By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The triple whammy of a health pandemic, the subsequent economic downturn and wind-whipped wildfires have exacted a heavy toll on the tourism dollars normally flowing to […]
Lincoln County Public Health has a new deputy director with both a background in humanitarian assistance in Third World countries and experience on the Oregon coast. Florence Pourtal became second-in-charge […]
Lincoln County first-graders are back in school, the first time they have been in class since March because of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Second- and third-graders are next. On Monday, […]
Oregon reports 366 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 0 new deaths PORTLAND — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 653, the Oregon […]
By DICK HUGHES/Oregon Capital Bureau Election Day no longer exists, at least not as we knew it. Whether because of anxiety, enthusiasm or some other reasons, Americans are turning out […]
Oregon reports 550 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 649, the […]
The Siuslaw National Forest – and the Forest Service in Oregon and Washington — will be accepting applications from Oct. 30 through Nov. 9 for jobs next spring and summer. […]
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com John Moore is seeking re-election as Yachats mayor because he wants to complete projects that the city has under way. Leslie Vaaler thinks many of […]
By KEVIN HARDEN/Oregon Capital Bureau It started as a comedian’s global online challenge. Fifteen months later, proposals to rename two Southern Oregon mountains inch closer to approval. Margo Schembre of […]
COVID-19 is more deadly than the flu The data is clear and decisive: COVID-19 is more deadly than seasonal influenza. Respiratory viruses also tend to be more severe in older […]
