High toxin levels close recreational crabbing on the southern Oregon coast

May 2, 2023

NEWPORT — Two state agencies have ordered the closure of all recreational crabbing in the ocean, bays, and estuaries on the southern Oregon coast from eight miles north of Winchester Bay to Cape Blanco near Port Orford. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and Oregon Agriculture Department said Monday that tests show the marine toxin, domoic acid, is above

After 6 hours of emotional debate, Oregon House passes bill Monday night ensuring access to abortion and gender-affirming health care

May 1, 2023

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon House, after a six-hour debate that resulted in a lot of emotion but changed no minds, passed legislation that builds on the state’s 2017 law ensuring access to abortion and other reproductive and gender-affirming health care. The vote Monday night, May 1, was 36-23. One Republican, Charlie Conrad of Lowell, joined

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan apologizes, resigns from her $10,000 a month cannabis consulting job

May 1, 2023

Shemia Fagan told reporters during an online news conference Monday that her $77,000-a-year Secretary of State position is not enough to pay all her bills. By BEN BOTKIN and JULIA SUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced Monday she has resigned from her $10,000-a-month consulting side job and tearfully apologized for her “poor judgment” in

Economic development group’s “Fail Fest” hopes entrepreneurs can learn from mistakes

May 1, 2023

It’s OK to fail. Especially if you can recover and learn from it. That’s the lesson the Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County hopes to get across to business owners and entrepreneurs during its inaugural “Fail Fest” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 at the Newport Performing Arts Center. The alliance says the gathering will feature business owners and entrepreneurs

How do you measure non-economic value of Oregon Marine Reserves? ODFW hopes to find out

May 1, 2023

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Traditional economic surveys are usually very straightforward. If you want to know how workers are employed in Oregon’s salmon-fishing industry, for instance, all you need to do is track down the employers and report the numbers. Now, a first-of-its kind survey is attempting to assess how state residents view the non-economic values and benefits of Oregon’s