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The Siuslaw National Forest is hiring for five permanent fire positions and over 40 seasonal positions on the Central Coast and Hebo ranger districts. Applicants can search USAjobs.gov for available Forest Service positions in the coastal towns of Waldport, Hebo, and Reedsport. Hiring for permanent fire positions began Sept. 21 and will continue through Oct. 11. Seasonal hiring for spring and summer of 2023 began

An end-of-the month rainstorm saved the Yachats area from having the driest September in 10 years. A two-day rainstorm that hit Wednesday dropped anywhere from .59 inches to 1.49 inches of rain on the area – saving the month from being the driest since 2012. In Yachats, most of the rain for the month fell on Sept. 28 — .49

SILETZ – The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz is one of three Oregon tribal organizations to receive a total of $1.6 million from the U.S. Office on Violence Against Women to continue to provide victim and intervention services after sexual violence on tribal lands. The Siletz is receiving $525,000 to create, maintain, and expand sustainable tribal sexual assault services, according

A central Oregon coast insurance agency is one of 29 statewide awarded grants from the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace to help residents navigate medical coverage. Abel Insurance, which has offices in Newport, Florence, Coos Bay and Gold Beach, was one of two coastal agencies to be selected for the program. The other was Linda Dugan Insurance in Astoria. The state