Eight coastal organizations win economic recovery grants from Travel Oregon

May 8, 2021

Eight coastal organizations — including three in Lincoln County — have won grants ranging from $1,400 to $100,000 as part of Travel Oregon’s disbursement of $2.4 million in grants for economic recovery for projects that enhance and expand the visitor experience and prepare communities and visitors for COVID-19 safe travel. Travel Oregon received more than 400 applications with requests totaling

Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, May 7: 844 new cases, 2 in Lincoln County; 54,747 vaccinations, 8 new deaths

May 8, 2021

Oregon reports 844 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths PORTLAND — There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,522, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Oregon Health Authority reported 844 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing the state total

Yachats City Council tells motel owner to seek a conditional use permit to get consideration of small RV park for seasonal workers

May 6, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council said Thursday that a motel owner wanting to create a small, temporary RV park on his property to house seasonal workers should ask the city for a conditional use permit. But the idea by Drew Roslund, operating partner of the Overleaf Lodge and Fireside Motels, immediately got caught up in a longer,

SPECIAL REPORT: After three years of fear, mismanagement and inaction, Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board finally had to act after pornography complaints about chief

May 6, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com There were the five days last September while Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue personnel battled wildfires in Otis when their chief disappeared from headquarters in Waldport. There was the mailing from the fire district to voters explaining a tax levy request last November that the chief never sent out. There was the $1.1 million federal

Both Biden and Brown are shifting national and Oregon supply of vaccines to areas who want and need them

May 6, 2021

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Hoping to pick up the pace of vaccinations, state and federal health officials are ditching their population-based distribution game plans to get more doses where they are wanted and needed. President Joe Biden wants 70% of American adults fully vaccinated by July 4. The goal translates to about 160 million people. Currently, 105 million

Oregon coronavirus report for Thursday, May 6: 763 new cases, 2 in Lincoln County; 36,259 vaccinations, 5 new deaths

May 6, 2021

Oregon reports 763 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND — There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,514, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Oregon Health Authority reported 763 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, bringing the state total

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for May 5

May 6, 2021

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21119309 05/05/2021 17:04 Officer #44704 KATSIKIS, KELLY Crash – Injury Location 101, Mile post 151 151 NB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary eCrash – On 5/5/21 at approximately 5PM a northbound vehicle unit 2 (blue Subaru) swerved to avoid a collision after unit 1 (white Ford) turned east in front of his vehicle near milepost 151 of US

Tighter rules on vacation rentals in unincorporated Lincoln County appear likely after commissioners say “yes” to tentative proposals

May 6, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County appears headed to new, tighter restrictions on vacation rentals in unincorporated areas. County commissioners Monday agreed – without much discussion, yet – to have County Counsel Wayne Belmont proceed with developing specific wording on proposed regulations for a license cap, occupancy limits, septic inspections, and enforcement. Commissioners are trying to meet a self-imposed deadline

Gov. Kate Brown appoints pro tem judge Amanda Benjamin to Lincoln County circuit court

May 5, 2021

In a decision highly anticipated within Lincoln County’s legal community, Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that she was appointing Amanda Benjamin to replace Circuit Judge Thomas Branford, who retired in February. The appointment is effective immediately. Benjamin has spent the past two years on the Lincoln County bench as a hearings referee and judge pro-tem under a contract with the

Oregon Senate votes 17-7 Wednesday to send major gun legislation to Gov. Kate Brown

May 5, 2021

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown is the final stop for the Oregon Legislature’s major gun legislation of 2021. The Senate voted 17-7 Wednesday to accept the House version of a bill that combines requirements for locks and safe storage of firearms with a narrowed ban on concealed-handgun license holders bring firearms into some public places, notably the