KCIW Investigates

KCIW News Investigates: Beacon Broadband Follow-Up

by KCIW | Jun 19, 2023 | Beacon Broadband, Blog, Coos Curry Electrical Co-op, Curry County, Featured Show, KCIW Investigates, KCIW News, Podcast

Beacon Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, connected its 1,000th customer on June 15, 2023. What does that mean to the members of Coos Curry Electric Cooperative? CCEC CEO Brent Bischoff's Response to KCIW Questions Georgia...

KCIW News Investigates: The Reinstatement of City Manager Janell Howard

by KCIW | Apr 7, 2023 | Blog, Brookings, Brookings City Council, Brookings City Staff, Brookings Police, Featured Show, KCIW Investigates, KCIW News, Podcast

Brookings City Manager Janell Howard returned to work on February 1, 2023, after a seven month paid administrative leave, but controversy continues to surround the City Council's decision to reinstate her as Brookings CEO. Howard was arrested at the Brookings Fred...

KCIW News Investigates: Coos-Curry Electric Coop and Beacon Broadband

by KCIW | Jan 1, 2023 | Beacon Broadband, Blog, Coos Curry Electrical Co-op, Curry County, Featured Show, KCIW Investigates, KCIW News, Podcast

The Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative has created a new company, Beacon Broadband. It’s not another coop. Instead, it’s a for-profit business that was created using CCEC credit for a $60 million loan. Some CCEC members believe the membership was misled about the...

KCIW News Investigates: Corruption in Curry County Government?

by KCIW | Aug 10, 2022 | Blog, County Commission, County Government, Curry County, Featured Show, KCIW Investigates, KCIW News, Podcast

Recent accusations of corruption during Curry County Board of Commissioners meetings prompted KCIW to take a closer look at the people in charge of our county. Is there corruption here? KCIW conducted more than a dozen interviews over a four month period to find out,...

KCIW News Investigates: St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church vs. the City of Brookings

by KCIW | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog, Brookings, Brookings City Council, Community Services, Featured Show, Homelessness, KCIW Investigates, KCIW News, Podcast, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church

You’ve probably heard about the lawsuit the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon and Father Bernie Lindley of St. Timothy’s Church filed against the City of Brookings. The suit says the city violated St. Tim’s First and 14th Amendment constitutional rights when it passed an...