By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com A massive die off of the iconic sunflower sea star has resulted in the species’ new listing as critically endangered by a key international conservation organization. […]
Archives for 2020
Lincoln County School District looking for three new members of its budget committee
The Lincoln County School District is looking for someone from the Waldport-Tidewater-Yachats area to help it review its spending proposals and yearly budget. The district’s budget committee consists of five […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Sunday, Dec. 13; state has 1,048 new cases, Lincoln County 12
Oregon reports 1,048 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 6 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed 6 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,155 the […]
Lincoln County investigators seeking Disney cold case closure will now be getting help from the state
Cold case investigators in the Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office trying to solve a 36-year-old homicide of a Newport teenager will be getting some extra help from the Oregon […]
Oregon State Police investigating death at state park in the Van Duzer corridor of Highway 18
On Thursday, December 10, 2020 Oregon State Police Major Crimes Detectives responded to the H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor for a death investigation. The area is a heavily wooded […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Saturday, Dec. 12; 1,440 new cases in Oregon, 6 in Lincoln County
OHA statement on EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Oregon Health Authority is encouraged by news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization Dec. 11 for […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, Dec. 11; state has 1,610 new cases, Lincoln County 11
Oregon reports 1,610 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 16 new deaths PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed 16 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,138, the […]
Oregon health experts say thousands more will die of COVID-19 before the majority of state’s residents can be vaccinated
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Despite the imminent arrival of the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, Oregon will likely have thousands more die and tens of thousands infected […]
Oregon Employment Department’s computer modernization project back on track
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The long-awaited modernization of the Oregon Employment Department’s computer system is back on track. Sort of. The agency reaffirmed its notice of intent to award […]
Proliferation of vacation rentals hampers people trying to move to Lincoln County
To the editor: If you think the short-term vacation rental problem does not affect you, you are wrong. When your daughter and her family want to return to Lincoln County, […]