Authorities need to see if Yachats Post Office is operating correctly

January 28, 2024

To the editor: While at the Yachats Post Office on Saturday I observed a customer at the pickup window being told by the postal person that his package was returned to the seller because it didn’t have his PO box number on it. The postal employee also informed him to have the seller reship the item, get a refund, or purchase

Monroe lumber company donates Alsea-area park to Benton County

January 28, 2024

By KEZI-TV News ALSEA – A Monroe sawmill has donated a campground located near Alsea Falls to Benton County and the Alliance for Recreation and Natural Areas. Hull-Oakes Lumber donated its Hubert K. McBee campground near Alsea Falls to the alliance with plans for a transfer of ownership to the county, Benton County officials announced last week. The campground is

Local unemployment rate drops from 5.8 to 4.1 percent in 2023

January 28, 2024

What a difference a year makes. At the end of 2022 the unemployment rate in Lincoln County was 5.8 percent. Last week, the Oregon Employment Department said the December 2023 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the county was 4.1 percent. That’s an unemployment rate decrease of 29 percent over a year’s time. Oregon’s statewide unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in

Waldport driver who landed in Alsea Bay due in court Feb. 20

January 27, 2024

WALDPORT – A Waldport woman who drove her car off U.S. Highway 101 and into Alsea Bay just south of town Jan. 12 is scheduled to appear in Lincoln County circuit court Feb. 20 on drunken driving and reckless driving charges. Stephanie M. Hall, 39, is out of custody on conditions that she does not consume alcohol and stay out

New data shows overdose deaths continue to skyrocket in Oregon

January 27, 2024

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle As lawmakers prepare to tackle the state’s addiction crisis, new data from the Oregon Health Authority shows how dire the addiction crisis has become. In 2019, 280 people died of a drug overdose in Oregon. Fatalities rose every year after, more than tripling by 2022, when 956 died. And last year, even more people died,

Eugene Weekly recovering from embezzlement loss, plans Feb. 8 print edition

January 27, 2024

By NATHAN WILK/KLCC EUGENE — The Eugene Weekly is planning to return to print Feb. 8, as it continues its recovery following an alleged embezzlement. In December, the newspaper announced that it was in debt and had to lay off its entire newsroom. Editor-in-chief Camilla Mortensen said an employee siphoned funds meant to pay vendors, retirement and the electric bill. Since

Florence man in middle of Highway 101 killed by truck

January 26, 2024

FLORENCE – A 36-year-old Florence man standing in the middle of the southbound lane of U.S. Highway 101 near Honeyman State Park was killed when hit by a truck early Monday, Jan. 22. Oregon State Police said Justin R. Warmuth was wearing dark clothes and standing in the middle of the lane when he was hit by a pickup driven

Canadian company specializing in dinosaurs prepares massive blue whale skeleton for final migration to Newport

January 25, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Discovery nearly a decade ago of a dead blue whale on the southern Oregon coast drew flocks of sightseers and scientists, all curious to gape at and inspect the relatively intact remains of the largest animal ever to populate the planet. Few, however, guessed that it wasn’t the end of the line for the 200 ton,

Mother of Waldport woman killed in Jan. 11 collision with Yachats ambulance plans wrongful death lawsuit

January 25, 2024

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The mother of a young Waldport woman killed Jan. 11 in a collision with a Yachats ambulance has gone to court asking to be named as her personal representative to help prepare for filing a wrongful death lawsuit. The petition was filed Wednesday by attorneys for Heide A. Stocker of Waldport on behalf of her daughter,

Sheriff’s office schedules coffee with public Wednesday in Waldport

January 25, 2024

WALDPORT – Have questions about the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office? How and when do deputies respond? And, what do they respond to? Sheriff Curtis Landers, some administrators and a few deputies can answer those or other questions during the department’s “Coffee with a Deputy” event from 8-10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Café Chill, 540 N.E. Commercial St. Landers said