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Waldport City Council votes to name new City Hall building for slain council member
The Waldport City Council voted during a special meeting Tuesday to name its new City Hall building after Mark C. Campbell, a longtime council member who was killed Dec. […]
Watch out for an invasion of chia seeds washing up on Oregon’s beaches
By the Salem Statesman-Journal While usually limited to smoothies and salad dressings, chia seeds have started showing up in unwelcome places this week. Beachgoers reported large, commercial-size bags of the […]
In abrupt about-face Wednesday, Oregon governor will let local schools and districts decide when to re-open for classroom instruction
By TERESA CARSON/Pamplin Media Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday abruptly announced new rules for school re-openings, making former directives optional and allowing districts to open if they follow safety […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Wednesday, Dec. 23; state has 1,000 new cases; Lincoln County 5 new cases and 1 death
Oregon reports 1,000 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 21 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed 21 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,403, the […]
Newport hospital begins administering first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to employees, hopes to finish first round by Saturday
By Quinton Smith/YachatsNews.com Nurses at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport began administering the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Lincoln County on Monday, giving shots to […]
State clarifies guidelines for what it considers legal “outside” restaurant dining
The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday clarified a question it gets a lot – what is considered “outdoors” when it comes to restaurant dining. It may be instructive to Lincoln […]
Landslide that forced evacuation of fish research center and property owners east of Waldport also wiped out county bridge and could move again, say county and state officials
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A landslide that for years has been looming over a unique salmon and steelhead research center 25 miles east of Waldport, gave way during torrential rains […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, Dec. 22; Oregon has 1,382 new cases, Lincoln County 6
Oregon reports 1,282 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 35 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed 35 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,382, the […]
Jobless rate drops again in Lincoln County, but it’s still the highest in Oregon
The unemployment rate in Lincoln County continues to slowly drop, but the county still has the highest rate than anywhere else in Oregon. The Oregon Employment Department on Tuesday released […]