Every mayor in Coos County and the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce have endorsed the Public Safety Levy that Coos County Commissioners have placed on the May 21 Primary Election
July 16, 2021
On July 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that it had indicted two California men, Ian Benjamin Rogers and Jarrod Copeland, on charges related to an alleged plot to destroy the Democratic party headquarters in Sacramento with incendiary devices. According to communications between the two men, they were animated by grievance over Donald Trump’s loss of the 2020 election, and planned to conduct their attack after President Biden’s inauguration on January 20, 2021.
The announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice claims that the men hoped that the attack “might start a movement to overthrow the government.”
Copeland was allegedly affiliated with the Three Percenters. Although Rogers has not been identified as a member of a militia group, he had a three percenters bumper sticker on his vehicle and had once attended a barbecue hosted by the Three Percenters. Federal agents alleged that that Copeland may have attempted to contact the r
LANCASTER â The trial of former state Senator Jeffrey Woodburn got underway Monday in Coos County Superior Court with the alleged victim on the stand for most of the day.
Woodburn, 55, of Whitefield is charged with four counts of simple assault, two counts of domestic violence, two counts of criminal mischief, and one count of criminal trespass. All nine charges are Class A misdemeanors. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts, claiming self-defense.
The trial courtroom is closed to the press and public. Instead, the trial is being livestreamed to separate rooms in both the Coos County and Grafton County Superior Courthouses for the public and media. Opening arguments could not be heard in the adjoining room in Coos Courthouse and the trial had to be stopped near the end of the arguments to adjust the audio feed. Even then, the quality of the sound was poor.