Highway 101 pollinator group dedicates years of work with new interpretive sign near Seal Rock

July 25, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews If you like to eat, thank a bee. Or a butterfly. Or a hummingbird. And also thank a local volunteer group that’s building awareness of these critters as vital aids to humans’ food supply. The Waldport-based Highway 101 Pollinator Project has created a stretch of U.S. Highway 101 unique in all of Oregon. The 25 miles

Waldport accepting applications for mayor position and council seats; Holland not running again

July 25, 2024

WALDPORT — The city of Waldport is accepting applications for the position of mayor and three council seats for the Nov. 5 general election. Anyone wanting to run must fill out an application, complete the filing process and submit it to the Lincoln County clerk’s office no later than 5 p.m. Aug. 27. It is suggested mailed forms

Heceta Bank off the central coast is the center of marine diversity and production. Does it need more protection?

July 25, 2024

By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Accounts of the stunning biological diversity and productivity of an undersea formation 35 miles off Cape Perpetua are hardly new. They first appeared, after all, in the 1775 ship’s log kept by Spanish navigator and explorer Bruno Heceta. But the Heceta Bank, as the formation is known, continues to marvel everyone from marine researchers to commercial

Oregon Coast CC and two employee unions announce agreement on new 5-year contracts

July 25, 2024

Oregon Coast Community College and its staff and faculty have settled contracts resulting in wage increases of more than 30 percent over five years. The American Federation of Teachers-Oregon bargains for full- and part-time faculty and classified employees, but each employee group has its own contract. The college and the union settled new five-year contracts July 17 retroactive

Firefighters in Oregon battle biggest blaze in country, with thousands facing evacuation orders

July 25, 2024

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Hundreds of thousands of acres are ablaze, dozens of buildings destroyed and thousands of Oregonians face evacuation orders as firefighters battle several dozen large wildfires across Oregon, including the largest fire in the nation. Much of the fire activity is in eastern Oregon, where the Durkee Fire was ignited last week by lightning and has

Oregon health officials approve $13 million from opioid settlement for treatment options

July 25, 2024

By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon health officials agreed to expand treatment for opioids using money from national settlements with drugmakers and distributors such as Purdue, CVS and Johnson & Johnson for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic. Oregon’s Opioid Settlement Board approved $13 million for mobile units, as well as brick and mortar facilities, that will provide access

Lane County wins nearly $20 million grant to create community centers to shelter from heat, smoke

July 25, 2024

Cottage Grove Community Center and Library is one of six locations selected as a “community resilience hub” that will offer refuge to Lane County residents during emergencies. By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News Lane County residents will soon have six more-consistently available spaces in which to take refuge during extreme heat, or smoke events. The “community resilience hubs” will be located

Lincoln City police will remove its drug take-back kiosk Aug. 1

July 25, 2024

As of August 1, 2024, the Lincoln City Police Department will be removing the drug take-back kiosk, also known as the “safe medication disposal box” or the “drug drop off.” It is no longer practical for the Lincoln City Police Department to operate and maintain the kiosk at our current location. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We understand

Biden nominates Newport researcher to lead marine mammal commission

July 25, 2024

NEWPORT — Oregon State University marine researcher Lisa Ballance is on course to take on some important new duties. Ballance, who directs the university’s Marine Mammal Institute in Newport, has been nominated by President Biden to be chair and one of three members of the national Marine Mammal Commission. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate later this year, Ballance would

COCF&R offers information Saturday on wildland fire protection

July 25, 2024

WALDPORT – As wildfires consume hundreds of thousands of acres of land in eastern Oregon, staff and volunteers at Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue are offering landowners a chance Saturday to learn how to protect their property. The district is holding an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its main station in downtown Waldport where