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🌱 How a wrong-way driver near Bandon turned deadly on Highway 101.

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a wrong-way driver near Bandon turned deadly on Highway 101.

Also on today's calendar: Quarterly Art Show Reception and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 59 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 58, low: 48.
  • Sunday: Rain and drizzle possible, with a high of 60 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wrong-way driver on HWY 101 kills other driver, 18, in head-on crash near Bandon (katu.com) — A wrong-way driver on Highway 101 near Bandon caused a head-on crash that killed 18-year-old Mariah Mayfield of Coquille and briefly shut down the highway for investigation. Bandon police first spotted the northbound Mercedes in the southbound lane, and multiple local agencies, including Bandon Fire and Coos County deputies, assisted Oregon State Police, who are still seeking information from witnesses.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • If it doesn’t grow, it doesn’t go in your Organics/Green Waste cart.
    Items such as garden hoses, sprinkler parts and tubing, plant pots, plastic bags, rocks and dirt don’t belong in your Organics cart. Contamination… (Nextdoor )
  • CompHealth posted a job opening for Emergency Medicine Physician for an Oregon Coastal Community Offers Visa Sponsor in Coquille. Apply here.
  • Roseburg Forest Products Company posted a job opening for Licensed Electrician in Coquille. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bandon here.

🗞 Nearby News

Coos Bay

  • Mingus Park Earth Day event offers booths, activities, free plants and invasive removal April 18 (kcby.com)
  • Oregon's only South Coast public shipyard seeks state funding (kezi.com)
  • Historic Hinsdale Garden opens for spring bloom season near Reedsport (kezi.com)

North Bend

  • Little Theatre on the Bay stages 'Steel Magnolias' at Liberty Theatre in North Bend (kcby.com)
  • North Bend Public Library book sale May 30 offers $1 books, DVDs and early member access (nbc16.com)

Ok Bandon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Bandon

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.