Secretary of State office leaders call agency “resilient” in Monday statement endorsing Fagan’s resignation

May 8, 2023

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Shemia Fagan ended her nearly three-year tenure as Oregon’s 28th secretary of state at midday Monday, less than two hours after her staff released a statement endorsing her resignation and calling the agency “resilient.” Fagan’s deputy, Cheryl Myers, who earns more than double what Fagan was paid, took over as acting secretary of

Oregon Shakespeare’s Nataki Garrett: ‘You kind of have to get out before you burn out’

May 8, 2023

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett speaks at the OSF Gala at Ashland Springs Hotel in October. By HOLLY DILLEMUTH/Ashland.news It cannot be said definitively why Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett announced her resignation on Friday, but what is known is that she has been under intense pressure since she took the helm as the sixth artistic director in the organization’s

OSU will help lead $30 million regional effort to help farmers and food-related businesses access new markets

May 8, 2023

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – Oregon State University has been selected to help lead a $30 million U.S. Department of Agriculture regional food business center that will support farmers, ranchers and other food-related businesses to access new markets and navigate federal, state and local resources. The Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center, which Oregon State will

Oregon Senate Republican walkout hits day 6 as one GOP senator files two workplace complaints

May 8, 2023

Democratic senators watch on Sunday, May 7, as a board shows 10 absences preventing a quorum. By JULIA SHUMWAY and BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — One Republican senator filed a pair of workplace complaints Monday over denied requests to be excused from the Senate as a GOP walkout entered its sixth day. Sen. Cedric Hayden, R-Fall Creek, alleged in

Scary-looking creature that keeps washing ashore along the Oregon coast raises interest in lancetfish

May 8, 2023

By LAUREN McCARTHY/The New York Times For hundreds of years, a strange species of fish with long fanglike teeth that eats its own kind and spends most of its time at the bottom of the ocean has somehow found its way to the shores of Oregon. Scientists aren’t sure why. The latest appearance by a lancetfish, as the species is

Presiding judge thanks Lincoln County jurors for their service

May 7, 2023

To the editor: Each week in Lincoln County, juries make decisions that change lives. They provide justice for victims and families, ensure that businesses honor their obligations, award damages to people injured through the negligence of others, and determine whether an individual will be imprisoned or set free. This fundamental pillar of our democracy — the right to a trial

Yachats council wants to interview candidate for interim city manager, hopes to hire Portland firm to find permanent one

May 4, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council took more steps Thursday to deal with the impending departure of city manager Heide Lambert, agreeing to interview a candidate for the interim position and then voting 3-2 to negotiate with a professional search firm to help it find a permanent manager. The Yachats city council hopes to schedule an interview

Waldport and Yachats kick off spring events by hosting hundreds of gravel road racers — and parties Saturday and Sunday

May 4, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Stand back — a whale of a block party is about to surface Saturday in Waldport — and more action will cruise into Yachats the next day. “Beach, Bike & Blues” is the big event from noon to 7 p.m. combining the downtown Waldport waterfront, the Oregon Coast Gravel Epic bicycle race, and what’s being called

Perpetua group’s guided tidepool tours now open for registration

May 4, 2023

YACHATS – Get ready to sign up for the Cape Perpetua Collaborative’s popular tidepool tours when registration opens at noon Wednesday, May 10. The group’s Tidepool Ambassador Program is a free program designed to showcase the biodiversity of the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. Guests are led by guides to explore the tidepools of Yachats State Park, Bob Creek and Heceta

A bill allowing self-service gas anywhere in Oregon moves closer to passage in the Legislature after hearing this week

May 4, 2023

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A bill that would allow Oregonians to pump their own gas anywhere in the state edged closer to passage this week with its second public hearing in the Legislature. The Senate Committee on Energy and the Environment held a public hearing for House Bill 2426 on Tuesday, and mainly drew support – from lawmakers, gas