Lincoln County emergency management schedules countywide test June 9

May 26, 2022

LINCOLN ALERTS COUNTY WIDE TEST SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 9, 2020 (05/26/22 – Lincoln County) Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – Emergency Management Division has scheduled an annual county-wide test of their emergency notification systems for June 9, 2022 between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. This will allow County Emergency Management to test all components of the Lincoln Alerts emergency notification system

After Texas killings, Democrats in Oregon’s congressional delegation call for federal gun control legislation

May 26, 2022

By JULIA SHUMWAY and LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Democrats in Oregon’s congressional delegation renewed calls for Congress to take up federal gun control legislation following a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, while the state’s lone Republican congressman remained silent. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader

Yachats Action Alliance opposes Agate Point development proposal

May 26, 2022

To the editor: South of the Yachats River, on Yachats Ocean Road, a developer is seeking to build Agate Point resort. To do so would require the city to ignore relevant code, bypass community goals established in the Yachats Comprehensive Plan, and would disregard the sentiments of both neighbors and the broader community. There is no compelling reason for the

Waldport VFW post will host Memorial Day service at 11 a.m. Monday

May 26, 2022

WALDPORT — In honor of America’s war dead, the Waldport Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a Memorial Day observance Monday, May 31 at Veterans Park at the intersection of Highway 34 and Broadway Street. The program begins at 11 a.m. and is slated to run about 30 minutes. The observance will include a guest speaker, and will go on

Yachats Lions Club bringing back all-you-can-eat breakfast on Sunday

May 25, 2022

YACHATS – After a two-year shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Yachats Lions Club is bringing back its popular all-you-can eat breakfast over the Memorial Day weekend. Pancakes, sausage, ham and eggs will be coming hot off the griddle from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday, May 29 at the Lions Club hall, 344 W. Fourth St. The cost is

Oregon “advisory report” on public school spending aims to head off future money problems

May 25, 2022

By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting It’s been three years since the Oregon Legislature passed the Student Success Act, a law creating a new tax to support K-12 education in the state. With hundreds of millions of dollars going to Oregon schools from the tax, a new report from the Secretary of State’s office and the Oregon Audits Division released Tuesday outlines five

Oregon health care insurers file individual rate increase proposals with the state

May 25, 2022

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle More than 300,000 Oregonians who buy health insurance for themselves or through a small group plan are likely to see a spike in premiums next year. The health insurance companies that offer plans on the individual marketplace and those that offer group plans are seeking average rate increases approaching 7%, according to the state Department

Citizen involvement supposed to be included in Yachats’ comprehensive land use plan

May 25, 2022

To the editor: This letter is in response to the May 19 YachatsNews story: “Yachats Council says ‘not now’ to forming a Citizens Involvement Committee.” I could easily write a thousand words on this subject, but I think it better to just boil it down to the facts. The city wasn’t asked to create a citizens involvement committee. The city

Two finalists to become OSU’s president visit community to talk to students, staff and board

May 25, 2022

By MEERAH POWELL/Oregon Public Broadcasting CORVALLIS — Two finalists are hoping to win over the campus community at Oregon State University and become the institution’s next leader. But first, they’re getting a chance to interact with students, staff and faculty members — something that didn’t happen in the last presidential search process. Oregon’s largest public university hosted the two presidential

Unemployment rate continues to slowly fall in Lincoln County

May 24, 2022

NEWPORT — Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues to slowly inch its way down, hitting 5 percent in April — 50 percent lower than it was in April 2021 when the unemployment rate was 7.5 percent. But the county’s unemployment rate remains higher than Oregon’s statewide rate of 3.7 percent and the national rate of 3.6 percent in April.