November 2021 - Page 7

As police departments everywhere struggle for officers, Lincoln County tries a special hiring event to attract new deputies

November 11, 2021
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com James Holmes has spent the bulk of his young professional career as a social worker focused on juvenile mental health, child welfare and adoption services. Through those various stints, the one thing he didn’t foresee for himself was a career in law enforcement. Now, he is one month into on-the-road training as a Lincoln County Sheriff’s

Oregon coronavirus report for Wednesday, Nov. 10: 1,033 new cases statewide, 17 in Lincoln County

November 11, 2021
Oregon reports 1,033 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 75 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 75 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,730, Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 1,033 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total

Under two federal programs Oregon will be flush in money to dramatically expand broadband – but that’s not happening soon

November 11, 2021
 Dozens of households and businesses in Cave Junction got high-speed internet, thanks to money from the CARES Act. (Illinois Valley Data Center) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon will reap at least $100 million to expand broadband services to homes and businesses throughout the state from the new infrastructure bill passed by Congress. The money has many people’s attention, including

Faced with increasing stress and more struggling students, Lincoln County teachers union asks district to ease up on new programs

November 11, 2021
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – Lots of teachers in the Lincoln County School District are stressed and some are talking about quitting. Administrators and classified staff are stressed too. There’s a shortage of bus drivers, cooks and substitutes. And 20 months after the coronavirus pandemic began, many students are also stressed and more are getting in trouble after returning

OSU announces record fall enrollment across all of its campuses, and its online program

November 10, 2021
By MEERAH POWELL/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s biggest university continues to get bigger. Oregon State University announced Tuesday it has a record number of students enrolled this fall. That means it continues to be the state’s largest university, with 34,108 students enrolled this fall — a more than 2% increase from last year. The record enrollment includes students at OSU’s main

Oregon’s nine tribes are rebuffed so far in stopping gambling resort in Grants Pass by Dutch Bros founder

November 10, 2021
By Nigel Jaquiss/Willamette Week Oregon’s nine Indigenous tribes are watching history repeat itself. The tribes oppose a proposal for 225 betting terminals at the Flying Lark, a destination resort that the founder of Dutch Bros. Coffee proposes to build at a Grants Pass horse track. The tribes say the terminals would violate Oregon law. “If approved, I absolutely would consider it

Yachats fire board discusses how to proceed after Nov. 2 levy defeat, but uncertain on what to do next or how to do it

November 10, 2021
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District is not sure what it’s going to do about its levy proposal that voters turned down last week. One week after its big money request was soundly defeated by voters, the five-member Yachats Rural Fire Protection District board met Monday to discuss what to do next. Not

A year after the 2020 election, some Oregon county clerks still fighting back fraud allegations

November 9, 2021
 A Multnomah County election worker sorts ballots on Oct. 22, 2020. (Motoya Nakamura/Multnomah County) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A week before this November’s Linn County special election over a tax increase to fund law enforcement, a man walked into the election office and asked to see the county clerk. Steve Druckenmiller walked over and asked how he could help,
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