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KCIW News: KCIW News Talks with Senator Ron Wyden
Senator Ron Wyden held town meeting number 1083 in Gold Beach on May 28. KCIW spoke with him one-on-one as he travelled by car from Curry to Coos County for meeting 1084. Reporter: Lori Gallo Stoddard The opinions expressed here are those of the individual...
KCIW News Investigates: The Reinstatement of City Manager Janell Howard
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: Emotions Hot at the March 13, 2023, Brookings City Council Meeting
Anger and outrage were heavy as the Brookings City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting on March 13, 2023. It was standing-room-only as more than 75 people tried to crowd into the room to voice their displeasure with the City Council’s decision to...
KCIW News Investigates: Coos-Curry Electric Coop and Beacon Broadband
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: Curry Health Network CEO Updates the Community about Current ‘Crisis Standards of Care’ Status
A combination of seasonal flu and an aggressive respiratory virus, combined with COVID and a healthcare worker shortage, has forced the Curry Health Network to operate under Crisis Standards of Care. Curry Health Network CEO Ginny Williams created a Youtube video...
KCIW News: League of Women Voters Brookings Candidates Forum
The League of Women Voters of Curry County held its third and final Candidates Forum on Saturday, October 8, at the Chetco Library in Brookings. Roughly 100 people came to hear from candidates for State Representative, Curry County Board of Commissioners, and...
News Break: Group Demands Transparency from Beacon Broadband
A group of concerned citizens wants to know what’s going on behind closed doors at Coos-Curry Electric Coop regarding Beacon Broadband, a high-speed fiberoptic broadband internet service started by CCEC. KCIW News reports on the citizen group's first public meeting,...
KCIW News Investigates: Corruption in Curry County Government?
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,...
News Break: Coos-Curry Electric Coop Censures Board Member Over Beacon Broadband Dispute
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative Board Member Georgia Cockerham was censured by the CCEC Board President and removed from her office as a Beacon Broadband Board Member. Beacon Broadband is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative. Its mission is to...
Mayor Pieper’s Facebook Chats
“In an attempt to better reach the community, I began doing live webcasts Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 6pm. I try to answer questions, provide context for decision making, explain decisions made, and better connect with people of Brookings.
This is an outlet for the community to better understand local government and know their Mayor. I only represent my personal views and not the City of Brookings or the Brookings City Council.”
– Mayor Jake Pieper
You can watch Mayor Pieper’s chats live at Mayor Pieper’s “dining room chats” Facebook page. Past chats can be viewed anytime at Mayor Pieper’s “dining room chats” Facebook page, or you can listen to the audio enhanced for easier listening on KCIW’s Mayor Pieper Facebook chats page.
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