NEWPORT — A sewage pipe running under Yaquina Bay that ruptured two months ago as been fixed and is no longer dumping treated wastewater into the bay, the city of […]
Newport says leaking sewage pipe under Yaquina Bay is now repaired
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Archives for February 2025
Latest Oregon economic forecast shows more money, but federal government leaves future murky
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By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Chaotic federal announcements about taxes, tariffs, mass firings of federal employees and spending cuts haven’t yet affected Oregon’s economic forecast, the state’s chief […]
Trump demands plans for large-scale layoffs of more federal employees, agency reorganization
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By JENNIFER SHUTT/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday ordered all federal departments and agencies to submit reorganization plans outlining how they would implement large-scale layoffs before March […]
Lincoln County birding group seeks volunteers to observe Osprey nests this spring
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By Oregon Coast TODAY Every spring, Ospreys return to nest in Lincoln County, often meeting up with the same mate and using the same nesting site from previous years. […]
Oregon agencies begin to grapple with uncertainties of Trump administration’s federal funding freeze
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By LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting A few days before members of the legislative committee charged with transportation and economic development were set to talk about how to protect fish in […]
Contractor coalition sues Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek over executive order requiring union labor
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By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon construction firms say an order by Gov. Tina Kotek last year mandating union labor in many state projects amounts to an illegal power grab. […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Kayak fisherman (and ice cream scooper) Greg Anderson of Waldport
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By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Those fishermen and crabbers in kayaks on Alsea Bay look so precarious. How do they stay upright when they have a fish on or are pulling […]
District attorney rules December’s Five Rivers officer-involved shooting death was justified but “a tragedy for all involved”
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Correction: An earlier version of this story used a photo of an Army National Guard member from Wyoming also named Tyler Holloway, but who is not the man killed […]
Seal Rock fire board member tries to mend fences with chief, but says “obsession” with Central Coast fire needs to end
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By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – While there was still some mopping up to do after a contentious Seal Rock Fire District board meeting last month – making amends […]
Waldport family “Paying it forward with pizza” brings free food each Wednesday to Yachats Lions Hall
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By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS – The town’s newest pizzeria is open just one day a week and charges nothing — or whatever donation you can afford. It’s how a […]