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By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is ending COVID-19 vaccine requirements for educators and health care workers and officials are no longer asking people infected with the virus to isolate for five days. Oregon public health officials announced the changes Wednesday, a day before the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends.  Some of the changes start on Thursday, and

By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews Stand back — a whale of a block party is about to surface Saturday in Waldport — and more action will cruise into Yachats the next day. “Beach, Bike & Blues” is the big event from noon to 7 p.m. combining the downtown Waldport waterfront, the Oregon Coast Gravel Epic bicycle race, and what’s being called

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Quiet times for the Port of Alsea are a thing of the past. Issues brought up by some people upset with new retail operations, the location of a 2-year-old crabbing-only area, and apparently lots of pent-up personal animosities have led to rare challenges for two Port board positions in the May 16 special election.

By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service Dungeness crab fishermen are at high risk for on-the-job injury, but having a metal bar to bang crab pots against as they work at sea can help prevent them, an Oregon State University study found. The study sought to determine whether the fishermen-designed “banger bar” actually improves worker safety aboard crab vessels. The metal