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State agency forgives $372,900 of a water line relocation loan to Waldport

December 4, 2021

WALDPORT – The state’s economic development agency has forgiven the city of Waldport $372,900 of a $525,000 loan to relocate a water line on the McKinley Slough bridge. The agency, Business Oregon, notified the city at the end of November that the loan was being forgiven. The city completed the project in 2019. “The city is grateful to Business Oregon,

Oregon governor orders most people to stay home; tightens restrictions on businesses, social contact

March 23, 2020

By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown on Monday directed most Oregonians to stay home except for getting groceries, going to work or handling important activities that cannot wait. Brown said she was acting because many Oregonians had failed to heed her directives to practice “social distancing” to decrease the transmission of COVID-19. “I was very, very clear. I

Waldport debates what to do next after Umpqua Bank gives away its $600,000 bank building

December 12, 2019

By KATHERINE LJUNGQVIST and QUINTON SMITH WALDPORT – What happens when a regional bank walks away from property valued at more than $600,000 and gives it away for free? The city of Waldport is trying to figure that out. Umpqua Bank closed its 3,200-square-foot branch along Highway 34 last spring because of declining business and the move to online

Waldport city manager resigning in April 2020 to “recharge”

December 4, 2019

Waldport City Manager Kerry Kemp plans to resign April 30, 2020, after six years in the job. Kemp, 61, who lives in Yachats, said he simply wants to “take a break and recharge.” “I’ve been doing this kind of work for 35 years,” he told YachatsNews.com this week. “I’m too young to retire but I’m in the position to step