By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadasting Oregon’s controversial, voter-backed drug decriminalization and treatment law has generated more than $260 million to expand recovery services to “highly vulnerable people,” according to an […]
In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not power agency — will control Columbia basin salmon recovery funds
By TONY SCHICK/Oregon Public Broadcasting When the Biden administration said it had reached a “historic” legal deal with Northwest Indigenous tribes last week to save endangered salmon, no one could […]
It’s winter whale watching season along the Oregon coast as thousands of gray whales migrate south
By MICHAEL EDWARDS/Oregon Coast TODAY A pregnant female gray whale rises from the murky shallows of the Chukchi Sea. As she nears the surface, a trail of mud passes […]
Oregon Court of Appeals rules state’s landmark climate change regulations invalid on a technicality
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s second highest court ruled in favor of natural gas utilities seeking to invalidate the state’s landmark climate program. The state’s Court of […]
Thinned out by resignations, Yachats Planning Commission faces possibility of too few members in January
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats is scrambling to fill three of seven seats on its Planning Commission as resignations over health issues and frustration with […]
Changes to the U.S. Forest Service’s forest plans should protect more old-growth trees from wildfire and climate change
About 25% of all the remaining old-growth trees across all national forests and grasslands in the lower 48 states are in national forests in the Northwest that are managed by […]
PacifiCorp to pay $250 million in timber company settlement for 2020 southern Oregon wildfire
By RYAN HASS/Oregon Public Broadcasting For the second time this month, the utility provider PacifiCorp will pay out hundreds of millions of dollars to end a lawsuit over its alleged […]
Coastal ports abuzz with activity as first loads of Dungeness crab arrive for the 2023-24 season
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT – A buzz of excitement electrified Newport docks Saturday as the first of the small crab boats arrived to unload their catch under perfect December […]
Couple’s new coffee shop in Yachats focuses on high-end brews in leased Ona restaurant space
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — A new place to get a premium caffeine buzz has quietly opened inside Ona Restaurant in downtown Yachats. Dream Machine Coffee is now offering […]
Waldport man arrested in burglary of ranger district offices
WALDPORT – A 36-year-old Waldport man is scheduled to be arraigned in Lincoln County circuit court Tuesday on four charges stemming from a burglary at the Siuslaw National Forest’s Central […]