Coos · Curry · Douglas Counties, Oregon
Start where you are.
SOWIB funds training across three counties that are four hours apart over the Coast Range. What is open to you depends on which one you are in, so that is where this site starts.
Coos Bay, Bandon, Coquille, Charleston, Myrtle Point, Powers, North Bend
2 of 4 apprenticeships open · 50 indicator reports Curry County seat · Gold BeachBrookings, Gold Beach, Port Orford
2 of 4 apprenticeships open · 50 indicator reports Douglas County seat · RoseburgRoseburg, Sutherlin, Reedsport, Winston, Myrtle Creek, Drain
1 of 4 apprenticeships open · 72 indicator reportsWorkSource Curry is at 16261 Highway 101 S. in Brookings. Umpqua Community College is at 1140 Umpqua College Rd. in Roseburg. SOWIB already staffs this way: its youth advisors are assigned by county, and Douglas is split again into South Douglas, North Douglas and Roseburg.
The record
Nine years of local labor-market data, finally readable as a series
SOWIB has published monthly economic indicators since 2017: 103 posts, currently readable one blog post at a time. The series has been re-cut geographically more than once, so following your own county backwards means already knowing what it used to be called.
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Total nonfarm employment decreased by 190 jobs over the year in Coos County to 23,210.
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Total nonfarm employment remained flat over the year in Curry County with 6,710 jobs.
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Douglas County’s nonfarm employment declined by 2% (-560 jobs) over the year to June.
Apprenticeships
What you can apply for, county by county
SOWIB runs four registered apprenticeships, and each one opens and pauses by county as its applicant pool fills. Today that answer is spread across four separate pages of prose.
| Apprenticeship | Coos | Curry | Douglas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Childhood Education Childcare | Accepting | Accepting | Paused |
| Medical Assistant Healthcare | Accepting | Accepting | Accepting |
| Surgical Technologist Healthcare | Not stated | Not stated | Paused |
| Nurse Faculty Healthcare | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
Every cell is read from the program page’s own words. “Not stated” means that page names the county neither as open nor as paused. The Surgical Technologist page does this to Coos and Curry, two of SOWIB’s own three counties. Nothing here is inferred.
The sectors SOWIB funds
Maritime and blue economy, wood products, healthcare, childcare, transportation, construction, hospitality
SOWIB opens maritime and blue economy funding to Coos, Curry and Coastal Douglas counties. Its news record reports the closure of the Roseburg Forest Products facility in Dillard and the federal money that followed it. These are the sectors the region is moving between, and the training this board funds follows them.
Public record
The board meets in public, four times a year
Next meeting
August 20, 2026
SOWIB Board Meeting · 12:00–2:00 PM, on Zoom. Agendas are posted as available; minutes are posted after board approval.
In the archive
54 meetings
Agendas and minutes back to 2015, each one carrying its real date and body name. On the current site all 94 of these links read only “Agenda” or “Minutes”, and one carries no link text at all.