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Oil slick on Highway 126 east of Florence leads to crashes, fatality

October 23, 2024
FLORENCE – A 59-year-old Florence woman was killed and a Eugene woman seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a 200-yard-long oil slick in the Knowles Creek tunnel on Highway 126 east of Florence led to four cars losing control and colliding. Oregon State Police said Christine D. Weathers of Florence died and Radiant J. Gaines, 48, of Eugene was seriously injured

Lincoln County unemployment rate is stuck at 4.7 percent

October 23, 2024
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County stayed at 4.7 percent in September, the same as in August but still significantly higher than the Oregon or national rates, according to a report this week from the Oregon Employment Department. The county’s unemployment rate was also unchanged from the rate in July – but higher than the 4.2 percent from

Lincoln City bicyclist killed in collision with vehicle Tuesday

October 23, 2024
On Tuesday, Oct. 22 at approximately 1:55 p.m. a Lincoln City police officer observed a woman lying in the street next to an electric bicycle at the intersection of Southwest Ninth Street and U.S. Highway 101. The officer began to render assistance as 911 calls about the incident were being received. North Lincoln Fire & Rescue and Pacific West Ambulance

5 Questions and a Secret: Pharmacist Scott Ellefson loves pace and community of smaller operation

October 22, 2024
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Nonstop, complicated, intense — but always with rewarding moments. That is how each day is for Scott Ellefson, managing pharmacist at Hi-School Pharmacy in Waldport. Ellefson is a familiar face to a great many people in Waldport and Yachats since Hi-School is the only pharmacy that serves these two towns. Ellefson grew up in

“Community” is the common theme by the six candidates for Waldport mayor and city council positions

October 22, 2024
Garret Jaros Garret Jaros By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The common thread woven into the campaign cloth of candidates running for mayor and city council seats in Waldport is community. Whether in the voter pamphlet statements of the four candidates running for three council seats or in statements and interviews with the two mayoral candidates ­– community is the

Progressive groups withdraw endorsements of Oregon’s ballot measure 118

October 21, 2024
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle At least four progressive organizations that previously backed an Oregon ballot measure to hike taxes on businesses and divide proceeds among all Oregonians have withdrawn their support. Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to approve Measure 118, which proponents say would give about $1,600 annually to all Oregonians by making corporations pay more. Opponents across

Coast Guard recovers body of man from near Depoe Bay harbor Sunday

October 21, 2024
On Sunday, 10/20/2024, members of the United States Coast Guard in Depoe Bay reported to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office that they saw a body floating in the area of the Depoe Bay harbor. The unidentified male body was recovered from the water with the assistance of the Coast Guard and the Depoe Bay Fire District. The remains appear to
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