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Crestview Heights, Waldport Middle schools reopen Monday after Friday fire

May 15, 2022
WALDPORT – Students are scheduled to return Monday to Crestview Heights and Waldport Middle schools following an electrical fire early Friday that knocked out the schools’ fire sprinkler system and forced cancellation of classes for one day. Staff were able to return to their classrooms or offices by 9 a.m. Friday following the outage three hours earlier, but students

Waldport community, sheriff’s animal control officers unite to locate and capture “Meru,” the runaway German shepherd

May 12, 2022
By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – After 66 days, Meru is home. The three-year-old white German shepherd disappeared in March after being attacked and chased by a pit bull at Governor Patterson state recreation site. The dog then wandered the chilly coastal landscape by herself for more than two months as her out-of-town owner and a large team of locals

Yachats woman who lied in voters pamphlet to win 2019 election pleads guilty to felony, is fined and put on probation

May 12, 2022
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats woman who lied about her background in the Lincoln County voter’s pamphlet three years ago to help get elected to a local fire board, pleaded guilty Thursday to breaking Oregon election law, was sentenced to 18 months probation and fined $2,500. In exchange for a guilty plea from A’lyce A. Ruberg, the Oregon Department

Oregon Secretary of State: Election results can be trusted, might take longer

May 12, 2022
 Secretary of State Shemia Fagan shows her “Vote” tattoo before ending candidate filing for the primary election on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians might not know who won close races until several days after the Tuesday election, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan cautioned Wednesday. Voters have been slower returning their ballots this year

Yachats budget committee gets first look at 2022-23 spending plan that includes re-staffing city hall, adding public works employees

May 12, 2022
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Yachats’s new city manager has proposed a $1.74 million general fund budget for 2022-23 that under a staffing reorganization plan pays for adding five employees at city hall and two more in public works. The proposed budget got its first examination Monday during a four-hour meeting of the city’s budget committee, made up of

Groups gearing up for dedication of Amanda Trail suspension bridge and special play honoring De-Cuys this weekend

May 12, 2022
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Six years in the making, the new Amanda Trail suspension bridge receives its formal — and respectful — welcome Saturday and Sunday. Several activities are planned that weekend to honor the bridge and trail’s’ namesake, Amanda De-Cuys, a member of the Coos tribe. Blind, she was forced by U.S. government troops in 1864 to

Lincoln City police arrest driver after hit and run, crash and chase

May 10, 2022
On Monday May 9th, 2022, Lincoln City Police arrested 47-year-old Darren Guffey, of Lincoln City, on multiple charges after causing a motor vehicle crash and fleeing the scene. On May 9th, 2022 at about 5:15 PM, Lincoln City Police Officers were dispatched to a reported vehicle vs pedestrian crash in the area of SW 51st & SW Ebb. Several witness called

State and local candidates, advisers have to reset passwords to Oregon campaign finance system after hack

May 10, 2022
 Hundreds of candidates, treasurers and others have to reset their passwords to the Secretary of State’s online campaign finance database. (Salem Reporter) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle About 1,100 people who use the Oregon Secretary of State’s online campaign finance tracking system have to reset their passwords following a ransomware attack against a web provider. The office said the hack

Feds threaten to pull certification from Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City campus because of repeated issues

May 9, 2022
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Federal regulators have threatened to yank the certification for Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City unit if it doesn’t immediately fix multiple problems at that campus, including suspected sexual assault, attacks and a lack of supervision. The Oregon Health Authority, which manages the state hospital, has until May 15 to submit a corrective plan and until
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