Sharon A. Mindrup, Yachats July 27, 1948 – Feb. 13, 2025 Sharon A. Mindrup, who owned and ran Sharon’s Discount Vacuums in Bend for years before moving to Yachats […]
Sharon A. Mindrup, Yachats
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Portland company that makes cross-laminated timbers breaks ground on big plant in Millersburg
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By PHILOMATH NEWS MILLERSBURG — Six months after announcing Millersburg as the site of a new cross-laminated timber manufacturing facility, Timberlab and its partners along with a list of dignitaries […]
Trump administration slices 30-40 percent of National Weather Service workers in Oregon
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By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The agency that issues warnings for floods, ice storms and wildfire danger in Oregon is short-staffed by at least 30 percent to 40 percent following […]
Sheriff’s office hopes to bring in fresh search crews Monday for 2-year-old Siletz boy missing since Saturday afternoon
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This story was updated at 10 p.m. Sunday with new developments from Sunday’s search By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office hopes to bring in more and […]
Proposal in 2025 Oregon Legislature would create $1 billion fund via ratepayers to pay for utility-caused fires
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By JEFF MANNING/Oregon Journalism Project After a series of low-profile meetings with Salem power brokers and utility officials, Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland confirms to the Oregon Journalism Project that she […]
New legislative study says heavy trucks paying too much and passenger cars too little in highway support
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By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project A fundamental question lawmakers should ask about programs is who pays and who benefits. Last week, the Oregon Senate Finance and Revenue Committee got the […]
Idaho timber company executive named head of the U.S. Forest Service
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By MIA MALDONADO/Idaho Capital Sun U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has appointed Tom Schultz of Idaho as the country’s top forestry official. Schultz will serve as the 21st chief […]
Trump administration firings of federal workers begins to ripple through Lincoln County. Are budget and program cuts next?
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By QUINTON SMITH and GARRET JAROS /YachatsNews Three U.S. Bureau of Land Management park rangers at Yaquina Head? Gone. U.S. Department of Agriculture temporary, probationary or seasonal workers in […]
COCF&R board asks state ethics commission to investigate Seal Rock fire chief’s threats in incendiary email
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By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – A fire needs heat, fuel and oxygen in order to exist. There seems to be no shortage of those elements in the seemingly unending […]
Trump’s first month in office sparks protests, packed town halls across much of Oregon
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By BRYCE DOLE/Oregon Public Broadcasting In a state known for protests, demonstrations the last three weeks around Oregon feel different. People at the University of Oregon last week marched against President […]