House Speaker Tina Kotek addresses the chamber during a legislative special session on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s […]
By CASSANDRA PROFITA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Four of the fires that burned across Oregon on Labor Day of 2020 were likely caused by equipment owned by PacifiCorp, according to a […]
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21302570 10/25/2021 12:50 Officer #55167 WERTZ, DAVID Crash – Non-injury Location 229, Mile post 28 28 SB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary (ecrash) On 10/25/21 at approximaely 12:50 […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The two candidates to become Yachats City manager made their last pitches for the job Thursday night, one week before the City Council is scheduled to offer […]
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com It took the disappearance of an old bike rack in downtown Yachats for Jocko Doss to realize how few there were in the city. That’s about […]
Oregon reports 1,116 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 24 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,358, […]
BY QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Calling it a “giant step” toward addressing issues with vacation rentals in unincorporated areas of Lincoln County, commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday on a wide-ranging set of […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle State officials are gearing up for the next round of Covid-19 vaccinations, this time for younger children. About 330,000 children aged 5 to 11 in […]
A 55-year-old Yachats man is in the Lincoln County jail with bail of $750,000 on 11 charges related to a road rage incident Oct. 7 that badly injured three motorcyclists […]
JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Longtime New York Times columnist Nick Kristof officially launched his campaign for Oregon governor on Wednesday, joining a crowded Democratic primary. Kristof, who grew up in […]
