YACHATS — The Yachats City Council barely missed a beat Wednesday when their conversation about hedge heights and nuisance complaints was suddenly disrupted by loud wailing and the appearance […]
Lincoln County voters will decide in November whether to raise lodging tax by 20 percent to support park operations, maintenance
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Lincoln County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to ask voters to increase lodging taxes in unincorporated parts of the county by 20 percent to provide additional money […]
Federal audit finds financial mismanagement at Oregon boarding school for Native Americans
Chemawa Indian School in Salem is the oldest continuously running off-reservation Indian boarding school. By ROB MANNING and TONY SCHICK/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s only federally-run boarding school for Native American […]
Nonprofit awards $5 million to widen abortion access in Oregon
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is one of the few states nationwide with few restrictions on abortion access. But that doesn’t mean that abortions are widely available. Three-quarters of […]
Federal judge: Oregon Senate panel violated maverick legislator’s free speech rights
Sen. Brian Boquist, I-Dallas, prevailed in a First Amendment lawsuit he filed against other senators after he was punished for comments he made. By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — […]
FBI offers $50,000 reward for man who disappeared near Waldport in 2011 after shooting cop
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who slipped an extensive manhunt after being sought in the shooting and serious wounding […]
Police seek help on intentionally set fires in Lincoln City
Police in Lincoln City are asking for help after several “intentionally set” fires have burned in the Agnes Creek Open Space recreation area just inland from the beach. Police said […]
Commander Salamander, Dixie Delish and a cast of characters return to Primaltones in Newport through August
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY Technology. Where would we be if it weren’t for a few mad scientists along the way? We certainly wouldn’t have the benefit of such […]
Lincoln County Historical Society honors musician-philosopher Ernest Bloch with legacy project on Friday and Saturday
By Oregon Coast TODAY Ernest Bloch was a musician, composer, conductor, philosopher, photographer and a man also known during his life as a successful mushroom hunter with a penchant […]
The idea for this weekend’s Yachats conference on race was born during Saturday vigils on the sidewalks of Highway 101
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The conversations started after the first year of their weekly Saturday Black Lives Matter protests along U.S. Highway 101 in Yachats. “Is there something […]