A very wet November helps push Yachats-area yearly rainfall totals closer to average

December 2, 2021

One of the wettest Novembers in 16 years is pushing Yachats-area rainfall amounts closer to average for the calendar year. But December will have to be a very wet month for the central Oregon coast to meet average yearly rainfall totals. As usual, rainfall amounts in the Yachats area differed by as much as 8 inches, depending on where the

Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – November 2021

December 1, 2021

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Canadian energy company abandons its controversial plan for Jordan Cove natural gas terminal in Coos County

December 1, 2021

ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press SALEM — A Canadian energy company called it quits Wednesday on a controversial natural gas pipeline and marine export terminal on the southern Oregon coast after failing to obtain all necessary state permits. Opponents of the Jordan Cove project, which would have created the first liquefied natural gas export terminal on the West Coast in the lower

Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio will retire next year, creating an open seat in newly formed district that now includes Lincoln County

December 1, 2021

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is retiring. After more than three decades as a mainstay in Oregon politics, the state’s longest-tenured U.S. House member announced Wednesday that he won’t seek a 19th term. The 4th Congressional District DeFazio represents spans Oregon’s southwest corner, stretching from the California border to Albany. As of January the district’s boundaries

Oregon State Police believe they have solved mystery of girl found dead in Lincoln County, arrest mother Tuesday in Michigan

December 1, 2021

By NOELLE CROMBIE/The Oregonian/OregonLive The mother of a young girl whose remains were found a year ago along a muddy riverbank at a highway rest area in Lincoln County was arrested Tuesday afternoon during a traffic stop in Michigan, on allegations that she killed the child. Shawna Browning, 28, and her longtime

480 health care providers in Oregon, including Samaritan Health Services, getting $120 million in covid relief money

December 1, 2021

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Biden administration has started to distribute $7.5 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to more than 40,000 health care providers in each state and in Washington D.C. and six U.S. territories who’ve been hurt by the pandemic. Nearly $120 million was earmarked for about 480 providers in Oregon. Health care providers in Oregon have received other Covid

As Oregon crabbers pull their pots this week, prices at the dock should reach more than $4.75 per pound

December 1, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com With Oregon’s Dungeness crab season officially opening Wednesday, a number of factors are lining up to push prices to record early-season highs. Last year’s relatively low-yield season has buyers itching to restock their supplies, while the complete cancellation earlier this year of Alaska’s red king crab fishery in the Bering Sea is stoking demand for Oregon

Oregon plans to offer voluntary digital vaccine card in the spring

November 30, 2021

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority plans to offer a digital vaccine card to Oregonians next spring. It is not a passport: The technology is designed as a convenience for people who need to show proof of vaccination on their phone to get into a concert or restaurant, for example. Alarmist rumors circulating on social media about

Oregon’s new congressional map is now final, as GOP officials don’t appeal boundaries

November 30, 2021

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s bruising fight over new political maps is now over. Winner: Democrats. A group of former Republican elected officials challenging new congressional districts has elected to cut its losses after failing to convince a panel of state judges the new lines were drawn to favor the majority party. Rather than appealing their case to the

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Nov. 23-28

November 30, 2021

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21328425 11/23/2021 08:10 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Crash – Non-injury Location 101, Mile post 163 163 SB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary (ecrash) On 11/23/21 at approximately 8:10 am I was dispatched to a single vehicle crash which occurred on US 101 near mile post 163. Unit #1, a red Hyundai Accent (674HGZ), was northbound in rainy conditions