June 2024 - Page 8

Months before tourist’s death in Lincoln City, police warned attacker was “hearing voices telling him to kill someone”

June 6, 2024
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The father of a man charged with stomping a tourist to death outside a Lincoln City motel last month had warned police months earlier that his son had become “very violent” and was hearing voices telling him to kill someone. Roland Evans-Freke, 30, is accused of second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and robbery in the death of

State expands shellfish closures to all of Oregon coast Thursday

June 6, 2024
Two state agencies announced Thursday they had closed the entire Oregon coast to all razor and bay clam harvesting because of historic high levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning. However, crab harvesting remains open along the entire coast. The coastwide closure expands on a partial closure announced in late May by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of

Waldport/Yachats contract for sheriff’s deputies inches closer to agreement — but commissioners want to pin down cost

June 6, 2024
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Whether Yachats will have a dedicated Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy in the upcoming year – tied to Waldport receiving a significant discount if it continues with its two-deputy contract – remains an open question. Lincoln County commissioners, who must approve any agreement, deferred making a decision at their Wednesday meeting after listening to a presentation by

PacifiCorp and many victims of 2020 Echo Mountain wildfire in Otis settle claims for $178 million

June 6, 2024
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal PacifiCorp reached a $178 million settlement with 403 victims of the 2020 Labor Day fires, the company announced this week, while hitting an impasse with thousands of others. Oregon’s second-largest utility will pay an average of $442,000 per person to a group that mostly includes victims of the Echo Mountain Fire, which burned in Otis

Federal appeals court ruling allows hospitals’ mental health lawsuit against Oregon to continue

June 5, 2024
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle A federal lawsuit that four hospital systems filed against the Oregon Health Authority for failing to adequately care for people experiencing mental illness can continue at the district court level, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The appeals court’s ruling sent the case back to the U.S. District Court of Oregon, which

5 Questions and a Secret: Melaia Kilduff and Eddyville students compete in KidWind World Challenge

June 5, 2024
By KATHLEEN  O’CONNOR/YachatsNews The Minneapolis Convention Center is a very big place, overwhelming for almost everyone, especially huge in the eyes of four Lincoln County third- and fourth- graders there to compete in the KidWind World Challenge. Lane Aleckson, Aurora Graves, Florence Doyle, and Talanoa Kilduff traveled there last month with their coach, Melaia Kilduff, for the four-day competition.
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