By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers have approved $94 million more to expand coronavirus testing and contact tracing, but deadlocked on $105 million more for the state to buy […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The operators of a bus system between Yachats and Florence have adjusted its schedule so that riders can now get all the way to Eugene in […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Nine residents and five employees of a long-term care facility in Lincoln City have tested positive for COVID-19, Lincoln County Public Health announced Tuesday. The announcement came […]
It’s been six months since my last update about YachatsNews, so given all that is going on I thought it might be an appropriate time for a little news about […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is likely a day away from crossing the threshold of 20,000 cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state reported Wednesday. […]
Oregon reports 299 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 338, the […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A coalition of Lincoln County neighborhoods failed to collect enough signatures by Wednesday night to get an initiative on the November ballot that proposes phasing out vacation […]
Coast Guard rescues injured fisherman 150 miles offshore Yaquina Bay, OR Editors’ Note: Click on image to view and download video. SEATTLE – The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman […]
The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests cases in Oregon hit their highest levels in four months, state health officials reported Monday. The Oregon Health Authority said the percentage of tests […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County is asking the state permission to move into Phase 2 of Oregon’s reopening plan in three weeks, allowing theaters, pools, bowling alleys and indoor […]
