March 2024 - Page 7

Three Oregon congressional members ask feds for more comment time on offshore wind energy sites

March 14, 2024
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Three of Oregon’s congressional members are pushing the federal government to extend the comment period on two proposed wind power projects off the southern Oregon Coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced last month it was moving forward with plans for offshore wind power installations off Coos Bay and Brookings. As a first step,

Wandering Pacific gray whale first seen off Florida coast in December now spotted in New England

March 14, 2024
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A Pacific gray whale spotted off the coast of Miami in December has apparently made its way north to Massachusetts, where it continues generating headlines and stunned scientific reaction. Gray whales, after all, belong in the Pacific Ocean, where thousands make twice-annual trips to feeding and calving grounds off Alaska and Mexico, respectively. Where they aren’t

Deputies arrest man on charges of killing his mother in Siletz

March 13, 2024
SILETZ — A man accused of killing his mom Tuesday in Siletz told officials he did it because he thought she was a vampire, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Wednesday in Lincoln County circuit court. Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Robert B. Poe, 56, just before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home on East Logsden Road in the

Oregon Coast CC announces community education class offerings

March 13, 2024
Oregon Coast Community College has released its lineup of community education classes for Spring term beginning this month and going through June. The schedule features more than 50 classes and workshops, including a first-time workshop series from Yakona Nature Preserve and the Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District. Also on the schedule – for only the second time in 10

Oregon Marine Reserves program gets boost by Legislature

March 13, 2024
To the editor: Ocean water in the Pacific Northwest has historically been pretty cold. Countless species, such as Dungeness crab and rockfish, have adapted and become accustomed to this in their native ecosystems. However, as the ever-present impacts of climate change continue to threaten natural spaces, oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) and ocean acidification are now things that these critters have to

Lincoln County sees slight increase in unemployment rate

March 13, 2024
For the first time since the pandemic ended, Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased – although only slightly – in January. The Oregon Employment Department reported that the county’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in January, nearly the same as the 4.1 percent rate in December. The unemployment rate a year earlier was 5.9 percent. Oregon’s unemployment rate was

Sheriff’s detectives investigating suspected homicide in Siletz

March 13, 2024
On March 12, at 9:27 p.m. the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 400 block of E. Logsden Road in Siletz on a report of a man stating his mother was deceased. Deputies arrived in the area and located a deceased elderly female near a motor vehicle who had injuries consistent with homicidal violence. Deputies detained the man who
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