By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon ArtsWatch In December the Grants Pass School District approved removing two books from the Grants Pass High School Library: All Boys Aren’t Blue – George M. Johnson’s memoir about […]
New report projects number of Oregon high school graduates will decline almost 20% by 2041
By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has published an edition of “Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates,” every four years […]
Suspect in man’s 2022 disappearance jailed on corpse abuse charge
NEWPORT – An apparent suspect in the disappearance of a Newport car dealer three years ago is being held in the Lincoln County jail on $500,000 bail on accusations of […]
Lincoln County jobless rate stays at 4.8 percent in November
Lincoln County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 4.8 percent in November, unchanged from October’s rate but half a percentage point higher than the year before and higher than Oregon’s […]
County jail inmate died of medical condition, police say
NEWPORT – Investigators announced Monday that a 53-year-old Lincoln County jail inmate found dead in his cell Dec. 22 died of natural causes related to a chronic medical condition. The […]
Three other tribes sue to stop approval of Coquille casino in Medford
By JUSTIN HIGGINBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Karuk Tribe and Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the […]
15th annual Yachats New Year’s Day peace hike commemorates native suffering and resilience
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — A bedrock local event returns New Year’s Day when the 15th annual Yachats Peace Hike commemorates both the suffering of coastal indigenous people and […]
Investigators work to unravel two shooting deaths, one by police, on remote Five Rivers farm
By YACHATSNEWS FIVE RIVERS – A team of police investigators from Lane County is trying to sort out two shooting deaths Thursday night and Friday on a remote farm […]
Happy holidays: YachatsNews and its staff are taking a bit of a break until Jan. 3
To our readers: YachatsNews is going to take a break from daily news gathering chores from Monday, Dec. 23 until Friday, Jan. 3 to celebrate the holidays and […]
U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to help fund Oregon’s rural schools, communities
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Schools in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties — and schools in other Western states — will receive less federal funding in 2025 after the U.S. […]