By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – Don Dougherty’s friends – at least 150 of them — and family came out to his 65th birthday party Sunday evening, although several said […]
Siletz tribe’s charitable fund awards $192,000 in third-quarter grants
The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund has awarded $192,000 to 31 nonprofit and other organizations for the third quarter of 2022. Since its inception in 2001, the seven-member charitable fund […]
Waldport-area community witnesses unveiling of historic Louis Southworth statue to be placed at new city park
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT – It may have been Louis Southworth’s unveiling, but it was Jesse Dolin’s doing. Eighteen months after he suggested to the city of Waldport that […]
Christmas tree permits now available for Siuslaw National Forest
WALDPORT — Christmas tree permits are available for purchase from the Siuslaw National Forest through Dec. 31. Tree hunters can go to recreation.gov to purchase a permit online or go […]
Yachats council approves request — and $70,000 — to create emergency shelter for homeless in church’s parking lot
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — With two votes — one unanimous, one not — the Yachats city council Wednesday approved and funded a $70,000 emergency shelter proposal for the […]
Will an increase in Lincoln County ambulance staffing help solve Samaritan issues on transporting patients to the valley?
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Four times a day, on average, a patient at one of Samaritan Health System’s two Lincoln County hospitals needs to be moved quickly to a hospital […]
Yachats council gives city manager 5.5% raise and $5,000 bonus after evaluation
YACHATS – Heide Lambert, who has been Yachats’s city manager for nine months, got a small raise and bonus this week from an appreciative city council. When it hired Lambert […]
Oregon Health Authority director Patrick Allen announces he will step down Jan. 9 as new governor takes office
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Health Authority director Patrick Allen told agency employees Thursday that he will step down in early January, when Gov. Kate Brown’s term ends. He […]
Federal agency removes last regulatory hurdle to demolishing four dams on Klamath River
GILLIAN FLACCUS/Associated Press/Oregon Public Broadcasting United States regulators approved a major milestone Thursday in a plan to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles […]
Oregon economists expect a ‘mild’ recession beginning in 2023, but taxpayers getting record “kicker” in 2024
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle After months of record revenue growth, Oregon economists now expect the state to enter a “mild” recession next summer. State economists told a legislative panel […]