Hot, dry Labor Day weekend prompts governor and fire officials to urge caution outdoors

August 29, 2024

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s summer fire season has been unprecedented in the number of acres burned and it’s cost hundreds of millions of dollars and is far from over, according to Gov. Tina Kotek and state and federal officials. “I know it might feel like the season has kind of subdued a little bit, but there are 6,500

Despite opposition, federal agency will auction two wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast in October

August 29, 2024

By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Biden administration will seek bids on developing two wind energy sites off Oregon’s southern coast in October. The announcement Thursday followed an environmental assessment of the sites off Coos Bay and Brookings by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The analysis found the sites would pose “no significant” impact on people or the

Highway 101 bridge near Manzanita reopens to one lane, flagging with slow travel

August 29, 2024

MANZANITA – One lane of U.S. Highway 101 has reopened with around-the-clock traffic flagging until repairs can be made to a bridge four miles north of Manzanita in the Oswald West State Park area. The single-lane flagging is likely to continue through the busy holiday travel weekend, the Oregon Department of Transportation said, so allow extra time for any driving

Generous donations allow Waldport elementary families to avoid sticker shock of buying school supplies

August 29, 2024

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews WALDPORT — A young mother visited Crestview Heights School recently to see what supplies her child would need to start kindergarten. What she learned made her cry. She had been saving money all summer from her work cleaning houses, anticipating a big budget hit for notebooks, pencils, markers and whatever else the school would require. When

To protect spotted owls, federal agency OKs final plan to kill thousands of Northwest’s barred owls

August 29, 2024

A barred Owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. By BILL LUCIA/Washington State Standard The federal government will move ahead with plans to kill tens of thousands of barred owls in Oregon, Washington and California to protect threatened spotted owls. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a decision on Wednesday to adopt a controversial barred owl management strategy that calls for lethal

Oregon may pay out $1 billion kicker in 2026 as tax revenues come in higher than expected

August 29, 2024

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians are likely to see more money back on their state tax returns in 2026 as tax revenues continue to exceed forecasters’ expectations. The state’s latest quarterly economic forecast, released Wednesday, anticipates a personal income tax “kicker” of $987 million. Oregon’s unique kicker law requires that when the income tax payments are at least

Longtime central Oregon coast jazz singer returns with band to perform Saturday night

August 28, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY The way Lincoln County audiences respond to Halie Loren might lead you to assume she is a local girl made good. But Loren, performing at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on Saturday, Aug. 31, grew up in Alaska. “I have been performing on the central coast since I was about 14 years old,” she said. “I

Primaltones in Newport offering end-of-summer country-themed burlesque show Saturday

August 28, 2024

By Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Giddy up and git on over to Primaltones Community Venue for Americana Mayhem’s end-of-summer burlesque show Saturday, Aug. 31. Round up your in-laws, out-laws and kiss’n cousins for Country Fever, bringing your favorite country songs to life as you enjoy watching the girls next door dancing, prancing, shake’n it down and take’n it

Salmon will soon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century once dams are removed

August 28, 2024

A dam on the lower Klamath River known as Copco 2 is seen near Hornbrook, Calif., on March 3, 2020. By HALLIE GOLDEN/The Associated Press For the first time in more than a century, salmon will have free passage along the more than 400 miles of the Klamath River and its tributaries as the largest dam removal project

Company that makes cross-laminated timber products details plans for closed Philomath mill it purchased

August 27, 2024

By BRAD FUQUA/Philomath News The Philomath sawmill and planing mill formerly owned by Interfor that closed earlier this year will survive to see another day following its acquisition by Portland-based Timberlab. Interfor, which had acquired the Philomath facilities from Georgia-Pacific in 2021, laid off around 100 employees in February and March. The holdings include a little more than 80 acres

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Hot, dry Labor Day weekend prompts governor and fire officials to urge caution outdoors

Despite opposition, federal agency will auction two wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast in October

Highway 101 bridge near Manzanita reopens to one lane, flagging with slow travel

Generous donations allow Waldport elementary families to avoid sticker shock of buying school supplies

To protect spotted owls, federal agency OKs final plan to kill thousands of Northwest’s barred owls

Oregon may pay out $1 billion kicker in 2026 as tax revenues come in higher than expected

Longtime central Oregon coast jazz singer returns with band to perform Saturday night

Primaltones in Newport offering end-of-summer country-themed burlesque show Saturday

Salmon will soon swim freely in the Klamath River for first time in a century once dams are removed

Company that makes cross-laminated timber products details plans for closed Philomath mill it purchased

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