Sheriff’s deputies investigating two arson fires that destroyed or damaged two vehicles along Yachats River Road

November 17, 2021

BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking an arsonist believed to have set fire to two vehicles on Yachats River Road in the past week — a sedan parked in a pullout a half mile east of U.S. Highway 101 and an abandoned recreation vehicle just a quarter mile farther east. The interior of the car was burned

Federal judge tosses Meredith Lodging’s lawsuit against rival Vacasa

November 17, 2021

EUGENE — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Portland vacation rental management giant Vacasa this week, arguing that a rival’s claims of deceptive advertising didn’t meet the legal standard for false advertising. Meredith Lodging, a vacation rental management company with offices in Waldport, Lincoln City and Bend, sued Vacasa in March alleging that the Portland company was trying to poach

Revitalized Waldport chamber holds first meeting in two years, outlines changes, plans and direction

November 17, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – A revitalized Waldport Chamber of Commerce held its first in-person meeting in at least two years Tuesday, recounting recent accomplishments, handing out a $1,000 check and vowing to help make the area the center for cultural activities in south Lincoln County. The breakfast meeting drew 40 people, ranging from business owners to public officials

During hearing Tuesday, congressional redistricting judges appear to favor Oregon Democrats

November 16, 2021

A state Senate committee meeting on redistricting during a legislative special session on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Attorneys for a group of four Republicans who once held elective office found a frosty reception Tuesday from the five-judge panel as they contested Oregon’s new congressional boundaries. After a three-hour hearing, the panel

Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Nov. 15: 1,935 cases since Friday, 18 in Lincoln County

November 16, 2021

Oregon reports 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 53 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 53 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,803, Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported 1,935 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Monday, bringing the state total

National Weather Service gives outlook for winter weather in northeast Oregon

November 16, 2021

NWS HOLDS WINTER SEASONAL OUTLOOK FOR LINCOLN, TILLAMOOK, AND CLATSOP COUNTIES (PHOTO) News Release from Lincoln Co. Sheriff’s Office Posted on FlashAlert: November 16th, 2021 4:16 PM Downloadable file: NWS Winter Weather Outlook – Word Downloadable file: NWS Winter Weather Outlook MR – PDF Downloadable file: Second Photo – Cost of Flooding – NFIP Downloadable file: First Photo – NWS Slide NWS Holds Winter Seasonal

Coast Guard rescues five people 20 miles off Umpqua River after fishing vessel sinks

November 16, 2021

News Release U.S. Coast Guard 13th District PA Detachment Astoria Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Astoria Office: (503) 861-6337 After Hours: (206) 220-7237 PA Detachment Astoria online newsroom Coast Guard saves 5 after fishing boat sinks off Oregon coast ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescued five people from a life raft late Monday after a fishing boat sank approximately 20

NOAA and OSU scientists studying two significant but so far unrelated ocean events — a large, new heat wave and long-lasting hypoxia

November 16, 2021

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Scientists are tracking two significant but seemingly separate ocean events they say have the potential to play havoc with a number of fish, crab, squid and other sea-going creatures and the Oregon coast economies that rely on them. The first is the latest incursion of a marine heatwave. It began in late April in the same

17 local groups among the 38 to receive quarterly grants from Siletz Tribal fund

November 15, 2021

SILETZ — The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund has distributed $123,344 to 38 organizations as it continues its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups. Seventeen of the organizations were in Lincoln County or western Benton County. The seven-member charitable fund advisory board has distributed more than $15.4 million since its inception in 2001 using proceeds from its casino in Lincoln City.

Lawsuit over sacred tribal site on Mount Hood will be heard in Ninth Circuit on Tuesday

November 15, 2021

Wilbur Slockish, hereditary chief of the Klickitat Tribe of the Yakama Indian Nation, and Carol Logan, an elder of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, overlook the wilderness on Mount Hood. (Becket law firm) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Two tribal leaders who’ve pursued a year’s long battle with the federal government over a patch of Mount Hood they