5 Questions and a Secret: Marc and Jen Taylor of Styx, Stones n’ Bones shop in Yachats

March 8, 2023

Editor’s note: This is a new feature called “5 Questions and a Secret” where we will be doing bite-sized profiles of community members and asking them to answer five questions — and tell us a secret. It appears every other Wednesday. By JORDAN ESSOE/YachatsNews YACHATS — Styx, Stones n’ Bones is the premier shop of its kind on

Rape victims, Oregon GOP lawmakers seek stronger voice in how state classifies sex offenders

March 7, 2023

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Republican lawmakers and victims of the notorious “jogger rapist” Richard Gillmore – who admitted to raping nine women and girls in the 1970s and 1980s – want to pass legislation that would give victims a voice when the state classifies sex offenders and determines the risk they pose to communities. In recent

Smaller Oregon companies also seek semiconductor funding as lawmakers hear from HP and OSU about opportunities to grow

March 7, 2023

Ben Clark is among a group of Oregon State graduates working at Inpria, a Corvallis company spun out of OSU research. They are producing a chemical that will make semiconductor chips smaller, lighter and more efficient to produce. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle CORVALLIS— In a small laboratory on HP’s Corvallis campus, a group of Oregon

Yachats Library and OHSU team up for four-year study of health benefits of regular walking

March 7, 2023

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — If the approach of warmer weather calls you to get off the couch, you might consider a weekly group walk that benefits both you and the Yachats Library. Working with Oregon Health & Science University, Yachats library administrator Traci Altson is organizing local residents to be part of a “Rural Libraries and Walking Project”

Changes in Oregon’s recreational liability laws likely dead for 2023 in overstuffed legislative calendar.

March 6, 2023

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — A bill to change recreational liability law sought by an alliance of over 100 resort, adventure tourism, gyms, and cities dependent on visitors seeking outdoors experience is dead for 2023, a top Democratic leader said Monday. Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, said Senate Bill 754 would not be brought up for

California man dies when he falls into ocean at Cape Kiwanda

March 6, 2023

FATAL INCIDENT – CAPE KIWANDA STATE NATURAL AREA – TILLAMOOK COUNTY News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: March 6th, 2023 9:47 AM On Saturday, March 4, 2023, at approximately 5:00 P.M., the Oregon State police responded to Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area to assist with the rescue of a male who was swept out into the ocean after

Online meeting on redevelopment plans for Tidewater-area park is Thursday

March 6, 2023

WALDPORT — The Lincoln County Parks Department and Oregon Marine Board are holding an online meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday to discuss the future of Don Lindly Park along the lower Alsea River. An in-person meeting scheduled last week was postponed because of the snow storm and is now scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, March 16 at Central Oregon

Yachats council lets Covid-inspired restaurant outside seating waiver expire and begins to enforce off-street parking regulations

March 6, 2023

By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — A Covid-era parking space waiver extended five times was allowed to expire last week, potentially resurfacing conflict between the city of Yachats and a brewery owner. After Gov. Kate Brown prohibited indoor service at restaurants and later drastically reduced their occupancy three years ago, Yachats joined many other cities in adopting measures to expand

Already at capacity, Eugene Airport looks to upgrade and expand — for $272 million

March 5, 2023

By the Eugene Register-Guard EUGENE — A facilities and infrastructure consulting firm has recommended up to $272 million in upgrades at Eugene Airport including a new concourse, improvements to Concourse A to allow for bigger planes, and additional space for ticketing and gate seating. Eugene’s airport terminal reached full capacity in September 2021, said airport director Cathryn Stephens, and the

Oregon will end mask requirement in health care settings April 3 — but facilities can adopt their own rules

March 3, 2023

By the Oregon Capital Bureau Health care facilities have been given state approval to drop mask requirements for workers, patients and visitors as of April 3, if they desire to do so, the Oregon Health Authority announced Friday. Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state epidemiologist, said during a Friday virtual press briefing that the spread of COVID-19 had been abated