March 2025 - Page 6

Current and former federal employees voice frustrations at Portland town hall hosted by Congressional delegation

March 17, 2025
 Oregon’s Congressional Democrats met with hundreds of federal employees at a town hall Monday to discuss the impacts of President Trump’s directives cutting agency employees and budgets. By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Among the more than 300 people who attended a Portland town hall Monday for federal employees were veterans’ health care workers, climate and agricultural scientists and government

State commission ends official restrictions on Siletz Tribe’s hunting, fishing rights

March 17, 2025
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday rescinded a 45-year-old agreement between the state of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the last remaining step to remove the restriction on the Siletz Tribe’s hunting and fishing rights. The action was in keeping with U.S. Congress and a federal court’s vacating of the Siletz Tribe Consent Decree and

Oregon school districts to get another record payout from state lands revenue

March 17, 2025
By Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s 197 school districts will get nearly $77 million in additional funding this year from revenues generated from leases and industry permitted on state lands. That’s a record payout from the Common School Fund and $2.5 million more than schools received from the fund in 2024, officials from the Oregon Department of State Lands announced last

Appeals court rejects Trump administration’s attempt to block rehiring of fired workers at six federal agencies

March 17, 2025
By ASHLEY MURRAY/States News Service WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Monday denied the Trump administration’s emergency effort to block the reinstatement of federal employees at six government agencies. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected the government’s request to stay a Northern California district court’s March 13 ruling ordering the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury and Veterans Affairs

Surge of coastal travelers drives Oregon state parks numbers to new record in 2024, but officials concerned

March 17, 2025
By JAMIE HALE/The Oregonian/OregonLive A whopping 53.8 million people made day trips to Oregon’s state parks in 2024, according to data released Friday by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, but rather than celebrate the news, park officials are sounding the alarm. That rise in popularity — a 3 percent increase over 2023’s numbers, and a mere 0.4 percent increase over the

It’s nesting season for endangered snowy plovers, so be careful on certain areas of the beach

March 16, 2025
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Western snowy plovers have made a strong comeback in recent years from the early 1990s, when there were so few that the breed ended up with an endangered species listing. But with the diminutive, distinctly marked plovers just entering another six-month-long nesting season, Oregon’s wildlife officials are asking coastal residents and visitors to once again be

First there were gray whales. Now Dungeness crab, tufted puffins and big sharks are competing to be on your car

March 16, 2025
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A mini-tsunami of Oregon coast-themed license plates extolling the virtues of puffins, sharks and Dungeness crabs is fast washing ashore. The groups sponsoring the new plates are taking pre-orders and must sell at least 3,000 vouchers each before the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles will launch the manufacturing process. If successful, their offerings would join the

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March 13, 2025
By YachatsNews They determine school or college policies. They oversee port operations, help ensure firefighters can respond to emergencies, that water flows, or potholes are sometimes filled. These are the mostly low-profile school and special service districts, many of whose board members are up for election May 20 around Lincoln County. Candidates could file starting Feb. 4 – some
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Pioneer Connect Premium Wi-Fi Mobile Phone Home Business Lincoln County Oregon Coast
ACE Hardware Walport Oregon Coast
Lincoln City Local Government Working for You We Want Your Feedback Lincoln County Oregon Coast
Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center Newport Oregon
Sweet homes vacation rentals Help Wanted Oregon coast
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Volunteers Join our team Lincoln County Newport Oregon
David Gomberg State Representative Oregon
Samaritan House Family Shelter Dancing with the Coastal Stars Newport Performing Arts Center Newport Oregon Coast
Tanner Insurance Devoted Health Plans Medicare Advantage Lincoln County Oregon Coast
Yachats Lions Club Thrift Store Yachats Oregon Coast
Literary Arts Timothy Snyder Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland Oregon
Yachats Chamber of Commerce Visit Yachats Oregon Coast
Charlotte Lehto Insurance Agency Farmer's Insurance Lincoln County Oregon Coast
Newport Farmers Market Newport Oregon Coast
Dahl Disposal Better Bark and More Waldport Oregon Coast
Lincoln City Cultural Center Turkish Rugs Show and Sale Lincoln County Oregon Coast
Waldport Chamber of Commerce Memberships Lincoln County Oregon Coast
Oregon Coast Aquarium Puffin Plate Newport Oregon
Samaritan Health Services Samaritan Orthopedics Program Lincoln County Oregon Coast

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