North Bend Man Killed in Road-Rage Incident Police Are Looking for Coquille Man, Driver of Red Honda Prelude by David Rupkalvis Bend
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Serving Oregon’s South Coast Since 1878 Mission shares holiday joy Seahawks win division Community shares in Christmas feast, A3 Seattle clinches NFC West by beating Rams, B1 PARTLY SUNNY 52 • 41 FORECAST A10 | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2020 | theworldlink.com | $2 North Bend man killed in road-rage incident Police are looking for Coquille man, driver of red Honda Prelude BY DAVID RUPKALVIS Bend. Moore was a passenger The World in a black Ford Ranger pickup and after the initial altercation, A 28-year-old North Bend the Ranger was followed by the man was killed Sunday in what Chevy Tahoe and a red Honda police are calling a road-rage Prelude with a light-colored incident. hood. Officials reported Michael The vehicles traveled south on David Moore was killed after he Sherman Avenue and turned west was run over by a Chevy Tahoe on either Oregon or Maryland pickup at around 11:27 a.m. on avenues. During the chase, the Union Avenue. Ford Ranger crashed into a curb In a press release, District and could no longer be driven. Attorney R. Paul Frasier said it At that point, Moore exited the is clear Moore was intentionally vehicle and confronted the driver struck. The Coos County Major of the Tahoe. The argument con- Crime Team and Coos County tinued onto Union Avenue when Crash Team joined North Bend police say the Tahoe ran over police in investigating the inci- Moore before crashing into a dent. home in the 2700 block of Union The investigation revealed Avenue. the incident began near Liberty The Tahoe then drove away Courtesy photo Theater in downtown North Please see Rage, Page A8 A Chevy Tahoe believed to be used to run over a North Bend man was abandoned a few blocks from the scene. 2020 - The year in review Bay Area COVID controvery top story of 2020 Hospital Editor’s note: Every year, we at The World take a look back at the top stories of the previous year. This year, reports we are using analytics on our website to help decide the top 10 stories. The following stories were the top 10 based on page plenty of views at theworldlink.com. 1 - COVID-19 and the ICU beds controversy surrounding it COVID-19 changed the lives of all in Coos County in 2020. Hospital Many lost their jobs, all had to wear masks, many businesses had to close, hundreds got sick prepared to and six have died while infect- ed with the disease. Several add more beds COVID-related stories were among the most viewed in 2020. The overall No. 1 story, with if needed more than 57,000 views, was about a false-positive COVID test at Bay Area Hospital. In BY JILLIAN WARD that case, a person at the hospi- For The World tal tested positive for COVID COOS COUNTY ─ As hos- using the hospital’s rapid test pitals around the nation report system. Doctors were surprised intensive care unit beds nearing by the positive test because the capacity during COVID-19’s woman had no contact with other second wave, Bay Area Hospital COVID patients and had few states that it is not facing the symptoms. So, they ordered a same situation. second test, which came back “…(We) are in normal staffing negative. and occupancy rates,” said Liesl While COVID certainly Peterson, Bay Area Hospital’s impacted everyone, the steps director of critical care and nurse taken by the state were far from The World file photos administration. universally supported. The vast In September, heavy winds, high heat and low humidity created a tinderbox and the outskirts of Bandon was hit hard when the The New York Times’ Decem- majority of people in our region North Bank Lane fire started, The fire burned for several days and forced evacuations of homes before it was controlled. Below, ber story looked at the alarming complied with the orders by rumors of rioters coming to Coquille led to a large turnout of people planning to stop them. rate that hospitals are reporting wearing masks, maintaining I.C.U. bed capacity and included distance from others, staying winds, extreme heat and low hu- an interactive tracker for readers home when possible and altering midity – put much of Oregon in to check how hospitals near them or closing businesses. But the or- danger for fire. In Bandon, a fire are coping. Though the data ders were not without controver- broke out near North Bank Lane. is fluid as numbers are being sy. Just a few weeks ago, a group It burned for several days, forced reported, it shows Bay Area of about a dozen people from evacuations of homes in the area Hospital at 89 percent capacity. Bandon went to Coos County and eventually burned 350 acres Peterson said that is not the case Commissioners asking commis- before it was controlled. as of last week. sioners to fight back against Gov. The fire was first reported “We have a 12-bed I.C.U.,” Kate Brown’s orders. Rob Taylor Sept. 8 and quickly got out of she said, adding that at the time summed up the thoughts of many control. By Wednesday, dozens there were five patients in that in the community when he spoke of homes were evacuated with unit. at the meeting. the fire coming very close to When asked where those five “This is an issue of freedom. several. One shed was burned in patients were from, she said that This is an issue of people being a yard and one roof even caught it is normal for Curry County told to do things by bureaucrats on fire. residents to travel to Coos Coun- that are taking statistics that are Heroic work by firefighters ty for medical care. not accurate. We know they are limited the worst damage to However, at the time, all pa- not accurate,” he said. “We know just a handful of structure, with tients were local. that the numbers are incorrect, a woodworking and art studio “We have never gotten up to and we know that we can open destroyed. No other buildings 12 patients,” Peterson said. “And up this county. We can’t run away were destroyed and no one was we have a comprehensive plan from this illness and we have to injured. By the end of the week, developed depending on the level ask ourselves what are we going all residents were allowed to of care patients need.” to do. Are we going to destroy return to their homes. If more than the 12 avail- our economy and come out of our able I.C.U. beds are necessary, economy completely broke, and 3 - Hundreds turn out to stop Peterson said additional beds we’ll still die anyway because it’s rumored riot have been identified in two other not going anywhere.” In June, much of the country units that could be converted into was on edge as police brutal- I.C.U. beds with I.C.U. staffing. 2 - North Bank Lane fire ity against black men sparked “Those units are right next In September, an unusual protests and, in some cases, riots to the I.C.U.,” she said. “In weather event — high east Please see 2020, Page A8 Please see ICU, Page A8 Photo gallery: Home for veterans nears completion OPINION A4 SPORTS B1 Photo gallery: Trick-or-treaters find new fun amid pandemic OBITUARIES A5 CLASSIFIEDS C1 WEATHER A10 COMICS C2 AT THEWORLDLINK.COM D • Serving Oregon’s South Coast since 1878 • A Country Media Newspaper • Copyright 2020 Follow us online: facebook.com/theworldnewspaper twitter.com/TheWorldLink instagram.com/theworldlink A2 | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2020 THE WORLD Governor aims for February return to school for students SALEM (AP) — Gov. students’ learning, resil- dents’ returning to in-per- for in-person learning. Kate Brown has set a target ience, and future well-being son learning by voting in Since the start of the date of Feb. 15, 2021, for depend on all of us.” favor of a bill that protects school year there has been when more Oregon stu- In an attempt to meet the schools from some corona- a state statewide move- dents, especially elemen- target date the governor virus-related lawsuits. ment of parents calling for tary level, will return to has directed the Oregon “This bill is a needed children to return to school in-person learning. Department of Education first step to get schools in Oregon, which is one The governor also and the Oregon Health Au- reopened. Education for Or- of only a handful of states announced Wednesday that thority to implement sev- egon kids needs to be prior- that has required at least a beginning Jan. 1, 2021, the eral new policy initiatives, itized,” Senate Republican partial closure of schools current statewide manda- which include on-site rapid Leader Fred Girod said. as long as local corona- tory metrics for schools to testing and prioritizing The health authority and virus infections remain reopen to students will be teachers and school staff Department of Education above certain levels. advisory and that “deci- in the state’s next round of will review the current The movement gained sions to resume in-person COVID-19 vaccinations. metrics and announce substantial traction as instruction must be made “As we continue to updated guidelines before parents organized protests locally, district by district, work toward stemming the Jan. 19, 2021. across the state, including school by school.” spread of COVID-19 in Based on data from the one at the state Capitol in “As 2021 approaches and our communities, getting state’s education depart- October that drew hundreds we look to the remaining our teachers and school ment, in early December of people.