Waldport gallery’s first youth art contest hands out $1,350 in prizes

October 29, 2023

WALDPORT — The Bader Fine Art Gallery and sponsors handed out more than $1,350 in awards to Waldport-area teenagers in the gallery’s first youth art show and contest. Vera Kyei, 13, of Waldport won best of show and $300 for her ceramic dragon. Avia Lambert, 17, Waldport, won first prize and $250 in the division for artists age 16-18.

Oregon State Police reminds hunters to have appropriate tags on hand

October 28, 2023

OSP FISH AND WILDLIFE DIVISION REMINDS HUNTERS TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TAGS ON HAND WHEN HUNTING News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: October 28th, 2023 6:00 AM Oregon Hunting Licensing and Tag Requirements OSP Fish and Wildlife Division reminds hunters to have the appropriate tags on hand when hunting SALEM, Ore. 28 Oct. 2023 – Oregon big game hunting

Oregon Ethics Commission will conduct full investigation into allegations against Lincoln County schools superintendent

October 26, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has voted unanimously to proceed with a full investigation of Lincoln County School District superintendent Majalise Tolan over a complaint that she has used district travel to help promote a book she co-authored last year. The commission voted 8-0 on Oct. 6 to proceed to a formal investigation after receiving a

Yachats council changes course Thursday and votes to hire chamber director Bobbi Price as next city manager

October 26, 2023

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Riding a wave of public and city staff support along with some soul-searching by the city council, Bobbi Price has been named the next city manager of Yachats. The decision to hire Price, the executive director of the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce, was announced at a special meeting of the council Thursday afternoon.

Developer of housing project in downtown Yachats resumes work after months of delays

October 26, 2023

YACHATS — The owners of a long-unfinished apartment project overlooking U.S. Highway 101 in downtown Yachats have resumed work on their properties after waiting months for permits and getting bank financing. Luke and Jocelyn Glaze of Salem bought the two commercial lots and unfinished foundations in March 2022 from Doug Sowden of Eugene. Sowden started his four-building Sunset Village

PeaceHealth proceeding with plans to close Eugene hospital emergency department Dec. 1

October 26, 2023

By NICK BUDNICK/The Lund Report Citing financial losses, PeaceHealth is moving forward with its efforts to close Sacred Heart University District Hospital in Eugene — including its emergency department on Dec. 1 — and the health system is planning layoffs despite pleas from community members, unions and Gov. Tina Kotek to delay or cancel its plans. However, the struggling health system has

Siletz Charter School principal on administrative leave after student protests over Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October 26, 2023

Story and photos by NIKA BARTOO-SMITH/Underscore News SILETZ — Students at one of the few schools near the central Oregon coast serving the Siletz Reservation called for their school to honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Initially, administrators did not respond well. But the school board later voted to honor the day, as well as Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance

A union wants to end Oregon’s self-serve gasoline law, months after it began

October 26, 2023

By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting For the last three months, drivers throughout Oregon have been free to gas up without the help of an attendant. Now, one of the state’s largest labor unions wants to put them back in their cars. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 submitted an initiative Wednesday that would reinstate a ban on self-service fueling. If UFCW

There’s all kinds of Halloween fun available on the coast this weekend and lasting through Tuesday

October 26, 2023

By LINDA TURNER GRIEPENTROG/Oregon Coast TODAY Ghosts, goblins and witches, oh my! ‘Tis the season for spooky adventures of all kinds to celebrate Halloween. But, how did this spellbinding event really start? The holiday began in the 17th Century as a Celtic festival celebrating the end of summer and the beginning of harvest season. During this time, the gods

Yachats Fire District asking voters to renew a 61 cent levy it’s had for 24 years to help fund operations

October 26, 2023

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews One year after approving a new, larger tax levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, voters in the district now face the decision of whether to renew a second but much smaller one. The fire district is asking voters to approve – and renew — a tax levy of 61 cents per $1,000 assessed property value