme, with the lowest on record being 0 °F (-17.8 °C) on 19 December, 1990. Cool breezes off the Pacific moderate the city's climate year round. Rain is abundant in winter, due to moist low pressure troughs from the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

. The city's annual rainfall is about 63.3 inches (1,608 mm), but totals are less than an inch in July and August. Fog often blankets the coastal fringe in summer due to the temperature gradient between the cool Pacific Ocean and the warm inland, which serves to keep temperatures markedly cooler than in Eugene

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

 or even Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

. Snow almost never falls in the city, but can be heavy in the adjacent Oregon Coast Range

Oregon Coast Range

The Oregon Coast Range, often called simply the Coast Range and sometimes the Pacific Coast Range, is a mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, in the U.S. state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean...

. Nearby Cape Blanco

Cape Blanco (Oregon)

Cape Blanco is a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States, forming the westernmost point in the state. It contests with Cape Alava in Washington for the title of westernmost point in the contiguous United States...

 is one of the windiest places on Earth, with gusts of 125 miles per hour (200 km/h) or more achieved during severe winter storms.

Regional history

Before Europeans visited the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years. Members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw and Coquille tribes lived, fished, hunted and gathered along Coos Bay and its estuaries, along rivers, and in meadows and forests.

Approximately 400 years ago, British and Spanish explorers first approached the South Coast. In 1579 Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the Golden Hinde, around Cape Arago. Trader and explorer Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Strong Smith was a hunter, trapper, fur trader, trailblazer, author, cartographer, cattleman, and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the American West Coast and the Southwest during the 19th century...

 was in the region seeking furs and the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

 sent Alexander McLeod

Alexander McLeod

Alexander McLeod was a Scottish-Canadian who served as sheriff in Niagara, Ontario. After the Upper Canada Rebellion, he boasted that he had partaken in the 1837 Caroline Affair, the sinking of an American steamboat that had been supplying William Lyon Mackenzie's rebels with arms...

 to search for an inland passage.

The 1852 stranding of the schooner Captain Lincoln on the North Spit and the survivors' encampment and rescue brought attention to gold prospectors who came to mine placer from area beaches. In 1853 The Coos Bay Commercial Company arrived from the Rogue Valley and created routes for settlers.

Empire City was established and was the county seat of government until 1896. Entrepreneurs were drawn to the area's ample natural resources, and sawmills and shipyards at Old Town North Bend and Empire City spurred economic development and attracted workers. Rivers and slough

Slough

Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...

s provided a means to transport people, forest, agricultural and coal products, and towns provided hubs for inland transportation. Some of the early industries in the area included timber harvesting, shipbuilding, farming, coal mining

Coal mining

The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...

 and salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

 canning.

Prior to around 1915, The Coos region was largely isolated from the rest of Oregon due to difficulties in crossing the Coast Range and fording rivers, and the Pacific Ocean was used to link people to other areas, including San Francisco, which was an easier two-day trip compared to traveling inland over rugged terrain. In 1916 trains were established that linked the region to other interior settlements and towns, which increased commercial trade and tourism Significant urban growth occurred in the 1920s, and during the 1930s to 1950s large-scale growth occurred. Per the Oregon Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, during the 1930s to 1950s:

Shipyards contracted with the U.S. Government to build minesweeper

Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...

s and rescue tugs

Tugboat

A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...

 for World War II defense purposes. Large national lumber companies set up operations and expanded significantly for the next two decades. Jetty improvements, commercial fishing and crabbing shaped the development of Charleston

Charleston, Oregon

Charleston is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the ocean entrance to Coos Bay. According to the local chamber of commerce, it is the area's "commercial and sport fishing center", and the community also provides services for the seafood processing...

. The completion of the Coos Bay Bridge (now McCullough Memorial Bridge) in 1936 and the Roosevelt Highway

U.S. Route 101 in Oregon

In the U.S. state of Oregon, U.S. Route 101, a major north–south U.S. Highway, runs through the state along the coastline near the Pacific Ocean. In Oregon, it runs from the Oregon–California border, south of Brookings, to the Oregon–Washington border on the Columbia River, between Astoria,...

 significantly improved modern transportation connections and provided the final link in opening the Coos region to the outside world. The formerly remote district known as the Coos Bay country had come of age.

During the interregnum of despair between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration, the only bank in North Bend, the First National, was forced to temporarily close its doors, precipitating a cash-flow crisis for the City of North Bend. The city solved this problem by minting currency using myrtlewood discs printed on a newspaper press. These coins, in denominations from 25 cents to $10, were used to make payroll and the city promised to redeem them for cash as soon as it became available.

However, when the bank reopened and the city appealed for people to bring their myrtlewood money in to redeem it, many opted to keep their tokens as collector's items. After several appeals, the city gave up and announced that the tokens would remain legal tender in the city of North Bend in perpetuity. Until the 1960s, people occasionally did cash in their tokens, but the remaining pieces have become very valuable through scarcity and historical interest. Fewer than 10 full sets are believed to exist.

Coquille Indian tribe's seat

The seat of the Coquille Indian Tribe

Coquille Indian Tribe

The Coquille Indian Tribe is the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs-recognized Native American tribal entity of the Coquille people, who have traditionally lived on the southern Oregon Coast.-Treaty with the United States:...

's tribal government is located in North Bend, which is a United States recognized sovereign tribe of Native American

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

s whom have traditionally lived on the southern Oregon Coast

Oregon Coast

The Oregon Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It runs generally north-south along the Pacific Ocean, forming the western border of the state; the region is bounded to the east by the Oregon Coast Range. The Oregon Coast stretches approximately from the Columbia River in the north to...

. The Coquille Tribe owns several businesses, including The Mill Casino and Hotel, an organic

Organic farming

Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity and control pests on a farm...

 cranberry

Cranberry

Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right...

 growing and packing operation in North Bend, Heritage Place assisted living

Assisted living

Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living ; coordination of services by outside health care providers; and monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being.Assistance may...

 center, and ORCA Communications, a telecommunication

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...

s provider.

Area amenities and attractions

North Bend is near ocean beaches, including the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is located on the Oregon Coast, stretching approximately 40 miles north from the Coos River in North Bend, to the Siuslaw River, in Florence. The NRA is part of Siuslaw National Forest and is administered by the United States Forest Service...

, which has camping

Camping

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no...

 sites, and outdoor recreation opportunities such as all-terrain vehicle

All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle , also known as a quad, quad bike, three wheeler, or four wheeler, is defined by the American National Standards Institute as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control...

 driving on the dunes. The Oregon Dunes Recreation Area begins just north of North Bend and attracts approximately 1.5 million visitors each year. North Bend has a public recreational boat ramp that accesses Coos Bay, along with a new concrete pier

Pier

A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...

/boardwalk

Boardwalk

A boardwalk, in the conventional sense, is a wooden walkway for pedestrians and sometimes vehicles, often found along beaches, but they are also common as paths through wetlands, coastal dunes, and other sensitive environments....

 area that was completed in 2010 per North Bend's regional urban renewal

Urban renewal

Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Its modern incarnation began in the late 19th century in developed nations and experienced an intense phase in the late 1940s – under the rubric of...

 policy. North Bend has a public Olympic-sized indoor pool. The Pony Village Mall in North Bend is the largest mall on the Oregon coast. The Mill Casino is an Indian gaming entertainment center located in North Bend with a hotel

Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...

, gambling

Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...

 and restaurant

Restaurant

A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...

s. The Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is a complex of four golf courses located just north of the city of Bandon, Oregon, United States.-Courses:The first course at the resort, Bandon Dunes, opened on May 19, 1999. Bandon Dunes was designed by Scotsman David McLay Kidd, and it instantly garnered high praise. ...

 is located about 25 miles south of North Bend.

Transportation

Air

The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport

Southwest Oregon Regional Airport

Southwest Oregon International Airport , formerly known as North Bend International Airport, is a public airport located in the city of North Bend, in Coos County, Oregon, USA. It is operated by the Coos County Airport District and serves the entire county.The airport changed its name in April 2006...

 is a public airport located in North Bend and the only commercial

Commerce

While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...

 airport on the Oregon Coast.

Bus

Porter Stage Lines provides bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 service from Coos Bay, Oregon

Coos Bay, Oregon

Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area...

 with several stops, including Eugene

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

, which has connections with Amtrak

Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

 rail services and the Greyhound bus network. Porter Stage Lines ends at Ontario, Oregon

Ontario, Oregon

Ontario is the largest city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It lies along the Snake River at the Idaho border. The population was 10,985 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 11,245 in 2006...

 in eastern Oregon, and then reverses the trip.

Education

The North Bend School District

North Bend School District

North Bend School District is a public school district that serves the city of North Bend, Oregon, United States.-Demographics:In the 2009 school year, the district had 73 students classified as homeless by the Department of Education, or 3.0% of students in the district.-Charter...

 provides K-12 public education

Public education

State schools, also known in the United States and Canada as public schools,In much of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, the terms 'public education', 'public school' and 'independent school' are used for private schools, that is, schools...

 for residents of the area. Southwestern Oregon Community College

Southwestern Oregon Community College

Southwestern Oregon Community College is a college in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. It is Oregon's oldest community college, founded in 1961...

 in nearby Coos Bay offers two-year Associate's degrees and other academic programs.

Demographics

2000 Census data

2008 demographic data

2009 demographic data

Radio

• KSBA
  KSBA (FM)
  KSBA is a radio station licensed to Coos Bay, Oregon. The station is owned by Southern Oregon University, and is an affiliate of Jefferson Public Radio, airing JPR's "Rhythm & News" service, consisting of news and adult album alternative music....
  
   88.5 FM (public)
• KSOR
  KSOR
  KSOR is a radio station licensed to Medford, Oregon. The station is owned by the Southern Oregon University, and is an affiliate of Jefferson Public Radio, airing JPR's "Classics & News" service, consisting of news and classical music programming....
  
   89.1 FM (public, translator)
• KJCH 90.9 FM (Christian)
• KMHS-FM
  KMHS-FM
  KMHS-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Pop Contemporary Hit Radio music format. Licensed to Coos Bay, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Coos Bay School District No. 9....
  
   91.3 (high school)
• K219CK 91.7 (translator for KEAR-FM)
• KDCQ
  KDCQ
  KDCQ is a radio station licensed to serve Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. The station, established in 1995, is owned by Bay Cities Building Company, Inc...
  
   92.9 FM (commercial)
• KTEE
  KTEE
  KTEE is a radio station broadcasting a Modern Adult Contemporary music format. Licensed to North Bend, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC....
  
   94.9 FM (commercial)
• KTEE
  KTEE
  KTEE is a radio station broadcasting a Modern Adult Contemporary music format. Licensed to North Bend, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC....
  
   95.7 FM (translator)
• KSHR-FM
  KSHR-FM
  KSHR-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Coquille, Oregon, USA. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media and the broadcast license is held by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC....
  
   97.3 FM (commercial)
• KYTT 98.7 FM (Christian)
• KJMX
  KJMX
  KJMX is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. Licensed to Reedsport, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC and features programing from Citadel Media.-Translators:...
  
   99.5 FM (commercial)
• KJMX
  KJMX
  KJMX is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. Licensed to Reedsport, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC and features programing from Citadel Media.-Translators:...
  
   100.3 FM (translator)
• KVIP
  KVIP
  KVIP Radio is a Christian radio station based in Redding, California. It is heard on both the FM band at 98.1 MHz and on the AM band at 540 kHz and on a network of translators in Northern California and Southern Oregon.-External links:*...
  
   102.1 FM (Christian, translator)
• KYSJ
  KYSJ
  KYSJ is a radio station broadcasting a New AC /Smooth Jazz music format. Licensed to Coos Bay, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Lighthouse Radio Group....
  
   105.9 FM (commercial)
• KOOS
  KOOS
  KOOS is a radio station in North Bend, Oregon, USA. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media. KOOS airs a hot adult contemporary music format....
  
   107.3 FM (commercial)
• KOOS
  KOOS
  KOOS is a radio station in North Bend, Oregon, USA. The station is owned by Bicoastal Media. KOOS airs a hot adult contemporary music format....
  
   107.7 FM (translator)
• KWRO
  KWRO
  KWRO is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Coquille, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses Iii, LLC and features programming from Fox News Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One.KWRO airs University of Oregon Ducks...
  
   630 AM (commercial)
• KGRV 700 AM (Christian)
• KDUN
  KDUN
  KDUN is a radio station licensed to serve Reedsport, Oregon, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in June 1961, is currently owned by Sand & Sea Broadcasting, LLC.KDUN broadcasts an oldies music format.-Launch as KRAF:...
  
   1030 AM (commercial)
• KHSN
  KHSN
  KHSN is a radio station licensed to serve Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in March 1928, is currently owned by W7 Broadcasting, LLC.-Programming:...
  
   1230 AM (commercial)
• KBBR
  KBBR
  KBBR is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to North Bend, Oregon, USA. The station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media, the broadcast license is held by Bicoastal Media Licenses III, LLC, and features programming from ABC Radio, Air America Media, Jones Radio...
  
   1340 AM (commercial)
• KMHS
  KMHS (AM)
  KMHS is a high school radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Coos Bay, Oregon, USA, the station is currently owned by Coos Bay Public Schools. The station broadcasts from studios at Marshfield High School.-History:...
  
   1420 AM (high school)

Television

• KCBY
  KVAL-TV
  KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954...
  
   11 (CBS
  CBS
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
  
  , This TV
  This TV
  This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
  
  ) (satellite of KVAL-TV
  KVAL-TV
  KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954...
  
  , Eugene
  Eugene, Oregon
  Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
  
  )
• K17AA
  Oregon Public Broadcasting
  Oregon Public Broadcasting is the primary television and radio public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington. With its headquarters and television studios in Portland, OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over...
  
   17 (PBS
  Public Broadcasting Service
  The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
  
  /OPB
  Oregon Public Broadcasting
  Oregon Public Broadcasting is the primary television and radio public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington. With its headquarters and television studios in Portland, OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over...
  
  ) (rebroadcaster of KEPB, Eugene)
• KMCB
  KMTR
  KMTR is the NBC and The CW affiliate television station serving the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon designated market area. Owned by Newport Television, the station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KMCB digital channel 22 and KTCW...
  
   23 (NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
  ) (satellite of KMTR
  KMTR
  KMTR is the NBC and The CW affiliate television station serving the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon designated market area. Owned by Newport Television, the station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KMCB digital channel 22 and KTCW...
  
  , Eugene)
• K27CL
  KEZI
  KEZI is a digital broadcast television station operating in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is the ABC affiliate for Eugene and produces more than 24 hours of newscasts a week...
  
   27 (ABC
  American Broadcasting Company
  The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
  
  ) (rebroadcaster of KEZI
  KEZI
  KEZI is a digital broadcast television station operating in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is the ABC affiliate for Eugene and produces more than 24 hours of newscasts a week...
  
  , Eugene)
• K36BX
  KOBI
  KOBI is a local NBC affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. It is owned by Patricia Smullin. The company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., is the longest continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country....
  
   36 (NBC
  NBC
  The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
  
  ) (rebroadcaster of KOBI
  KOBI
  KOBI is a local NBC affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. It is owned by Patricia Smullin. The company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., is the longest continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country....
  
  , Medford
  Medford, Oregon
  Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
  
  )
• K44FH
  KBLN
  KBLN digital channel 30 is an affiliate of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network based in Grants Pass, Oregon, serving the Medford, Oregon television market...
  
   44 (3ABN
  3ABN
  Three Angels Broadcasting Network, or 3ABN for short, is a nonprofit, 24-hour television and radio network that primarily focuses on Christian and health-oriented programming...
  
  ) (rebroadcaster of KBLN
  KBLN
  KBLN digital channel 30 is an affiliate of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network based in Grants Pass, Oregon, serving the Medford, Oregon television market...
  
  , Grants Pass
  Grants Pass, Oregon
  -Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...
  
  )
• K63DO
  KLSR-TV
  KLSR-TV, a U.S. television station serving Eugene, Oregon, is an affiliate of the Fox network. Its transmitter is located in Eugene. It was Eugene's second UHF station to sign on the air. It is owned by California Oregon Broadcasting of Medford, Oregon....
  
   63 (Fox
  Fox Broadcasting Company
  Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
  
  ) (rebroadcaster of KLSR-TV
  KLSR-TV
  KLSR-TV, a U.S. television station serving Eugene, Oregon, is an affiliate of the Fox network. Its transmitter is located in Eugene. It was Eugene's second UHF station to sign on the air. It is owned by California Oregon Broadcasting of Medford, Oregon....
  
  , Eugene)

See also

• Coast Guard Air Station North Bend
  Coast Guard Air Station North Bend
  Coast Guard Air Station North Bend was established September 28, 1974 at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend, Oregon, United States. The unit houses 153 active duty, nine reserve duty and five civilian personnel. The unit operates five Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopters...
  
  
• Steamboats of Coos Bay
  Steamboats of Coos Bay
  The Steamboats of Coos Bay operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on Coos Bay, a large and mostly shallow harbor on the southwest coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, to the north of the Coquille River valley...
  
   (historical)
• Steamboats of the Oregon Coast
  Steamboats of the Oregon Coast
  The history of steamboats on the Oregon Coast begins in the late 19th century. Before the development of modern road and rail networks, transportation on the coast of Oregon was largely water-borne...
  
  (historical)

External links

• Coos Bay-North Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau
• Oregon Bay Area Chamber of Commerce official website
• North Bend Visitor Information from Go Northwest
• North Bend, Oregon City Guide and historical information, from The South Coast Oregon Directory
• http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1008e_north-bend-myrtlewood-money-still-legal-tender.html