The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help locating the person or people responsible for the unlawful killing of a spike bull elk and […]
Archives for September 2020
Yachats Library Commission schedules meeting Thursday, survey to seek ideas on future of city library
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The city of Yachats is trying to determine the future of its library and wants residents to help figure it out. So it is seeking your […]
Accidental discovery by OSU researcher and boat captain lead to marine reserve poaching case and indictment of two Astoria men
By YVONNE SHAW/For YachatsNews.com Two men caught setting stolen crab traps in a marine on the Oregon coast await trial following a joint effort of citizen reporting and solid […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Wednesday, Sept. 16: weekly case numbers decline, positive rate rises
Oregon reports 195 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths Today’s Weekly Report showed that new cases in Oregon have continued to decline as 1,294 cases were recorded from Sept. […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, Sept. 15; no new cases in Lincoln County
Oregon reports 184 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 8 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 519, the […]
LINCOLN COUNTY FIRE UPDATE: Otis area reopens for residents only this weekend; fire agency says 293 homes destroyed
Residents of the burned neighborhoods in Otis will be allowed back into the fire area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office announced […]
As north Lincoln County searches for wildfire information, a recently returned Otis man uses his technological know-how to help
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com In the thirst for news and on-the-ground word in the aftermath of the fires burning in north Lincoln County, perhaps no better clearinghouse for information has […]
Brown, Wyden call for help and long-term action for Oregon to recover from massive wildfires
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Even as thousands of firefighters continue to suppress dozens of wildfires spread over 1 million acres, Gov. Kate Brown and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. are […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Monday, Sept. 14; testing numbers drop statewide
Oregon reports 151 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 2 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 511, the […]
Oregon’s dry summer — and drought for several years — contributed to September’s forest infernos
By BRITTANY ALLEN/Pamplin Media Group As of Sept. 4, the U.S. Forest Service was ready to declare 2020 a surprisingly successful year in terms of major wildfires. Then Labor Day […]