Nonprofit executive who is also a Waldport council member re-emerges as finalist for Yachats city manager’s job

January 20, 2022

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A Waldport city councilor who is the head of a Lincoln and Tillamook county nonprofit is now the leading and lone candidate to become Yachats’ next city manager. Heide Lambert was one of three finalists for the Yachats job in the fall but withdrew her application when she said it would not be good

Oregon gets a new Supreme Court justice, the first from outside the Willamette Valley

January 19, 2022

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday picked appeals court Judge Roger DeHoog as her sixth appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court, and the only one from outside the Willamette Valley. DeHoog will replace Brown appointee Lynn Nakamoto, who retired at the end of 2021. He joins fellow Brown appointees Rebecca Duncan, Meagan Flynn, Chris Garrett and

Citing Covid-19 concerns, Newport chamber cancels seafood and wine festival

January 19, 2022

NEWPORT — “Long Time No Sea” was intended to be the theme of the 2022 Newport Seafood & Wine Festival next month, but fans of the big event will have to wait longer to attend in-person. Citing Covid-19 health and safety concerns, the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce announced this week it has cancelled its in-person version of the festival.

New OSU study on steelhead hatcheries suggest rearing changes that can make them more like wild fish

January 19, 2022

By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Hatchery-raised steelhead have offspring that are good at gaining size under hatchery conditions but don’t survive as well in streams as steelhead whose parents are wild fish, new research by Oregon State University shows. The results, published in PLOS One, suggest that it may be possible to change rearing methods to produce hatchery fish that

Far-right rally scheduled in April moves from Redmond to Salem amid pandemic rule controversy

January 18, 2022

By BRENNA VISSER/Oregon Capital Bureau A controversial conservative conference called the Reawaken America Tour scheduled for the beginning of April in Redmond has been canceled and moved to Salem. The event features high-profile conservatives known for spreading false claims that President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 presidential election, as well as misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines and

Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Jan. 14-17

January 18, 2022

OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP22011298 01/14/2022 19:15 Officer #53134 KOLACZ, BRYAN Crash – Injury Location 229, Mile post 26 26 NB, Lincoln OR USA Narrative Summary E-Crash: A Mini Cooper was being driven northbound on SR-229 and just north of milepost 26 the driver attempted to serve and avoid a deer, which was also seen by a witness, and the driver lost

In a new year a new owner (but familiar face) takes over at Eager Beaver Furniture in downtown Waldport

January 18, 2022

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The learning curve won’t be too steep for the new owner of a familiar Waldport retailer — he was store manager for the past three years. Ryan Bennett of Waldport officially became the business owner of Eager Beaver Mattress & Furniture Outlet on Jan. 1, buying the business from founder Abe Silvonen. “I’ve always

News organizations, nonprofit and UO journalism group team up for voter “listening sessions” to hear attitudes on Oregon governor’s race

January 17, 2022

News organizations and nonprofit groups in Oregon have teamed up to learn what voters want candidates for governor to be talking about as they compete for votes. They seek Oregonians to participate in a “Let’s Talk” 90-minute virtual listening session soon to share their understanding of the race through the media. There is no cost to join in this nonpartisan

Yachats Library Commission will propose that city hire a part-time professional librarian

January 17, 2022

YACHATS – The Yachats Library Commission is pressing ahead with a proposal for the city to hire a part-time librarian to oversee library operations and volunteers. Under new Oregon regulations, if the city’s library is to keep its legal status and state certification it needs to hire a professional librarian. The Library Commission has been working through drafts of a

New audit recommends that Oregon State Police change how it determines staffing needs

January 17, 2022

Auditors say a simple ratio of troopers to residents isn’t good enough OSP on the road in December 2021/Oregon State Police photo By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon State Police should use workload, not the state’s population, to decide how many troopers it needs, state auditors said in a report released Friday. The 33-page report from the Secretary of State’s Audits Division