By RYAN BURNS/Lost Coast Outpost EUREKA, Calif. — Pacific Seafood, the processing and distribution giant based in Clackamas, Ore., has halted all processing activity at its Eureka plant, dramatically scaling […]
While Democrats around the country pledge to resist Trump, Oregon leaders have been quiet
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland on Nov. 5. Kotek and other top Oregon Democrats have been relatively […]
Forest Service hiring freeze: Documents reveal the agency is quietly cutting its seasonal workforce
By NICK BOWLIN/High Country News Americans visit hiking and camping areas managed by the U.S. Forest Service more than 150 million times each year. If you have climbed a peak […]
Oregon Coast CC board approves college’s first bachelor’s program, state OK is next
Oregon Coast Community College has joined a consortium of five other community colleges across the state to offer the first bachelor’s degree program in its 37-year history. The bachelor’s […]
Oregon task force makes recommendations for ways to prevent patients from “boarding” in hospitals
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Across a sprawling system of nearly 60 acute-care hospitals, Oregonians take up beds they do not need while other patients board in emergency rooms for […]
Study says rural residents more likely to struggle with medical debt
By LIZ CAREY/The Daily Yonder According to new research from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, rural residents are not significantly more likely to be worried about their medical […]
City reopens access to Yachats River beach Saturday after new tests show water is safe
YACHATS – The beach at the mouth of the Yachats River re-opened to the public Saturday after tests results from a city sewage spill a week earlier showed the […]
“Bomb cyclone” missed the central Oregon coast this week but big winds predicted for Friday
The central Oregon coast was mostly spared the so-called “bomb cyclone” that damaged northern California and the Seattle area this week, but that doesn’t mean the late fall storms […]
Eugene woman who survived sneaker wave with granddaughter last year in Yachats returns with warnings
By SUSAN PALMER/YachatsNews Ann Dwyer didn’t see the sneaker wave that almost killed her and her granddaughter on a calm October day one year ago. Dwyer, a retired Eugene […]
Yachats buying property at corner of Ocean View Drive and Highway 101 for part of boardwalk project
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS –The city’s purchase of a long sought after and prime piece of real estate in the heart of Yachats should be wrapped up in December. […]