On May 20th, 2020, at approximately 7:00 PM, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team conducted a search warrant on a residence in the […]
Archives for May 2020
Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for May 18-19
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20129849 05/18/2020 12:33 Officer #52129 LARSON, ERIC Crash – Non-injury Location 101, Mile post 111 111 NB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary ***E-CRASH*** UNIT #1 (silver Chrysler sedan) […]
Casinos in Lincoln City and Florence reopening this week with lots of restrictions in place
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Two casinos operated by Oregon tribes are resuming operations this week as coastal communities edge toward reopening public facilities shut down for two months due to coronavirus […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Wednesday, May 20
Oregon reports 65 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 10 new presumptive cases, 4 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to […]
State economists say Oregon budget has a $3 billion gap, Brown wants federal aid coupled with cuts
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown says federal aid must go hand in hand with spending cuts to offset almost $3 billion that state tax collections and other […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, May 19
Oregon reports 33 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 8 new presumptive cases, 2 new deaths COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 140, the […]
Lanee Danforth unseats Jonathan Cable as Lincoln County District attorney; Hall and Hitselberger go to November runoff
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County Deputy District Attorney Lanee Danforth defeated her boss, Lincoln County District Attorney Jonathan Cable, on Tuesday night in the hotly contested race to see […]
Families of Lincoln County students will get $384 per child in food benefits
Families of students in the Lincoln County School District are getting a little extra help — $384 per child – from a federal food and nutrition program. The U.S. Department […]
Elderly Waldport man killed Monday in crash on Highway 20
An 86-year-old Waldport man died Monday morning on Oregon Highway 20 just east of Toledo when his car crossed into the path of an oncoming log truck. Max Metcalf was […]
Oregon Supreme Court steps in late Monday to halt Baker County judge’s ruling on reopening the state
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press The Oregon Supreme Court on Monday night halted a rural judge’s order which had earlier in the day tossed out statewide coronavirus […]