Story and photos by NIKA BARTOO-SMITH/Underscore News SILETZ — Students at one of the few schools near the central Oregon coast serving the Siletz Reservation called for their school to […]
A union wants to end Oregon’s self-serve gasoline law, months after it began
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting For the last three months, drivers throughout Oregon have been free to gas up without the help of an attendant. Now, one of the state’s […]
There’s all kinds of Halloween fun available on the coast this weekend and lasting through Tuesday
By LINDA TURNER GRIEPENTROG/Oregon Coast TODAY Ghosts, goblins and witches, oh my! ‘Tis the season for spooky adventures of all kinds to celebrate Halloween. But, how did this spellbinding […]
Yachats Fire District asking voters to renew a 61 cent levy it’s had for 24 years to help fund operations
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews One year after approving a new, larger tax levy for the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District, voters in the district now face the decision of whether to […]
Lincoln County jobless rate in September stays at 4.1 percent
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in September, unchanged from the August rate, the Oregon Employment Department reported this week. Although flat for the two months, the […]
OSU student from Newport arrested in robot bomb threat
CORVALLIS – Police arrested an Oregon State University freshman from Newport on Tuesday after a threat allegedly was made that a food-delivery robot on campus had a bomb in it. […]
Acreage burned in Oregon wildfires declined this year, but homes lost and firefighting costs rose substantially
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal By the numbers, the 2023 wildfire season in Oregon was a quiet one — with the smallest number of acres burned since 2019 and well […]
Oregon and Washington now directing millions into derelict vessel removal on region’s waterways
The Tiffany, a fishing vessel, was pulled onto shore in Astoria for demolition in mid-October. The fishing boat started its life in 1939 as a Coast Guard buoy tender. By […]
Badly needed infant and toddler care investments aren’t reaching Oregon’s central and north coasts
By KAYLEE TORNAY/ InvestigateWest Jess Sollaccio never expected it would be so difficult to find child care. A tech worker living near Astoria, Jess was making a good wage […]
40,000 voters in Lincoln County being asked to raise lodging taxes on visitors to 530 properties to support parks
By Yachats News staff More than 40,000 voters in Lincoln County have an interesting choice in front of them – do they raise taxes on folks other than themselves? […]