By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County and some of its cities are going separate ways on how or if to continue regulating residents and visitors amid the increasing number […]
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Oregon Democrats look to build on supermajorities in Legislature while GOP hopes voter discontent focuses on Salem
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Coronavirus pandemic, record unemployment, shuttered businesses, massive street demonstrations, armed militias on the streets — with the wildfire season still just starting. It’s still […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Friday, June 19
County-specific face covering guidance issued Today Governor Kate Brown issued official guidance regarding the use of face coverings in indoor public spaces for Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Marion, Polk, Hood River and Lincoln […]
Commission cool to renting vacated Yachats city offices in Commons building, says wider community discussion needed
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Members of the city’s Parks and Commons Commission on Thursday gave a cool reception to an idea to rent out much of the city’s offices to […]
Yachats church’s “Pastor Bob” pushed by faith and family activism, rises to new challenges during pandemic and troubled times
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com A homeless man approaches Bob Barrett one misty May morning as he goes to work at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church. The man is there to see […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Thursday, June 18
Governor Brown shares additional details on face covering requirements Starting June 24, face coverings will be required in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Hood River, Marion, Polk and Lincoln counties in indoor […]
Yachats’ library “re-opens” (sort of) with reservations, kids’ book giveaways
The city’s all-volunteer, public library has found two innovative ways to serve book-lovers while still observing pandemic restrictions — an online or phone reservation system, and free, weekly children’s book […]
More federal and state campgrounds open this week, but Cape Perpetua Visitor Center remains closed indefinitely
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Camping at the coast is back. Sort of. State and federal campgrounds, along with much of the rest of the coastal economy, have been shut down […]
Oregon Health Authority’s coronavirus report for Wednesday, June 17
Oregon reports 122 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 183, the […]
State of Oregon still has 70,000 unemployment claims to process
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau About 70,000 Oregonians newly eligible for unemployment benefits — the self-employed, independent contractors, gig and temporary workers — await state processing of their claims. Having […]