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By SAMI EDGE/The Oregonian/OregonLive Facing a $1.3 million budget deficit exacerbated by a sharp decline in enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Clackamas Community College last spring considered making cuts to programs like nursing and welding. The school narrowly avoided those cuts only because Congress approved pandemic relief dollars for community colleges and the state increased its college funding. The

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews and GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau YACHATS – With a new Covid variant surging through Oregon and vaccines now approved for children as young as six months, Sarah Bryant was looking for the easiest and quickest place to get her son vaccinated. That’s why Tuesday, Bryant and 9-month-old Alder drove up from Florence and were one of

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – The Hootenanny House has a new lease on life. And a new roof. And a new interior. And a new porch. And electricity. The landmark hunting and fishing house along the Alsea River – and for some, a party place – has been painstakingly brought back to life by Rachael Babcock and Rich Kaestner

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – For the past four years the owner of a Waldport coffee stand has donated all her proceeds on July 21 to a special cause — a scholarship fund in memory of former employee Lillian Christina Fawcett. The date is Fawcett’s birthday. She only got to celebrate 20 of them. The Waldport High School graduate