The unemployment rate in Lincoln County continues to tick downward, but remains significantly higher than Oregon’s overall rate. The Oregon Employment Department said Tuesday that Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment […]
Trick-or-treat Halloween activities for kids scheduled Friday night in Waldport and Saturday afternoon in Yachats
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com Ghoulies and ghosties and even long-legged beasties may be spotted in the area this week, but their presence is no cause for alarm. They’ll be afoot […]
Internet outage Monday moves city manager candidate online forum to Thursday
An online meeting for the public to question two Yachats city manager candidates has been moved to Thursday evening because of a widespread outage of Spectrum’s internet service Monday. The […]
Former Waldport resident with new home has different perspective on BM 21-203
To the editor: I’d like to share my perspective on Ballot Measure 21-303, the effort to restrict and eliminate short-term rentals in Lincoln County. I live in Eugene, so you […]
Firefighters from three departments respond to re-ignited slash burn in Waldport late Sunday
WALDPORT – Firefighters from Waldport, Yachats and Newport stopped a slash burn that re-ignited during a wind and rainstorm late Sunday night from getting into trees near the Dahl Industrial […]
Merkley and Wyden ask feds to investigate student achievement, finances at Chemawa Indian School in Salem
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle It’s been six years since the Chemawa Indian School in Salem was last reviewed by the federal Department of the Interior, which found then that […]
Two new lawsuits challenge Oregon’s new legislative boundaries, asking Supreme Court to get rid of Legislature’s plan
Representatives work in the House chamber following a legislative special session on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A former Republican state […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity report Oct. 22-
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21300560 10/22/2021 21:44 Officer #53141 SEVERSON, SCOTT Crash – Non-injury Location 20, Mile post 2 2 WB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary eCrash – On 10/22/21 at approximately […]
After 7 weeks in Oregon’s COVID-19 hot spots, FEMA’s “big yellow bus” and 23 staffers now delivering vaccines in Lincoln County
By QUINTON SMIth/YachantsNews.com Over the past seven weeks Timothy Hall has seen all the COVID-19 hotspots in Oregon – Malheur County, Grant County, Douglas County – while tooling around with […]
USGS reports 4.7 magnitude earthquake Sunday 110 miles west of Coos Bay
A light earthquake of 4.7-magnitude hit off the coast of southern Oregon Sunday morning. The temblor struck just after 4 a.m., with the epicenter about 110 miles west of Coos […]