Residents of the burned neighborhoods in Otis will be allowed back into the fire area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office announced […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com In the thirst for news and on-the-ground word in the aftermath of the fires burning in north Lincoln County, perhaps no better clearinghouse for information has […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Even as thousands of firefighters continue to suppress dozens of wildfires spread over 1 million acres, Gov. Kate Brown and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. are […]
Oregon reports 151 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 511, the […]
By BRITTANY ALLEN/Pamplin Media Group As of Sept. 4, the U.S. Forest Service was ready to declare 2020 a surprisingly successful year in terms of major wildfires. Then Labor Day […]
By JIM REDDEN/Pamplin Media Group Most voters in Oregon and the three-county Portland area have negative views of the ongoing political protests in Portland and its related violence, according to […]
The Lincoln County School District has delayed the start of its fall online classes for a week until Monday, Sept. 21 because of the forest fires burning in Otis and […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com WALDPORT — The Port of Alsea’s facilities – and a key service — are all falling apart at exactly the wrong time. But crabbers, shrimpers and […]
PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 505, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. “Today’s 500th death marks […]
SALEM — The Commission adopted measures to reduce the risk of whale entanglement in commercial Dungeness crab gear, while balancing economic impacts to this important fishery during their meeting Friday. […]
