NEWPORT – Three new doctors will get a deep dive into the demands of rural health care over the next two years through Samaritan Health Services’ family medicine rural […]
Oregon Secretary of State launches database with campaign finance violations
BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s new secretary of state plans to publish monthly databases with information about campaign finance scofflaws. Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade said Monday […]
Agencies ban fires for much of Lincoln County, including campgrounds and beaches
Because of hot dry weather, fire departments in Yachats, Waldport, Newport and Toledo have issued a ban on all outside burning such as campfires until Thursday. The ban applies to […]
Oregon Marine Reserves announces new research leader
NEWPORT – Moritz Schmid, a researcher whose work includes finding ways to use facial-recognition technology to identify marine organisms, has been hired to oversee research in the Oregon Marine Reserves […]
Amazon’s undersea cable off Tillamook County coast gets approval, but Oregon leaders want more oversight
By APRIL ERLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Amazon’s plans to install an undersea fiber-optic cable off the Tillamook County coast gained approval from state leaders last week, although with some reluctance. During […]
Gray whales that spend summer off the Oregon coast are smaller than Arctic counterparts, OSU researchers find
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Gray whales that spend their summers feeding off the coast of Oregon are shorter than their counterparts who travel north to the […]
Sheriff’s office schedules annual “shred day” for Saturday, Aug. 19
NEWPORT – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s office is hosting its annual “shred day” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 19 in the the Lincoln County Courthouse parking lot, 225 […]
Lincoln County measure would have blocked proposed Beaver Creek spraying
To the editor: Glyphosate (sold commercially as RoundUp, an organophosphate pesticide) is part of a chemical cocktail a private forest owner is planning to aerial spray over 473 acres of […]
Oregon employment officials prep for Monday’s launch of paid leave program, expect bumps along the way
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon employment officials are preparing for a monumental undertaking: the launch of the state’s new paid leave program. The program, Paid Leave Oregon, covers […]
Tidewater man jailed on seven charges, $500,000 bail after fight with neighbor
TIDEWATER – A 69-year-old Tidewater man is in the Lincoln County jail after his arrest Wednesday on seven charges including a bias crime after a fight stemming from a long-running […]