By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Schools should cancel or curtail some extracurricular activities to help Oregon maintain what appears to be the beginning of a decline from record high […]
Fatal crash on Highway 101 eight miles north of Florence
FATAL CRASH ON HWY 101-LANE COUNTY News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: September 7th, 2021 12:34 PM On Friday, September 3, 2021 at approximately 12:20 PM, Oregon State […]
Cleaner but still struggling, Yachats Post Office gets spruced up — but customers urged to contact Congress to help restore staff
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A small band of Yachats residents turned out over the Labor Day weekend to perform housekeeping duties at the Post Office, but their vacuums and cleaners […]
OSU, UO announce weekly testing for staff, students with vaccine exemptions
The Eugene Register-Guard The University of Oregon and Oregon State University announced Wednesday that they are requiring weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated students and employees. The universities, along with all of […]
State has online open house Thursday for Highway 18 improvements near Spirit Mountain casino
By the Salem Statesman-Journal A busy section of the highway hundreds of thousands of people travel each year to get to the Oregon Coast could soon look much different. A […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Friday, Sept. 3: 2,379 new cases, 37 in Lincoln County and one more local death
Oregon reports 2,379 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 3,272, […]
Two partisan plans by Ds and Rs for redistricting in Oregon make consensus a long shot
By GARY WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Legislative leaders on Friday released competing plans for new political districts to be used beginning with the 2022 election. Hopes for a quick consensus to […]
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Aug. 31-Sept. 1
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21249213 08/31/2021 17:39 Officer #44704 KATSIKIS, KELLY Crash – Hit and Run Location 18, Mile post 1.5 1.5 EB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary Log only: I was […]
Owner of Lincoln County short-term rental explains opposition to ballot measure
To the editor: I would like to share my thoughts on Lincoln County Ballot Measure 21–203, which would phase out short-term rentals in unincorporated areas of the county. But first […]
Paving of upper three miles of Yachats River Road begins Sept. 14
Regular users of the upper three miles of Yachats River Road need to prepare for some traffic interruptions beginning Tuesday, Sept. 14. Road & Driveway of Newport, under a $532,000 […]