On Monday May 9th, 2022, Lincoln City Police arrested 47-year-old Darren Guffey, of Lincoln City, on multiple charges after causing a motor vehicle crash and fleeing the scene. On May […]
State and local candidates, advisers have to reset passwords to Oregon campaign finance system after hack
Hundreds of candidates, treasurers and others have to reset their passwords to the Secretary of State’s online campaign finance database. (Salem Reporter) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle About 1,100 people […]
Feds threaten to pull certification from Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City campus because of repeated issues
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Federal regulators have threatened to yank the certification for Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City unit if it doesn’t immediately fix multiple problems at that campus, […]
State of Oregon agrees it cannot enforce real estate “love letters” law, pays Bend firm $60,000
By Oregon Capital Chronicle The state of Oregon won’t keep fighting to enforce a first-in-the-nation ban on real estate “love letters” and will pay a Bend real estate group more […]
Have you seen Ronnie? Family and community search for woman who lived in her car the past year around Yachats and Waldport
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – A woman who spent the last year living in her car in and around Yachats abandoned the vehicle nearly three weeks ago, worrying family […]
Yachats council gives unanimous approval to seek engineering design and costs for Ocean View Drive boardwalk
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The Yachats City Council has given the go-ahead for the next step on what could be a $950,000 project to build a 350-foot boardwalk […]
Waldport High School wins third straight forestry championship, teacher named natural resources educator of the year
WALDPORT – It’s a three-peat for the forestry program at Waldport High School, which also had its instructor honored as natural resources educator of the year for Oregon. Some […]
YYFAP’s annual fundraiser is 2-5 p.m. Sunday to benefit its children’s programs
YACHATS – Three hours of family fun is on tap Sunday with a local non-profit’s festival and fundraiser following the Yachats Farmer’s Market. When the market on West Fourth Street […]
With federal investment, seven Oregon highways — including U.S. 101 and 20 — to get charging stations every 50 miles
The Oregon Department of Transportation will invest in a growing network of electric vehicle charging stations across seven major highways (National Park Service) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle An electric […]
For the first time in years, Lincoln County has competition for ambulance services pitting a longtime, local company against a national provider
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com For the first time in at least two decades, there is competition to provide ambulance service for most of Lincoln County. American Medical Response/Northwest, an arm […]