Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for July 23-25

July 26, 2021

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21207465 07/23/2021 14:09 Officer #53134 KOLACZ, BRYAN Traffic Crimes – All Except DUII Location 18, Mile post .5 .5 WB, LINCOLN OR Narrative Summary The Oregon State Police were called on July 23, 2021 from a driver who was reporting a crash from July 8, 2021. The driver of a red RAM 2500 reported he was eastbound on

Despite mayor’s opposition, Yachats council votes to spend up to $10,000 to investigate issues with Little Log Church and Museum

July 26, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council – despite opposition from the mayor – will spend $10,000 to get a better idea how or if the Little Log Church and Museum can be saved from falling apart. Whether the city will spend possibly hundreds of thousands more to fix or replace it, is still another matter. After two years

Toledo pair are in Lincoln County jail after neglecting two children for nearly a week

July 25, 2021

TOLEDO — Two people have been arrested on accusations of child neglect and other charges after Lincoln County authorities found two children left alone in a home with no power or running water. According to court documents, a city of Toledo police officer was sent to a home on Wednesday, July 21 for a welfare check after it was reported

NOAA announces return of “dead zone” off the Oregon coast, but occurring much earlier than normal this year

July 25, 2021

By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting Low oxygen levels measured off the coast of Oregon and Washington are raising fears of large “dead zones” that could wipe out crabs and bottom-dwelling fish within. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that researchers have detected unseasonably low oxygen levels in a large area off the Pacific coast. Year after year

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for July 20-21

July 23, 2021

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21204576 07/20/2021 16:06 Officer #44704 KATSIKIS, KELLY Crash – Non-injury Location 101, Mile post 127.5 127.5 NB, DEPOE BAY, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary e-crash only: Unit #1, a northbound 2005 Saturn Ion traveling in the right lane turned across the northbound left lane in front of Unit #2, a 1989 Oldsmobile Calais also traveling northbound. Unit #2

After 18-month hiatus, Leta’s Legacy Quilters returns to sewing, socializing, helping one another – and the community

July 22, 2021

BY CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com On a warm July morning, the fellowship hall at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church becomes a sewing room, a crafts clinic, a social setting and a welcome return to a special Yachats tradition — Leta’s Legacy Quilters. It’s been 18 months since the group stopped in-person meetings due to the coronavirus pandemic, and they wasted no time

Six years after slide wiped out span over Amanda Trail, bids go out for new suspension bridge; installation planned for October

July 22, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Nearly six years after a huge mudslide wiped out a key bridge along a popular Yachats-area hiking trail, a replacement structure is finally ready to begin construction. Bids went out this month to build a 142-foot-long suspension bridge for Amanda Trail. Actual construction is scheduled to begin in October, with the new bridge be completed within

Rapidly replicating delta variant’s impact not equal across Oregon, state health officials say Thursday

July 22, 2021

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant has caused a steep increase in the number of infections in Oregon — but with different impacts across the state. “Oregon is open, but the pandemic is not over,” said Oregon Health Director Pat Allen during a press call Thursday. COVID-19 infections by the delta variant have doubled

After months of delays, Yachats council agrees to advertise for accounting and office help, but balks at immediate hire

July 22, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com After months of dithering and delay, the Yachats City Council took a first step Wednesday to get help for the two beleaguered employees in City Hall. The council gave permission to interim city manager Katherine Guenther to post one, possibly two jobs — and maybe seek a new person for a contract code enforcement. But the

Oregon employment official says agency will turn focus on getting people jobs as end of benefits nears

July 22, 2021

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Weeks before the end of federal unemployment benefit programs on Sept. 4, Oregon Employment Department officials have shifted their efforts toward helping recipients get jobs — and not necessarily the jobs they had prior to the economic downturn resulting from the coronavirus pandemic last year. “We want to make sure that people looking for work