OHA posts highest weekly case count The Oregon Health Authority released its COVID-19 Weekly Report today which showed that during the week of Monday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 1, OHA recorded […]
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Oregon State Police/Newport activity log for Oct. 30-Nov. 4
OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP20308802 10/30/2020 11:36 Officer #53141 SEVERSON, SCOTT Crash – Non-injury Location 101, Mile post 150 150 NB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary eCrash – On 10/30/20 at approximately […]
Housing stress in Lincoln County would be eased with limits on vacation rentals
To the editor: When Dec. 31 arrives, how many Lincoln County residents will be newly unhoused? How many have been living on the edge of disaster for far too long? I […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Tuesday, Nov. 3
Oregon reports 495 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 9 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed nine more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 701, the […]
Oregon voters saying ‘yes’ to ballot measures on campaign finance, tobacco taxes, psilocybin and decriminalizing some hard drugs
By NICK BUDNICK/Oregon Capital Bureau All four statewide ballot measures appeared headed for passage in the first round of ballot returns counted Tuesday night. Just past 8 p.m., early returns […]
Democrats — Fagan, Read and Rosenblum — are sweeping all three of Oregon’s statewide races
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Democrats appeared to be sweeping the three statewide offices up for election Tuesday in Oregon. Early returns posted shortly after 8 p.m. showed Democrat state […]
Longtime Republican legislator from Ontario wins race to replace Greg Walden in Oregon’s 2nd congressional district
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Republican Cliff Bentz of Ontario was winning by a wide margin in the race for the open congressional seat representing Central and Eastern Oregon, […]
Two legislative districts on the Oregon coast flip from Democrats to Republicans; Gomberg wins fifth term in House District race
Two legislative seats on the Oregon coast — including a closely watched and expensive contest for the Oregon Senate — flipped from Democrats to Republican office holders in Tuesday’s general […]
Waldport councilor Greg Holland easily elected mayor, Dunn re-elected to council with Lambert, Morris and Townsend all joining in January
WALDPORT — Longtime City Council member Greg Holland was elected mayor Tuesday, easily defeating fellow council member Karun Virtue 882 to 379, according to late returns from the Lincoln […]
Vaaler, Stott and Scott win Yachats races for mayor and city council, foreshadowing changes when they take office in January
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council will have a new look and likely a lot of new issues starting January, according to returns Tuesday night from the Lincoln […]