Lincoln County sheriff suspends search for man missing in Drift Creek Falls area

February 2, 2021

UPDATE- February 2nd, 2021 Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue has suspended the operation to locate and rescue Adrian Alonzo Smith. Search and Rescue crews searched the area extensively and have been unable to locate Smith. Despite snow, rain, and wind, SAR teams covered an on-the-ground distance of 483 miles within a primary search area of about eight square miles.

Lincoln County desperately looking to hire people to staff its call center

February 1, 2021

Lincoln County is looking for help – paid and working 20-40 hours a week – to staff its call center which is being overrun by people seeking information on COVID-19 vaccines. Lincoln County Public Health opened the call center last June after the first big COVID-19 outbreak at Pacific Seafood in Newport, shut it down in late summer only to

Declining unemployment rate in Oregon means shift of some laid-off workers to different federal program

February 1, 2021

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s declining three-month unemployment rate will mean the end of benefits to some people under one federal program. But the acting director of the Oregon Employment Department said that, after the program ends Feb. 20, some of them will be shifted onto another federal program that will continue into the spring. David Gerstenfeld advises people

Oregon lawmakers meeting in Salem see a familiar ZIP code atop Oregon’s COVID-19 list

February 1, 2021

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau When the Oregon Health Authority issued its weekly list of which of the state’s 373 zip codes that had the highest number of new COVID-19 cases, No. 1 caught the eye of Oregon politics — a Salem ZIP code of 97301, including the Oregon State Capitol. The zip code added 113 cases, giving the

Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Feb. 1: 964 new cases, 3 in Lincoln County; 14,693 vaccinations, 1 new death

February 1, 2021

Oregon reports 964 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,958, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Oregon Health Authority reported 964 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total

$700,000 federal grant will help OSU researchers and business group develop tools for starting new aquaculture operations

February 1, 2021

Oregon State University has received a nearly $700,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide software tools for investors interested in starting aquaculture businesses in Oregon. Researchers from several Oregon State departments will work with the nonprofit Oregon Aquaculture Association on the three-year grant from NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office. “We expect the investment and educational

Lincoln County Oregon Building Permits – January 2021

February 1, 2021

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January’s rainfall amounts around Yachats were much greater than average

February 1, 2021

As expected, January was a wet month in and around Yachats. But how wet depends on where you live. The “official” measurement for the city of Yachats as measured by a gauge at the wastewater treatment plant showed 11.31 inches of rain fell in January – well above the 10-year average at the site. Rainfall amounts were slightly higher to

Oregon coronavirus report for Saturday, Jan. 30: 707 new cases, 5 in Lincoln County; 25,500 vaccinations, 19 deaths

January 31, 2021

Oregon reports 707 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 19 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,957 the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Oregon Health Authority reported 707 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday bringing the state total

Republicans in the Oregon House disown state GOP resolution claiming Capitol riot was a “false flag

January 30, 2021

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Republicans in the Oregon House have disowned an official Oregon Republican Party claim that the riot at the U.S. Capitol was a “false flag” operation by Democrats to politically damage then-President Donald Trump. A two-page screed featured a “resolution” calling 10 Republican members of Congress who voted for the impeachment of President Trump “traitors.”