The unemployment rate in Lincoln County reached 5 percent in February, an 11 percent increase over the 4.5 percent jobless rate a year ago. February’s local unemployment rate increased from […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — More than 250 Oregon schools since 2023 have gotten some portion of the state’s Early Literacy Success Initiative grants, a pot of $90 […]
NEWPORT – What’s in a name change? Not much, apparently. Samaritan Health Services on Tuesday officially dropped “Urgent Care” from its walk-in clinics in Newport, Lincoln City and across its […]
The Lincoln County Democratic party has elected a slate of four new officers to serve two-year terms. New officers are Mary Infante as chair, Kelly Greer as vice chair, Christine […]
To the editor: Do you oppose the recent layoffs of thousands of federal employees working in Oregon? Do you oppose the dismantling of the Department of Education, and threats to […]
By CHERYL ROMANO/Lincoln Chronicle YACHATS — What’s the story with the big pink rock and the new benches at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and West Fourth Street? […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — It has become a heartbreaking ritual in Oregon’s Capitol. Every year or two, family members of people with severe mental illness come before […]
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/Lincoln Chronicle Jim Matts is a 73-year-old with the energy of a 25-year-old and can be seen almost every day picking up bottles, cans and trash along […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Thousands of Oregonians submitted letters opposing a Republican senator’s long-shot attempt to ask voters whether to repeal the state’s decades-old mail voting law, […]
JOANNA HOU/Willamette Week SALEM — In the 2023-24 school year, the Oregon State Library reported the highest number of challenges to books and other materials in libraries and schools since […]
