YACHATS — Yachats’ officials are holding their cards close to the vest as they continue to negotiate to stop a 20-acre clearcut near the base of the Yachats Ridge […]
News Briefs
Siuslaw National Forest starts seasonal slash burning
WALDPORT – Smell smoke in the air? This time of year it’s likely to be from slash burning from summer logging operations on private lands or in the Siuslaw National […]
Oil slick on Highway 126 east of Florence leads to crashes, fatality
FLORENCE – A 59-year-old Florence woman was killed and a Eugene woman seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when a 200-yard-long oil slick in the Knowles Creek tunnel on Highway 126 east […]
Lincoln County unemployment rate is stuck at 4.7 percent
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Lincoln County stayed at 4.7 percent in September, the same as in August but still significantly higher than the Oregon or national rates, according […]
Lincoln City police shoot, kill man during arrest attempt Saturday
LINCOLN CITY – Lincoln City police shot and killed a man shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday when officers went to a domestic disturbance call at a motel and the suspect […]
Ukulele group donates defibrillators to city of Waldport, Cafe Chill, DaNoble House
WALDPORT — The Waldport Seashore Literacy ukulele group has donated three automated external defibrillators to the city of Waldport. The defibrillators, which cost $2,263 each, will be placed at city […]
Cougar wandering Newport bayfront Thursday dies during capture attempt
On Friday, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife officials issued a statement on the attempted cougar capture. You can read it here. NEWPORT — The cougar that caused consternation by […]
ODOT warns campaigners to keep signs away from highways
When it comes to the seemingly ubiquitous political signs now dotting the pre-election landscape, there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to place them. The wrong way, […]
$72,000 workforce grant will bring seafood training to five schools
Students at five coastal high schools will receive seafood-processing training this year thanks to a $72,000 grant awarded to the Oregon Coast Visitors Association from a state workforce development agency. […]
No injuries when delivery truck crashes into Yachats coffee shop
YACHATS – Oregon State Police cited the driver of a delivery truck early Friday after it left U.S. Highway 101 in downtown Yachats, traveled down a five-foot embankment and […]