Sports betting in Oregon continues to surge in popularity as residents wager millions

November 4, 2024

By JONI AUDEN LAND/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s sports betting market continues to surge, both in terms of dollars wagered and the number of people placing bets. In the first quarter of the fiscal year — July, August and September — the amount of money bet on sports in Oregon increased by 22%, to more than $184 million. There has also

OSU graduate assistants authorize strike as soon as Nov. 12 if negotiations fail

November 4, 2024

By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Hundreds of Oregon State University’s unionized graduate student employees are gearing up for a possible strike in the coming weeks. Last week, 93% of voting members represented by OSU’s Coalition of Graduate Employees union said yes to authorizing a strike. About 90% of the union’s members participated in the strike authorization vote, according to the

Local ballot measures around Oregon ask voters to weigh in on psilocybin mushrooms, wind energy

November 4, 2024

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Four years after Oregon voters approved the regulated use of psilocybin mushrooms and more than a year after the first patients began using them, more than a dozen Oregon cities will ask voters to ban psilocybin businesses this November. The anti-psilocybin ballot measures from 16 cities and unincorporated Clackamas County are among more than 100

New OSU facility serves to return human remains and cultural artifacts to tribes

November 3, 2024

By BRIAN BULL/KLCC News CORVALLIS — The proper repatriation of Native American remains is behind a new facility and the collaboration between Oregon State University and the nine federally-recognized tribes within the state. Called the “OSU-NAGPRA Facility,” the two buildings comprise about 2,000 square feet total. They’re for consultation, records, administrative offices, and storing human remains in accordance with

Local opposition, no state mandates dooms southern Oregon coast wind energy projects — for now

November 3, 2024

By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting A push to bring floating offshore wind technology to the Southern Oregon coast was gaining momentum. The Oregon Department of Energy saw floating offshore wind playing a critical role in the state’s — and the region’s — renewable energy goals. The Biden administration had ambitious national goals for developing offshore wind, and the Oregon coast played

A very wet end of October pushes Yachats-area’s 10-month rain totals to highest in a dozen years

November 3, 2024

October on the central Oregon coast was a nice sunny fall month – until it wasn’t. Five of the last 11 days of October saw rain totals of more than one inch in the Yachats area, which made October one of the wettest months in records kept by a group of YachatsNews weather watchers. “Six days before the end

Oregon signs agreement with developers to enter entire Elliott State Forest into carbon market

November 3, 2024

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is one step closer to using a state forest to help capture and store more planet-warming greenhouse gases, and to fight climate change and earn money through the carbon market. Leaders at the Department of State Lands signed a development agreement Thursday to enter all of the nearly 83,000-acre Elliott State Forest near Coos Bay

Deputies investigating needle found in Waldport trick-or-treat candy

November 2, 2024

WALDPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what appeared to be a needle embedded in candy that a trick-or-treater was given Thursday night in Waldport. In a news release late Saturday, the sheriff’s office said an 18-year-old Waldport girl reported the incident at 5 p.m. Friday and turned over “what appeared to be a needle in a Twix candy

Waldport councilor endorses Claire Hall for county commissioner

November 2, 2024

To the editor: Having served concurrently with Commissioner Claire Hall for some years now, I’ve always known her to be a good leader, knowledgeable and attuned to the needs of the entire county, including Waldport where I continue to serve on City Council after four terms as mayor. As an appointed member of Lincoln County’s Budget Committee, I see how

Mushroom hunter lost and found near Waldport has advice: “Look up and see where you’re at …”

November 2, 2024

By FEDOR ZARKHIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive Some of Cary Kerst’s happiest childhood memories are of picking mushrooms in rural Indiana with his father 60 years ago. Those happy memories transformed into a nightmare last week when he got lost in the woods just east of Waldport. Since moving to Oregon in 1967, the 79-year-old retired entomologist, dragonfly expert and avid bird photographer wanted to go