By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT – The next time there’s an emergency in Alsea Bay it shouldn’t take Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue firefighters very long to respond. The […]
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Oregon Legislature tweaks “recreational immunity” law to protect owners of trails for most liability
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Public hiking trails that closed this past year in response to a civil lawsuit could start reopening again after Oregon lawmakers Tuesday passed temporary […]
ODOT returns Friday to continue paving deteriorating sections of U.S. 101 north of Newport — but it’s a temporary fix
Friday morning update from ODOT: U.S. Highway 101 near Beverly Beach will see long delays again Friday as crews work on paving the road. Flaggers will be in place […]
Port of Alsea begins search for new manager as Cuellar retires this fall after nine years at helm
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews WALDPORT – Anyone with aspirations of managing a port – sleuthing for smugglers while rubbing elbows with scalawags and flannel-clad pirates along brine-scented docks – may […]
Former Waldport High School student’s lawsuit alleges three years of harassment, seeks $2.5 million
By YachatsNews A former Waldport High School student is suing the Lincoln County School District for $2.5 million alleging school staff did little to nothing to stop a boy’s sexual […]
With four choices, Yachats Fire District board selects career firefighter and volunteer as newest member
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – For the first time in anyone’s memory, the board of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District had four people to choose from to fill […]
What’s the fate of the Corvallis Clinic? If state bars 11-clinic sale to national group, will it simply close?
By CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/The Lund Report Hundreds of Corvallis-area residents and across Oregon have lined up to oppose health care giant UnitedHealth Group buying the physician-owned Corvallis Clinic. But some […]
A first person report: What a day in the 2024 Oregon Legislature looks like for Rep. David Gomberg
Editor’s note Brad Fuqua, a longtime Benton County journalist and the editor and publisher of the online Philomath News, spent a day last week with Rep. David Gomberg […]
Junction City woman rescued Sunday from ocean at Bob Creek would like to thank the hero who saved her
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Corinne McElroy knows one of the men who rescued her from the ocean Sunday. He’s Mike, her husband of 45 years. Now she’s looking for the […]
Worried about possible NOAA departure, officials try to gauge interest in reviving Newport’s commuter air service
By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Oregon has 98 airports, both private and public. Some are little more than a field where pilots can practice takeoffs and landings. […]