By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Department of Forestry announced Monday that all of its fire districts, which combined cover about 16 million acres, are officially in wildfire season. […]
More sonic booms on the coast this week? Oregon Air National Guard will be training against Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornets
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Hornets and Eagles will battle for control of the skies over the Oregon coast the next two weeks. An Oregon National Guard statement […]
Polly McAllister Piraino
Polly McAllister Piraino July 13, 1952 – June 24, 2022 Polly McAllister Piraino of Yachats passed away June 24, 2022 at the age of 69 after a battle with […]
Fisherman locate dead orca Thursday west of Coquille and determine it was tangled in recreational crabbing gear
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The mystery of what caused the death of a juvenile killer whale off Oregon’s central coast last month appears to have been solved. The carcass […]
Head of Oregon Supreme Court calls for immediate fix to ongoing lack of public defenders
By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters seems increasingly impatient as the state continues to violate the constitutional rights of criminal defendants charged with crimes […]
Rural Oregon counties are lining up against state’s psilocybin launch
By ANTONIA SIERRA/Oregon Public Broadcasting The next drug debate is coming to an eastern Oregon ballot in November. The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this week to put […]
Oregon has committed almost all of its $389 million for emergency rental aid
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon has now committed virtually all of the $389 million in federal and state money to provide emergency rental assistance to more than 60,000 households. […]
Oregon National Guard bars unvaccinated soldiers from drilling with units
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon National Guard is barring members who have not followed orders to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from taking part in military duties, officials […]
Waldport library’s “Big Truck Night” returns Thursday evening
WALDPORT — The Waldport Public Library’s “Big Truck Night” returns 5-7 p.m. Thursday with all of types of large vehicles on hand for youth of all ages to inspect. The event […]
Lincoln County, city officials and non-profits will use $1 million grant to create plan to address local homeless issues
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer has long harbored hopes of seeing a permanent shelter built somewhere in Lincoln County to help some of the hundreds of people […]