Oregon hospital executives who expected rebound from COVID this year say they’re stunned by financial losses instead

September 8, 2022

By JEFF MANNING/The Oregonian/OregonLive George Newmyer’s knee replacement was supposed to be a routine day surgery. Then he stopped breathing. The doctors and nurses at Adventist Health Portland resuscitated him. After such a close call, they wanted to keep him overnight in the Southeast Portland hospital’s intensive care unit. That was a problem. There were no available beds. So like

Yachats’ housing future: listen, learn and speak out at Tuesday meeting

September 8, 2022

YACHATS — Have an opinion about housing in Yachats? Want to know what consultants are suggesting as ways to meet future needs — like possible changes to zoning, density and lot sizes? A public meeting next week is your chance to learn more and sound off. From 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday the city’s Planning Commission will host a meeting in the

With cases falling, Oregon Health Authority shifts attention away from Covid-19, reducing frequency it publishes Covid data

September 7, 2022

By GARRETT ANDREWS/Oregon Capital Chronicle With Covid-19 no longer posing a public health crisis, state health officials announced Wednesday they are shifting resources away from tracking the disease toward other priorities, including monkeypox. Officials from the Oregon Health Authority said they will no longer publish daily Covid data, indicating the virus is likely to become “endemic” like the common flu, mutating

House Speaker Pelosi comes to Oregon to help fundraise for three Democrats seeking open House seats

September 7, 2022

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Oregon on Tuesday to say she rejects the premise that Republicans, who lost the presidency and the Senate two years ago, are poised to make a comeback in the House in the general election Nov. 8 and that Oregon is pivotal to any Democratic success in the midterm elections. Pelosi

New booster doses of Covid vaccine becoming available in Oregon this week, slowly reaching Lincoln County

September 7, 2022

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Tens of thousands of Covid-19 booster doses are arriving in Oregon this week as state health officials, pharmacies and providers plan vaccine clinics and schedule shots. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the new booster doses by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech last week and a West Coast scientific group representing Oregon, Washington, California

Maryland’s Republican governor comes to Oregon to stump for GOP nominee Christine Drazan

September 7, 2022

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan looks on as Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan answers questions at Portland’s Centrl Office coworking space on Tuesday, Sept. 6. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND – In 2014, voters in deeply Democratic Maryland shocked the nation by electing Larry Hogan, only the second Republican to hold that state’s highest office in the past half-century. Hogan,

Lincoln City police news release: Intoxicated driver collides with police vehicle working DUII enhanced patrol

September 6, 2022

INTOXICATED DRIVER COLLIDES WITH POLICE VEHICLE WORKING DUII ENHANCED (PHOTO) News Release from Lincoln City Police Posted on FlashAlert: September 6th, 2022 2:40 PM Downloadable file: DUII_Crash.png On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at around 1:07 AM, a Lincoln City Police Officer assigned to Labor Day Weekend Enhanced DUII Enforcement Operation was looking for impaired drivers. While the Officer was driving southbound on

Yachats’ water supply doing fine despite little to no rain in August

September 6, 2022

YACHATS – It didn’t rain much or at all in August, but heavy spring rains are continuing to supply ample water to the city’s homes and motels. “We’re doing really good,” said Rick McClung, Yachats’ water treatment plant supervisor. “We’re probably at double the average creek flow for this time of year.” The city’s treatment plant gets water from Reedy

Sea Lion Caves — that iconic tourist stop between Yachats and Florence — celebrates its 90th year perched on Heceta Head

September 6, 2022

By Oregon ArtsWatch Take a drive along the U.S. Highway 101 and you’ll find no end of reasons to stop and gape – the amazing views, iconic bridges and lighthouses, and that singular landmark between Yachats and Florence — the Sea Lion Caves. True, you can watch sea life from any number of spots along Highway 101, but where

Two years after 10 Labor Day fires burned Oregon communities and forests, investigations of causes remain unfinished

September 5, 2022

By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal Gates mayor Ron Carmickle wants somebody to take responsibility. Wildfire survivor Brandon Kirk is baffled by the delay. Bruce Bailey, who lost his home and whose wife spent a month at the Legacy burn center, believes that without a clear accounting of what happened, it will happen again. Two years ago, on Labor Day evening, wildfires