Two finalists to become the third president of Oregon Coast Community College will go through a two-day interview process with the college board, staff and faculty, managers and college partners […]
Four years after getting $1.7 million grant, Waldport finds a way to construct sidewalks to schools on Crestline
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Waldport city councilors let loose a collective cheer when they learned work on the long-awaited plan to build a sidewalk along a portion of […]
Central Oregon Coast fire board will ask voters to increase an operations levy in November
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District board voted unanimously Thursday to ask voters in November to increase their property taxes to help […]
Floating wind project off southern Oregon coast clears first big bureaucratic hurdle in a long process
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon coast is inching closer to generating renewable electricity using floating offshore wind turbines, although any construction is still years away. On Tuesday, […]
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office now using state-of-the-art drug testing device
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has started using a new state-of-the-art tool giving officers a safer and smarter edge to combat drug problems in our community. This device also aids […]
Florida man rescued from Devils Churn south of Yachats; one of few “ever pulled out of here alive”
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS — A Florida man was rescued relatively unscathed from Devils Churn on Tuesday after tripping while taking a photo and falling about 15 feet into […]
Lane County rolls out mobile crisis response program on Sunday
By TIFFANY ECKERT/KLCC News EUGENE — A new mobile crisis response program in Lane County is scheduled to launch Sunday that allows any county resident experiencing a behavioral health emergency […]
RFK Jr. is likely to appear on Oregon ballots this fall after secretary of state decision
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one step closer to appearing on ballots across Oregon this November. All it took was a brand-new political party. On […]
Officials in Columbia gorge plan $50 million campus for mental health, addiction treatment
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Wasco County officials in the Columbia River Gorge are planning a campus to provide residential mental health care, addiction treatment services and a drop-in center […]
Its all about boats — wooden and cardboard — this weekend at the Port of Toledo’s annual show
By Oregon Coast TODAY TOLEDO — It will be all about boats at the Wooden Boat Show and Containerboard Boat Contest on Saturday and Sunday in Toledo. The 19th […]